New York Times - Oct 4 2002

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Clues Answers
'A shrewd pickpurse': Howell LAW
'Bridge Complete' author GOREN
'Promised Land' author EBAN
'___ Blue?' (1929 hit) AMI
'___ Married an Axe Murderer' (Mike Myers comedy) SOI
1940's arena: Abbr. ETO
1983 film based on a Jean Shepherd book ACHRISTMASSTORY
4-Down features MODELS
Amalgamate MELD
Assuaging agent EASER
Became wearisome RANON
Began STARTEDIN
Better AMEND
Biathlon need RIFLE
Blue ___ Reservoir (Colorado's largest body of water) MESA
Brat TERROR
Brief time? PRESSCONFERENCE
Bust specialists, for short DEA
Centrally located FOCAL
Chest sounds RALES
Compass EXTENT
Degree requirement, maybe ORALEXAMINATION
Dentist's direction RINSE
Discouraging word TUT
E.U. member IRE
Exxon rival AMOCO
Firth of Clyde port AYR
Game show V.I.P.'s MCS
Hair holder SNOOD
Help MAID
Herbert of 'War and Peace' LOM
Home entertainment systems NINTENDOS
It may be written in stone RIP
It produces wrinkles AGER
It separates two breaks ACT
Clues Answers
Japanese honorific SAN
LAX posting ETD
Madison, for one: Abbr. JAS
Marie Claire competitor ELLE
Media inits. since 1980 CNN
Meyerbeer's '___ Huguenots' LES
Moscow's ___ Museum LENIN
Old colonial region EASTINDIA
Old protest grp. SDS
Part of an Eskimo diet WHALEMEAT
Percolate SEEP
Place to sun PATIO
Point out CALLATTENTIONTO
Repeat PARROT
Restlessness ANTSINONESPANTS
Reticulation MESH
Reviews, as books AUDITS
Rock blaster TNT
Salon specialties SETS
Shake off LOSE
Shot the breeze JAWED
Smash-up HEADONCOLLISION
Some poles ANODES
Source of being, it's said TAO
Split BISECT
Spring time in Paris MAI
Start of a German series EINS
Suit to ___ ATEE
They're lifesavers FIREDEPARTMENTS
Thoroughgoing TOTAL
Times WHENS
Top dog ALPHA
Track founded in 1711 ASCOT
Tropical rays MANTAS
Uncontrollable IRATE