New York Times - Jul 22 2009

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Clues Answers
''Tis a pity' ALAS
'Arabian Nights' bird ROC
'No, mein Herr' NEIN
'___ the races!' OFFTO
1950s political inits. AES
47th U.S. vice president OJEBIDEN
Abrasive soap brand LAVA
Archie or Veronica TEEN
Bibliophile's suffix IANA
Bouncers check them, briefly IDS
By NEAR
Candy holder JAR
Canine order STAY
Cartoonist Chast ROZ
Certain finish MATTE
Cheer for a matador OLE
Cheri of 'Scary Movie' OTERI
Cherokee, for one JEEP
Commend, as for outstanding service CITE
Committee member, maybe: Abbr. SEN
Composed SERENE
Dame ___ Everage (Barry Humphries character) EDNA
Disappear EVAPORATE
Disney World transport TRAM
Egyptian god with the head of a jackal ANUBIS
For the nonce PROTEM
Gets 100 on a test ACESIT
Half of Brangelina JOLIE
Handy OFUSE
Hero of Super Bowl III JEONAMATH
Historic San Francisco theater, with 'the' ROXIE
Indigenous Canadian INUIT
It may be down at the heel SPUR
It was dropped in the '60s ACID
It's found in chambers AMMO
Jewish leader? ALEPH
Just watch TV, say LOAF
King in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' HEROD
Lamb piece ESSAY
Clues Answers
Learned things SKILLS
Light hair color ASH
Like the 28-Down of underage drinkers PHONY
Loan figs. APRS
Meat-and-potatoes BASIC
More sick, in dialect ILLER
Moves quickly TROTS
Neighbor of Slough ETON
Nitrous ___ OXIDE
Olympic boxing gold medalist of 1964 EOJFRAZIER
Oscar winner of 1990 OEJPESCI
Paramount MAJOR
Pass ENACT
Pockets of dough? PITAS
Roger who played the same role seven times MOORE
Run out of gas, say DIE
Scand. land NOR
School cafeteria fare ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme SLOPPYJOES
Singer on day three of 1969's Woodstock EJOCOCKER
Some apples FUJIS
Sound system staples CDPLAYERS
Steering system component TIEROD
Steve Martin's birthplace WACO
Three-time Keanu Reeves character NEO
Title before Sidious or Maul DARTH
Tooth trouble DECAY
Trampled (on) TROD
Uganda's ___ Amin IDI
Under the table LIT
W.W. II menace UBOAT
Was in a no-win situation? DREW
Wedding reception hirees DJS
While away, as time SPEND
Winter Palace figures TSARS
Wipe ERASE
Word in a price PER
___ College, north of Albany, N.Y. SIENA
___ Gay (W.W. II bomber) ENOLA
___-wip REDDI