Wall Street Journal - Oct 11 2002 - October 11, 2002 - Bending an LBO

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'Amadeus' director Forman MILOS
'And so to bed' writer PEPYS
'Cosmicomics' author Calvino ITALO
'Dumky Trio' composer DVORAK
'I could ___ horse!' EATA
'Love's Comedy' playwright IBSEN
1993 NBA Rookie of the Year ONEAL
Aaliyah, to Gladys Knight NIECE
Academic climber IVY
An abbreviated form of SHORTFOR
Anderson of 'WKRP in Cincinnati' LONI
Answer to 'Who's there?' ITSME
Atlas areas SEAS
Attack command SICEM
Ball clubs NINES
Banks of Chicago ERNIE
Bar order BREW
Bath sprinkles TALCS
Be indebted to OWE
Bikini burst ATEST
Bishop, e.g. PIECE
Bone whose name is Latin for 'brooch' FIBULA
Book of 150 poems PSALMS
British singer Chris REA
Brought into being SIRED
Call ___ day ITA
Carter of 'Wonder Woman' LYNDA
Casino concern ODDS
Cheer starter SIS
Chip-making site CLEANROOM
Clear ___ ASDAY
Colleague of Bradley and Stahl SAFER
Comedian Vidale THEA
Cossack chief ATAMAN
Cote cry BAA
Creamy white IVORY
Cries SOBS
Designer Schiaparelli ELSA
Distinctive atmospheres AURAS
Dogpatch pronoun HISN
England, to the U.S. ALLY
Examine for purity ASSAY
Exude OOZE
Fight site ARENA
First name of Yippie fame ABBIE
Fix copy EDIT
Flows out EBBS
Garfield's middle name ABRAM
Get-rid-of-your-cards game UNO
Gewgaw BAUBLE
Give a second chance, in a way REHIRE
Goofs ERRS
Grant Wood's home IOWA
Greedy grab POWERPLAY
Gym rat's six-pack ABS
Hawaiian crow ALALA
High muck-a-muck NABOB
Hindu gentleman BABOO
Humbles ABASES
Ignored the limit SPED
Imports from Sweden SAABS
Intestinal bacteria ECOLI
Its sequel was 'Ayesha' SHE
Its valley is dotted with châteaux LOIRE
Jack of 'Barney Miller' SOO
Jiffies SECS
Kind of alcohol ETHYL
Kind of capital SEED
LBO for Alfred Hitchcock? SPELLBOUND
LBO for an exterminator? AEROSOLBOMB
LBO for Brendan Behan? BORSTALBOY
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LBO for Cap'n Crunch? CEREALBOWL
LBO for flower children? BELLBOTTOMS
LBO for Pete Sampras? TENNISELBOW
LBO for Sylvester Stallone? ROCKYBALBOA
LBO for wine tasters? FULLBODIED
Lets up EASES
Like Dead threads? TIEDYED
Lines at the movies? SCRIPT
Litmus reddeners ACIDS
Lots in La Paz MUCHO
Lyon liver FOIE
Memo phrase ASTO
Morales of 'NYPD Blue' ESAI
Mosque of the Olive Tree setting TUNIS
Mumbai's setting WESTINDIA
Note from the boss SEEME
Old Toyota model PASEO
Oomph PUNCH
Open carriage SHAY
Org. with a 'Freedom Network' website ACLU
Parentheses, essentially ARCS
Part of a Pentagon web address MIL
Peruvian coin SOL
PFC's superior CPL
Pinheads ASSES
Pipe bends ELLS
Play around PHILANDER
Played charades MIMED
Plunging necklines VEES
Poet Juana ___ de la Cruz INES
Positions STATUSES
Pound of poems EZRA
Prude BLUENOSE
Publisher Nan TALESE
Raven cries CAWS
Redolence ODOR
Ring of Fire dangers TSUNAMIS
River to the Seine OISE
Roquefort relative BLEU
San ___, California MATEO
Sashimi choice EEL
Scale CLIMB
Scold YELLAT
Short cuts BOBS
Singer Cleo LAINE
Sit a spell REST
Sorrowful song ELEGY
Staffers AIDES
Stan's chum OLLIE
Steamed IRATE
Strasbourg summers ETES
Striped youngsters TIGERCUBS
Stumble TRIP
Swarm TEEM
Teen mag cover subject IDOL
Tentative tastes SIPS
Tepee walls HIDES
They're sometimes stolen SCENES
Titter TEHEE
Tooth part ROOT
Top-grossing film of 1995 TOYSTORY
TV's Debrah FARENTINO
Twice-a-month event NEAPTIDE
Two-___ sloth TOED
Ushered onto the dance floor LEDOUT
Virtual auction site EBAY
Voting booth feature LEVER
Ward worker NURSE
Way to go ROUTE
Whacked ICED
Word after viva or sotto VOCE