New York Times - Feb 16 2003

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Clues Answers
'Little ___, you're really lookin' fine' (1964 lyric) GTO
'Live Free ___' (state motto) ORDIE
'Over the Rainbow' composer ARLEN
'Peter Pan' dog NANA
'Streamers' playwright David RABE
'The Lord of the Rings' books, e.g. SAGAS
'Yo te ___' (words of endearment) AMO
'Zelig' director ALLEN
Allan-___, Robin Hood companion ADALE
Alphabet quartet MNOP
Asia's shrinking ___ Sea ARAL
Author Puzo MARIO
Bad bacteria ECOLI
Bad houseguest INGRATE
Bankbook ID ACCTNO
Beethoven dedicatee ELISE
Belief ISM
Bldg. overseer MGT
Bribe SOP
Bug-eyed ones, maybe: Abbr. ETS
Campaign promise, maybe TAXCUT
Car in a Beach Boys song TBIRD
Cause for a child's scolding SASS
Cause of a groom not being able to speak? STAGFRIGHT
Christmas containers? CANDYCANS
Clarence of the E Street Band CLEMONS
Clemson athlete TIGER
College course on insects, for short ENTO
Contest effort ENTRY
Cub with a club SOSA
Cuts off STEMS
Dotty GAGA
Drops, as flies ERRORS
Epitome of simplicity ABC
Former presidential inits. DDE
Gel SET
Genealogist's work TREE
Go back REGRESS
Gullible ones SAPS
Handled SAWTO
Important people on the scene, for short EMTS
In medias ___ RES
It borders Austria BAVARIA
It makes soap strong LYE
It may be picked NIT
Italian composer Albinoni TOMASO
Italian town with frescoes by Giotto ASSISI
Jai ___ ALAI
Japanese port OSAKA
Jason's vengeful ex-wife, in myth MEDEA
Kelvinator competitor AMANA
Langston Hughes poem ITOO
Let out EXHALED
Lighter charge ARSON
Like Lady Macbeth MAD
Like much Lenny Bruce humor SATIRIC
Like some swarms APIAN
Like some TV wrap-ups POSTGAME
Liston and Bono SONNYS
Manages TENDS
Mellow Mel TORME
Mex. Mrs. SRA
Mexico's Yaqui and others RIOS
Moolah DOREMI
Most titillating RACIEST
Move briskly STRIDE
Mug KISSER
Musical with the song 'The Night They Invented Champagne' GIGI
N.Y. commuter line LIRR
N.Y.C. airport baggage letters LGA
Clues Answers
New Deal inits. NRA
New York's ___ Falls CROTON
No. after a no. EXT
Nut MANIAC
Nutritional fig. CAL
O.K., say NOD
One-third of a Beatles refrain YEAH
Operations ___ (Army position) NCO
Ostrichlike birds RHEAS
Paddles OARS
Party leader, maybe EMCEE
Paul ___, Tony-winning dramatist for 'Morning's at Seven' OSBORN
Personal excesses GREEDS
Perturb AGITATE
Photocopied, informally DUPED
Playwright Clifford ODETS
Pope's scarflike vestment FANON
Post office employee SORTER
Prying NOSY
Relaxing ATEASE
Saclike CYSTIC
Section of le Tour de France ETAPE
Seed oil plants SESAMES
Set out BEGAN
Severity RIGOR
She had a 1989 #1 hit 'Don't Wanna Lose You' ESTEFAN
Sight from the Quai d'Orsay SEINE
Signs of a 'her-icane'? GALFORCEWINDS
Sister of Melpomene ERATO
Site for happy campers? EVERGLADS
Slow LARGO
Solemnly affirm SWEARTO
Standoff TIE
Stoolie of considerable interest? PREFERREDRAT
Store STOW
Subdued hue BEIGE
Subject of the biography 'An American Hero' REAGAN
Subway rider's wish SEAT
Suffix with glycer- IDE
Suffix with planet OID
Suns' spot PHOENIX
Swedish money KRONA
Texas pop.? LONESTARSTAT
The least a dog can make? MINIMUMWAG
They're the tops LIDS
To date SOFAR
Town on Santa Monica Bay MALIBU
Toyota model, once PASEO
Tributary FEEDER
Trickster IMP
Type type ELITE
Unexciting news about a missile? SAMOLDSAMOLD
Unfairly charges SOAKS
Union member, in France ETAT
Vasco da Gama's lucky headgear? CAPOFGOODHOPE
Violin maker Nicolò AMATI
Vow locale ALTAR
War maker ARES
Water logs? TAPRECORDERS
Way out DOOR
Weeds CIGS
Went over RETRACED
Whatsoever ATALL
Whiz ACE
Without imagination ARIDLY
Woeful noises MOANS
X-ray doses RADS
___ Jima IWO
___ State College, in Massachusetts SALEM
___-Z (old Camaro) IROC