New York Times - Mar 9 2011

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Clues Answers
'Dallas' matriarch ELLIE
'Norma ___' RAE
'You got that right!' AMEN
'___ alternative ...' ASAN
'___ dreaming?' AMI
2000 World Series locale SHEA
39-Down and others, for short NBAERS
African antelope ORIBI
Anger IRE
Anti-honking ordinance, e.g. NOISELAW
Auburn heads? DEANS
Bob Dylan song ... or a hint to the object found by connecting the four circled letters in a diamond BLOWININTHEWIND
Bourbon and others: Abbr. STS
Boutros Boutros-___ (former U.N. chief) GHALI
Burl of stage and song IVES
Cathedral city of England ELY
Causing the lips to pucker SOUR
Commercially prized ducks EIDERS
Country addresses: Abbr. RFDS
Creates slippery conditions, in a way SLEETS
Credit's counterpart CASH
Crowning points ACMES
Director Kurosawa AKIRA
Discontinued Chevrolet model COBALT
Droopy SAGGY
Flock's locale PEWS
German's one EIN
Gossipy Hopper HEDDA
Great-grandfather of Noah ENOCH
Hall-of-Fame hoopster Dan ISSEL
ID-requiring purchase KEG
Island whose name is another word in this puzzle spelled backward ELBA
It breaks in the morning DAY
It might have the heading 'Re:' MEMO
January birthstones GARNETS
Kink removal MASSAGE
Large crock OLLA
Least sweet, as wine DRIEST
Letter before Peter in an old phonetic alphabet OBOE
Clues Answers
Like brains LOBED
Like most car radios AMFM
Lincoln, e.g., before he was pres. ATTY
Massey of old movies ILONA
Meddle (with) MESS
Nagging pain ACHE
Not new USED
Not up ABED
On cloud nine FLYINGHIGH
Photo lab abbr. ENL
Photo mishap BLUR
Picking up the dry cleaning, say ERRAND
Poetry fest SLAM
Popular I.S.P. AOL
Proficient ABLE
Queen in 'The Lion King' NALA
Rattan worker CANER
Reached base horizontally SLIDIN
Role in Bizet's 'The Pearl Fishers' LEILA
Roman 901 CMI
Rousing WAKINGUP
Selective high-school org. NHS
Some hotels HYATTS
Something that may be shot on a golf course EVENPAR
Sonnet subject LOVE
Tackle, in a way SACK
The lady's HERS
Theater section LOGE
Tilt LEAN
Tops BEATS
Two or three AFEW
Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle TAILINGOFF
Ward of 'Sisters' SELA
What people often do for pictures POSE
Worrying, for one AGER
Writers Lowell and Tan AMYS
___ flu AVIAN
___ France ILEDE
___ Linda, Calif. YORBA