New York Times - Aug 16 2009

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Clues Answers
'Feed me' COUNTERPLEA
'For me?' RECEIVINGLINE
'It's on me' FREERESPONSE
'Kiss me' PECKINGORDER
'Lean on me' TENDEROFFER
'Make me' CROSSWORDS
'My best soldiers,' according to Douglas MacArthur WACS
'Pardon me' ERRORMESSAGE
'Riddle-me-___' REE
'Save me' MASSAPPEAL
'Shoot me' FILMDIRECTION
'The Thorn Birds' and others SAGAS
'Write me' BOOKPROPOSAL
'___ little silhouetto of a man' ('Bohemian Rhapsody' lyric) ISEEA
'___ of robins ...' ANEST
1993 TV western starring Kenny Rogers and Travis Tritt RIODIABLO
A.A.A. recommendation: Abbr. RTE
Actress Hagen UTA
Added (on) TACKED
Airline mentioned in 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' BOAC
Al dente FIRM
Arcangelo ___, Italian violin master CORELLI
Ballet set in the Rhineland GISELLE
Balloon or blimp AEROSTAT
Bank bailout acronym TARP
Bank holdings? SAFES
Bartender's announcement LASTCALL
Batsman HITTER
Battle star WARHERO
Before UNTIL
Big success SMASH
Big word in German ads NEU
Break off END
British mil. decoration DSM
Cans BOOTS
Cap attachment EARLAP
Child often having special responsibilities ELDEST
Child's wheels SCOOTER
Choose to participate OPTIN
Classical rebuke ETTU
Cobblers' needs AWLS
Come across as SEEM
Congressional terms, e.g. BIENNIA
Daytime talk show starting in 1987 GERALDO
Draft status ONEA
E.T.S. offering GRE
Enter quickly RUSHIN
Enters gradually EASESINTO
Exactly right, in British lingo BANGON
Eyes and ears ORGANS
Fearsome Foursome team RAMS
Flapdoodle TOMMYROT
Former Miss America host RONELY
Friend ___ friend OFA
Functional UTILE
Get moving again, in a way UNCLOG
Gets no answers wrong on the test ACESIT
Go off track DERAIL
Hamper BIN
Hardwood source ELM
Herd of whales GAM
Holders of body lubricating fluids BURSAE
Hollywood hopefuls STARLETS
Home of Rainbow Bridge National Monument UTAH
Housing arrangement LEASE
Icelandic money KRONA
In shape TRIM
Invites to one's apartment, say HASUP
Irishman who was a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2005 BONO
Clues Answers
It has strong jaws VISE
Kind of column or committee STEERING
Lake ___, source of the Mississippi ITASCA
Late 1920s to around 1950 RADIOERA
Lighting director's choice GEL
Like some bonds IONIC
Like some grain OATEN
Mechanic TOOLER
Mo. with Natl. Grandparents' Day SEP
Modern trivia competition locale PUB
Mom-and-pop org. PTA
More than is required UNDUE
N.C.A.A. women's basketball powerhouse UCONN
Nasty words VENOM
Nevada city ELKO
North Carolina town that's home to Appalachian State University BOONE
Obsession FETISH
Old verb suffix ETH
One of the Big Three, for short FDR
One who knows one's liabilities CPA
Ones entering rehab USERS
Org. overseeing trials FDA
Physicist Bohr NIELS
Pickup place for pets NAPE
Places to unwind SPAS
Plug WAD
Pops in the nursery DADAS
Port pusher TUG
Presidential inits. RMN
Protest cry NONUKES
Put the kibosh on BAN
Ready for a drive? ONCD
Resident of the Land of Cakes SCOT
Rough shelter LEANTO
Safari leader BWANA
Says 'Two 19-Across,' e.g. BIDS
Scale weights TARES
Schisms RIFTS
Scott Turow's first book was about them ONELS
See 12-Across HEARTS
Seeding org. USTA
Send SHIP
Sign of hunger PANG
Singing brothers' surname ISLEY
Singing Simon CARLY
Snorkeling sites ATOLLS
Statement of fact ITISSO
Stilt, e.g. SEABIRD
Stops on the road INNS
Summer comfort stat THI
Superlative on 'Top Chef' TASTIEST
Sweet potato nutrient CAROTENE
Sweet treat FLAN
Theater area RIALTO
Thing to wind COIL
To be abroad ETRE
Tonga-to-Hawaii dir. NNE
Unit of capacitance FARAD
Very, very tired DEAD
Walk-___ INS
What kings rule REALMS
Where Jean-Claude Killy practiced ALPES
Where many commuters live, informally THEBURBS
Wine order CARAFE
Won't take no for an answer INSISTS
Word that led to the 'Why a duck?' routine by the Marx brothers VIADUCT
Wrap around ENGIRDLE
___ Dubos, humanist who said 'Think globally, act locally' RENE
___ ligation TUBAL