New York Times - Mar 18 2009

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Clues Answers
'Beowulf,' e.g. EPIC
'Impression, Sunrise' painter MONET
'Spare me!,' e.g. PLEA
Acquired relative INLAW
Arias, e.g. SOLI
Barely beat NIP
Basis for some discrimination AGE
Bates's business, in film MOTEL
Belfry sounds PEALS
Bucky Beaver's toothpaste IPANA
Byrnes of TV's '77 Sunset Strip' EDD
Calligrapher's buy INK
Central part KERNEL
Choir voice SOPRANO
Choir voices ALTOS
Cockamamie INANE
Courtroom vow IDO
Diamond corner BAG
Direction from K.C. to Detroit ENE
East ___, U.N. member since 2002 TIMOR
Employment in Munchkinland? RUNTWORK
Equal to, with 'with' ONAPAR
Everglades denizen EGRET
First-rate CRACK
Flight board abbr. ARR
Gaelic tongue ERSE
Good name, casually REP
Group with a meeting of the minds? MENSA
Hebrides isle SKYE
High-hats SNOOTS
Honey-hued AMBER
Illustrations for a Poe poem? RAVENIMAGES
In vitro items OVA
Inflate, in a way PAD
Leader of the pack ALPHA
Many an art film INDIE
Mideast V.I.P. EMIR
Miming dances HULAS
Modus operandi WAY
Clues Answers
Motorist's headache SNARL
Mountain ridge ARETE
Musical with the song 'Mr. Mistoffelees' CATS
Mystery desserts? RIDDLECAKES
O.K. to do LEGAL
Orange feature NAVEL
Oscar winner Sorvino MIRA
Parroting sorts APERS
Period of seven days without bathing? REEKWEEK
Pic to click ICON
Pick up bit by bit GLEAN
Place for a crown MOLAR
Place for a lark MEADOW
Reason for a long delay in getting approval, maybe REDTAPE
Refrain syllables TRALA
Samoan staple POI
Sculler's affliction? ROWINGPAINS
Sitcom with the catchphrase 'Kiss my grits!' ALICE
Soprano Gluck ALMA
Spilled the beans SANG
Stir up PROVOKE
Stud on a stud farm SIRE
Take a powder LEAVE
Take as one's own COOPT
The 'all' in 'Collect them all!' SET
Thing to roll over, in brief IRA
Time of anticipation EVE
Tolkien beasts ORCS
Top end of a scale TEN
Venue for some clowns RODEO
Video shooter, for short CAM
Visibly frightened ASHEN
What the sky might do in an inebriate's dream? RAINALCOHOL
Winter coat feature LINER
Word before city or child INNER
Zenith competitor RCA
___ judicata RES
___ sausage LINK
___-Ida (Tater Tots maker) ORE