New York Times - Dec 17 2002

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Clues Answers
'Any day now ...' SOON
'Is it soup ___?' YET
'S.N.L.' bit SKIT
007, for one AGENT
67.5°, to mariners ENE
Almanac contents FACTS
Big shot, for short VIP
Blaster's need TNT
Book in prison? CONTEXT
Book of memories, maybe ALBUM
Campus locale QUAD
Celestial feline LEO
Chess ending MATE
Come after ENSUE
Concertgoer's keepsake STUB
Courts WOOS
Cows' chorus MOOS
Cribbage needs PEGS
Desperate DIRE
English race place ASCOT
Epitome of simplicity ABC
Escape from prison? CONQUEST
Fall (over) KEEL
Flies, ants and such PESTS
Former 'Family Feud' host Richard DAWSON
Fracas MELEE
Full-length UNCUT
Furbys, once FAD
Geometric calculation AREA
Go beyond the bounds of EXCEED
Grant provider DONOR
Grind, as teeth GNASH
Hoo-ha ADO
Hot water, so to speak TROUBLE
Ideal serves ACES
It's hailed CAB
Light bulb's signification, in cartoons IDEA
Like apples, say, during the fall INSEASON
Like Nash's lama ONEL
Clues Answers
Load of bunk TALE
Look around a prison? CONTOUR
Love to bits ADORE
Make cryptic ENCODE
Mathematician Blaise PASCAL
Michael who was five-time N.B.A. M.V.P. JORDAN
Money in prison? CONTENDER
Nay sayer ANTI
Neigh sayer HORSE
Nickname for a little guy PEEWEE
Numbers-calling game BEANO
Of the spring VERNAL
Out-and-out UTTER
Over again ONCEMORE
P on a fraternity house RHO
Period ender BELL
Pickers' instruments BANJOS
Pink-legged bird STILT
Poetry in prison? CONVERSE
Puts a stop to ENDS
Quatrain or sestet STANZA
Rep.'s counterpart SEN
Route to prison? CONCOURSE
Salon color HENNA
Ship's securer MOORING
Shoe part INSOLE
T.V.A. part: Abbr. TENN
The Beatles' 'Hey ___' JUDE
This very moment JUSTNOW
Track shape OVAL
Unofficial ticket source SCALPER
Where to hear 10-Down LEA
Winery cask TUN
Wood-dressing tool ADZ
Word repeated after 'Que' SERA
World record suffix EST
X-rated, say DIRTY
You can lend it or bend it EAR
___ Domingo SANTO