New York Times - Dec 25 2002

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Clues Answers
'God ___' BLESS
'Hurray!' and 'Oh, no!' CRIES
'If asked, yes' IWOULD
'Seinfeld' pal ELAINE
'Treasure Island' boy JIM
'Wild' one JOKER
*Eyewitness's description of the intruder MANDRESSEDINRED
*Suspected means of entry CHIMNEY
*What the intruder accidentally left behind CINDERS
*When the break-in occurred CHRISTMAS
1930's program, for short NRA
33-Across, e.g. HERB
Adjusts ORIENTS
American Beauty growth ROSEBUD
Asian assassin NINJA
Bag thickness MIL
Bar order ANOTHER
Belgian river YSER
Big: Abbr. LRG
Bolivian export TIN
Cause for an aspirin ACHE
Chemical suffix INE
Commercial bribes PAYOLAS
Convention group BLOC
Copycat APE
Done with a wink SLY
Elevator ___ CAR
Feds GMEN
Finders' fees REWARDS
Flushing site SHEA
Garden with a snake EDEN
Garr of 'Young Frankenstein' TERI
Handel work MESSIAH
Indian garb SARI
It may settle things ANTACID
Italian town with Giotto frescoes ASSISI
Its third verse begins 'Let music swell the breeze' AMERICA
Kind of boom SONIC
Kind of contribution IRA
Clues Answers
L.A. setting PST
Like some verbs: Abbr. INTR
Little biter GNAT
Lo-___ CAL
Major oil port ADEN
Marine SEA
Matriculates ENROLLS
Meat seasoning SAGE
Namesake makers: Abbr. SRS
NASA's ___ Research Center AMES
New York cardinal EGAN
No Miss America HAG
Not real ERSATZ
Nukes ABOMBS
Offshore workplaces OILRIGS
Old dogs GEEZERS
Org. in Langley, Va. CIA
Period in human development IRONAGE
Person who does a lot of cleaning: Abbr. DDS
Port in western France BREST
Ragged part EDGE
Regular guy JOE
Roofers, often NAILERS
Shepherd who wrote 'The Ferrari in the Bedroom' JEAN
Site of an unwanted duty LATRINE
Some thing ITEM
Spotted, as a horse PIEBALD
Startle SCARE
Stop for the night ENCAMP
Storage facilities SILOS
Suffering ILL
Syringe amt. CCS
Takes by force HIJACKS
This, in España ESTE
Three on a clock III
What a snob might put on AIRS
What you may say when you crack the case AHA
Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case] COP
___ Paulo SAO