New York Times - May 20 2002

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Clues Answers
'Close, but no cigar' NICETRY
'Hasta la ___, baby!' VISTA
'Scheherazade' locale HAREM
'___ you sure?' ARE
Bad firecracker DUD
Biblical verb ending ETH
Big name in catalogs SPIEGEL
Catch rodeo-style ROPE
Certain spiders in 'Spider-Man' MUTANTS
Chowder morsel CLAM
Code of conduct ETHIC
Despot TYRANT
Econ. yardstick GNP
F.D.R.'s plan NEWDEAL
Fellows MEN
Final inning, usually NINTH
Fouled up ERRED
Garage sale tag ASIS
Gas additive ETHYL
General pardon AMNESTY
Gratis, to a lawyer PROBONO
Ice house IGLOO
In apple-pie order NEAT
In ___ (hurriedly) ARUSH
Indy entry RACECAR
Island near Curaçao ARUBA
It follows that ERGO
It's got your number: Abbr. ACCT
Italian cheese ROMANO
James Dean persona REBEL
Knight's protection CHAINMAIL
Land bridge ISTHMUS
Letter distribution on base MAILCALL
Linguistic borrowing LOANWORD
Loch ___ NESS
London shopping district SOHO
Lubricates OILS
Marisa of 'What Women Want' TOMEI
Clues Answers
Mermaid's home SEA
Money for the house HOMELOAN
Moo ___ pork SHU
Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald ZELDA
Muslim holy man IMAM
NBC's peacock, e.g. LOGO
Othello's undoer IAGO
Phone the folks CALLHOME
Pitcher's pride ARM
Planet's path ORBIT
Plenty, and then some ATON
Poppy product OPIUM
Pride of country music CHARLEY
Put on board, as cargo LADE
Quite sharp ACUTE
R&B singer Lou RAWLS
Raleigh's state: Abbr. NCAR
Rowan & Martin's show LAUGHIN
Sailor's shore time LEAVE
Sea creatures with claws CRABS
See 65-Down COM
Shades from the sun TANS
Sheetful of cookies BATCH
Sitting on one's hands IDLE
Small bills ONES
Smudge SPOT
Start to wilt DROOP
The whole spectrum ATOZ
Theme of this puzzle WORDCHAIN
Treat badly ABUSE
Tropical nut BETEL
Twinings product TEA
Vocalist Sumac YMA
Warty hopper TOAD
Whiff SMELL
With 40-Down, a modern company DOT
Worker's ___ (insurance) COMP
___ Khan AGA