New York Times - Mar 13 2009

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Clues Answers
'Like Niobe, all ___': Hamlet TEARS
'Revolution 9' collaborator ONO
'Sartor Resartus' essayist Thomas CARLYLE
'Silent Spring' subject DDT
'Summa Contra Gentiles' theologian AQUINAS
'Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair' writer NERUDA
100 cents, in East London RAND
1951 A.L. strikeout leader Raschi VIC
8 for O, say ATNO
A lot of assessments? ESSES
Afterthought #3: Abbr. PPPS
Become part of history OCCUR
Bit of hair HANK
Blindly imitative SLAVISH
Brought to bear EXERTED
Chiwere dialect OTO
City due south of San Juan CARACAS
Couples might set them up TRYSTS
Dated will? SHALT
Deplete EATINTO
Dish cooked in seasoned broth PILAF
Drill bit? YESSIR
Extraction target ORE
Finno-Ugric tongue LAPP
Flawlessly crafted EXQUISITE
Funeral arrangements PYRES
Go for another tour REUP
Hard-to-define influence XFACTOR
Having feeling SENSATE
He demonstrated that what Columbus had discovered was not 6-Down VESPUCCI
He joined Pizarro in the conquest of the Inca Empire DESOTO
Honorific that's Sanskrit for 'majesty' SRI
Intl. group with 35 members OAS
Isabella's home CASTILE
It may be fired back at someone ZINGER
It may concern arms or contain legs RACE
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It's featured in two Vivaldi concertos LUTE
It's open to debate MOOTPOINT
It's shared by Russia and Ukraine SEAOFAZOV
Italian meal starter ANTIPASTO
Less well-looking PALER
Light haulers PICKUPS
Like some shells SPIRAL
Make fun of JAPE
March preceder, periodically LEAPDAY
Mosaic work INLAY
O, say MAG
Old bombs EDSELS
Ominous words ORELSE
Payoff SOP
Piltdown man locale SUSSEX
Pro ___ RATA
Put-down in a restaurant? PLACEMAT
Quick impressions APERCUS
Referred ALLUDED
Saloonkeeper of note TOOTSSHOR
See 9-Down ASIAN
Specialized M.D. ENT
Sportive JOCOSE
Start to prepare, as 49-Across SAUTE
Strip on a bed SLAT
Supportive side YEAS
Tag cry NOTIT
Tag cry OUT
They can't get any better IDEALS
They're produced in great quantities by supernovas NEUTRINOS
Tofu specification FIRM
Virgo's alpha star SPICA
Wildcats and Cougars play in it PACTEN
___ de la Société ILES
___ the Destroyer (rabble-rouser in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man') RAS
___-Cat SCAREDY