New York Times - Jun 2 2003

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Clues Answers
'Hold on a moment!' WHOA
'Is it soup ___?' YET
'Nope!' UHUH
'Unto the Sons' author Gay ___ TALESE
Actress Kay of 'Breezy,' 1973 LENZ
Animal caretakers, for short SPCA
Auditions, with 'out' TRIES
Backfire sound BANG
Band booking GIG
Barley beards AWNS
Barracks no-show AWOL
Bit IOTA
Bullying, e.g. ABUSE
Caravan's stopping point OASIS
Deuces TWOS
Diaper wearer BABY
Discontinue CEASE
E-mail deliverer, with 'the' INTERNET
Effrontery GALL
Exterior OUTER
Extinct flock DODOS
F.B.I. operative AGENT
Father's Day gift TIE
Feminine suffix ESS
Fender blemish DENT
Five-pointed star PENTACLE
Former Georgia senator Sam NUNN
Fund, as one's alma mater ENDOW
German 'a' EINE
Goulash STEW
Grand ___ Dam COULEE
Group of lions PRIDE
Holy one SAINT
I-95, e.g.: Abbr. RTE
Killer whale ORCA
Landing strip constructors SEABEES
Large lizard IGUANA
Like a dust bowl ARID
Like backwater STAGNANT
Clues Answers
Maid's cloth RAG
Makes yawn BORES
March Madness org. NCAA
Old, deteriorated ship RUSTBUCKET
On the ___ (close to defeat) ROPES
Orange container CRATE
Person likely to say 'hubba hubba!' OGLER
Piano piece ETUDE
Pre-repair job figure ESTIMATE
Pulled tight TAUT
Questions ASKS
Red roots in the garden BEETS
Relative of an English horn OBOE
Rib or ulna BONE
Rowboat blade OAR
Royal Arabian EMIR
Royal Russian TSAR
Sandwich shop DELI
See 15-Across RACKS
Shake, as an Etch A Sketch ERASE
Shoe part that's wiped on 23-Down SOLE
Shoes are wiped on them MATS
Shoestrings LACES
Smooth EVEN
Something passed in music class? NOTE
Southeastern Conference mascot AUBURNTIGER
Store with taco shells BODEGA
The 'E' in B.P.O.E. ELKS
Third-place prize BRONZEMEDAL
Tommy Franks, for one: Abbr. GEN
Towel stitching HIS
Venomous viper COPPERHEAD
Watch face DIAL
Wed. preceder TUE
Where the Mets play SHEA
With 34-Across, places to set pies to bake OVEN
Workaday world RATRACE
___ many words INSO
___ nova (60's dance) BOSSA