New York Times - Jan 9 2011

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Clues Answers
'Big ___,' 1995 Notorious B.I.G. hit POPPA
'For another thing ...' SECONDLY
'Ghosts of the ___' (James Cameron documentary about the Titanic) ABYSS
'Giant' in 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' ANT
'Hair' hairstyles AFROS
'I shouldn't have done that' OOPS
'Little ___' Pea' (1936 cartoon) SWEE
'On second thought, forget it' NAH
'That thar was an appropriate thing to say!'? THEMSFITTINGWORDS
'The Government Inspector' playwright GOGOL
'True Blood' network HBO
'___ Story,' 1989 best seller DIANAS
1940s White House dog FALA
2006 Verizon acquisition MCI
Addison's '___ to Creation' ODE
All-too-public tiff SCENE
Asks for help, in a way PRAYS
Author in the 1950s 'angry young men' movement AMIS
Badge material TIN
Barrel racing venue RODEO
Baseball Hall-of-Famer with the autobiography 'Maybe I'll Pitch Forever' PAIGE
Batiking need DYE
Beer and skittles FUN
Beer buyers' needs IDS
Begrudges ENVIES
Big D.C. lobby NRA
Big guns ARTILLERY
Bit of chicken feed OAT
Black EBON
Boom markets UPS
Bringing forth young, as sheep YEANING
Brooklyn's ___ Island CONEY
Caterer's vessel URN
Certain corp. takeover LBO
Cheap booze ROT
Checks, e.g. PAYMENTS
Chevy S.U.V. TAHOE
Chock-a-block SOLID
Cleanup crew's goal? ZIPPOLITTER
Company whose motto is 'Our pilots are moderately intelligent'? BRIGHTISHAIRWAYS
Contents of the Visine Gazette? EYEWHITENESSNEWS
Covered with trees TIMBERED
Cronkite when at the top of the ratings? WALTERMIGHTY
Dandy things? TIEPINS
Dexterous ADROIT
Disastrous FATAL
Div. of a former union SSR
Dog's sound GRR
Drained of blood ASHEN
Easily damaged major organs? TENDERVITALS
Empty words PAP
Entanglement WEB
Ethan Frome's sickly wife ZEENA
Exclusively ALL
Explodes BLOWS
Furnishes LENDS
Getting help, in a way ONRELIEF
Half brother of Athena ARES
Half-human counselor on 'Star Trek: T.N.G.' TROI
Hardly surprising NORMAL
Help (out) BAIL
Home of Galileo Galilei Airport PISA
Industry built around shooting stars? CINEMA
Insurance quote RATE
Jackal-headed god ANUBIS
John Steinbeck's middle name ERNST
Layer COAT
Layers STRATA
Legal impediment ESTOPPEL
Light figures? WATTS
Clues Answers
Like crab apples TART
Like some highlighter colors NEON
Like some snow WET
Like the narrowest of wins ONEPOINT
London's Old ___ VIC
Low profile maintainer ALIAS
Major-league manager Joe TORRE
Manic desire to make sweaters when the weekend starts? SATURDAYKNITFEVER
Many a hand sanitizer GEL
Mends DARNS
Message in a bottle SOS
Most hopeless moment NADIR
Mumbai Mr. SRI
Music category SOUL
Musical featuring 'The Way He Makes Me Feel' YENTL
Musical virtuosity CHOPS
Musician Brian ENO
Naval need of old TAR
Nonstarters? LEMONS
Not straight ASKEW
One side of a shutout NIL
Org. that supports water fluoridation ADA
Outdated OLD
Part of a code GENE
Parts of many cheerleading uniforms? SLIGHTSKIRTS
Photography problem GLARE
Plumbing, e.g. TRADE
Political caller's request DONATION
Program problem GLITCH
Punchophobic? AFRAIDOFHITS
Purifies REFINES
Put away STOW
Reacts to a shock REELS
Reagan-era surgeon general KOOP
Repetition ROTE
Residents of Canyon County IDAHOANS
Root of diplomacy ELIHU
Savoir-faire FINESSE
Sinatra portrayer on 'S.N.L.' PISCOPO
Singer Lopez TRINI
Some special deals TWOFERS
Sphere or system starter ECO
Spot for a stream GLEN
Springe SNARE
Sticky sticks GUM
Talks big BRAGS
Thanksgiving staple PIE
The radius extends from it ELBOW
They deliver POSTMEN
Three, four and five, usually PARS
Tie-up SNARL
Top-grossing concert act of 1989, '94 and '05, with 'the' STONES
Tore SPED
Uncharitable MEAN
Undeniable success HOMERUN
Unexciting TAME
Unwelcome stocking stuffer COAL
Urban rollers ELS
Vacationing OFF
Voldemort's portrayer in the Harry Potter films FIENNES
Water sources FOUNTS
Wayhouses INNS
Where brown and white meet TANLINE
Whither Cain fled NOD
Winter windshield problem ICING
Your alternative THY
___ box (computer screen pop-up) DIALOG
___ Hughes, 2002 Olympic skating gold medalist SARAH
___ mater (cranial membrane) PIA
___ Rosada (Argentine presidential manor) CASA