New York Times - Oct 11 2002

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Clues Answers
'Hee Haw' character RUBE
'It Walks by Night' novelist CARR
'Les Girls' actress Taina ELG
'Notes on Camp' essayist SONTAG
'Soap' spinoff BENSON
'___ doing ...' INSO
1973 Pacino portrayal SERPICO
70's Renault LECAR
Agcy. for retirees SSA
Arm of the Atlantic IRISHSEA
Army figure, for short NCO
Basic cable channel TNN
Beat a retreat RUNAWAY
Becomes privy to GETSINON
Bite NOSH
Commercial producer SPONSOR
Court call SUMMONS
Covers, in a way INSURES
Criticize harshly PAN
Deck figure SEAMAN
Deck figure SPADE
Draftable ONTAP
Easier to cut into TENDERER
Ens. producer USNA
Fall off EBB
Filing facilitator TAB
George W.'s press secretary ARI
Get off the fence DECIDE
Grp. that oversees govt. construction GSA
Heart seeker TINMAN
Hodgepodge RAGBAG
Hypothetical protein molecule BIOGEN
Infuriating IRING
It may be faint ODOR
It may give punch punch RUM
It offers a lot of bucks RODEO
It's taken before swinging STANCE
Clues Answers
Jalopy TINCAN
Lacking objectivity BIASED
Lago contents AGUA
Leveling wedge SHIM
Lexicographer William Allan ___ NEILSON
Like S. J. Perelman WITTY
Lock TRESS
Lure COMEON
Mediterranean port BEIRUT
Mideastern money PIASTER
Not separate WED
Notable BIGWIG
Novelist Sábato ERNESTO
Nudist ADAMITE
Poker player's comment IRAISE
Pull the switch? SWAP
Rabble-rouse AGITATE
Real beauty GEM
Reason for an R rating GORE
Rejoinder in a kids' argument ISTOO
Rest stop sight BIGRIG
Rose creator, maybe ICER
Rumpled MUSSY
Scrapped Boeing project SST
See 27-Across ONE
Sends cyberads to SPAMS
Shabby RAGTAG
Slightly squashed? OBLONG
St. Lawrence feeder OTTAWA
Tee, e.g. TOP
They're not specialists: Abbr. GPS
Toots HONEY
Two-door COUPE
Unaffiliated: Abbr. IND
Up state? INSOMNIA
With 34-Down, procedure starter STEP
___ fault TOA