New York Times - Dec 20 2001

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#1 producer of a leafy vegetable? ESCAROLEKING
'... two fives for ___?' ATEN
'Deathtrap' co-star, 1982 REEVE
'Rusalka' composer DVORAK
'Uncle Tom's Cabin' girl EVA
1988 swimming gold medalist Kristin OTTO
20-20 ability? HINDSIGHT
Basis of a comparison BRANDX
Best Actress for 'The Accused,' 1988 FOSTER
Bounty rival VIVA
Brine-cured cheeses FETAS
Cairo debut of 1871 AIDA
Conquer one's phobias? ESCAPEFEAR
Court figures REFS
Crossed (out) XED
Debt protection LIEN
Demands EXACTS
Distribute, with 'out' PARCEL
Ear cover, maybe TRESS
Ecuador's Santa ___ Bay ELENA
Eggs ROE
Energetic GOGO
Eugene Debs, e.g.: Abbr. SOC
Extra time to finish a written test? ESSAYGRACE
Fail to work LOAF
Fish delicacy EEL
Foe of the Navajo UTE
Fold PLEAT
Gimlet flavoring LIME
Go after SHAG
Goes through SIFTS
Governments, by their nature TAXERS
Hubs LOCI
Induction motor inventor TESLA
It may be alfresco CAFE
Jellystone Park resident YOGI
Lap path, perhaps OVAL
Le Sage's 'Gil ___' BLAS
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Like rosebushes SNAGGY
Like some drinks NEAT
Mastered TAMED
Men SIRS
National security concerns AIRSPACES
Not great SOSO
Noted didacticist AESOP
Peek GLANCE
Peloponnesian War victor SPARTA
Prefix with graphic GEO
Prefix with gravure ROTO
Properly ARIGHT
Pupil's place IRIS
Red Sea vessel DHOW
Rhodes known for his scholarship CECIL
Roadside offer HOPIN
Scissor CLIP
Search and rob RIFLE
Secluded spot GLEN
Some tides NEAPS
Sorry sort RUER
Sour CURDLE
Speaker of baseball TRIS
Stops on a line DEPOTS
Taper off WANE
Team members OXEN
They're found in streaks ORES
They're used during a row OARS
Tough spot PLIGHT
Travelers' destination MECCA
Treatment for an English earl? ESSEXTHERAPY
Versatile bean SOYA
View from Marseille MER
W.W. I locale YSER
Weather newsmaker ELNINO
Writer Tarbell IDA
___ generis SUI
___ impulse ONAN