New York Times - Aug 14 2003

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Clues Answers
'Forever Your Girl' hitmaker, 1989 ABDUL
'I Could Write ___' (Rodgers and Hart song) ABOOK
'It's ___ against time' ARACE
'Shoot!' ASK
1974 title role for Dustin Hoffman LENNY
Adriatic seaport BARI
All-natural food no-no BHT
Aromatic compound ESTER
Arrange, as hair DOUP
Atkins diet count, briefly CARBS
Basic building unit CINDER
Becomes discouraged LOSESHEART
Bug someone, e.g. SPY
Burden carriers ASSES
Burn preventer SUN
Charlie Brown utterance SIGH
Chatter YAP
Cheerleader's maneuver CARTWHEEL
City near Oberhausen ESSEN
Duck with a large white crest SMEW
Elect CHOSEN
Flight coordinators: Abbr. ATC
Folders, wastebaskets and such ICONS
For sale ONTHE
G's THOUS
Gillette product ATRA
Greek island or its capital RHODES
Hanger-on LEECH
Heroic action DERRINGDO
Huge success BUSTER
It comes before long ERE
It may be on a roll BRATWURST
It may be twisted ARM
It may get you slapped FRESHNESS
Jacob who wrote 'How the Other Half Lives' RIIS
John with a wild wardrobe ELTON
Knocks heads (with) SPARS
Line of defense ADE
Literal element of eight answers in this puzzle BLOCK
Clues Answers
Mower maker DEERE
Neighborhood shindig PARTY
Nincompoop HEAD
No longer young AGING
Not be childish ACTONESAGE
October 31 option TREAT
Old-time marauder HUN
Olive oil dressing CAESAR
One over BOGEY
Orangish hues OCHRES
Paints the town red TIESONEON
Part of many an antique shop name OLDE
Percussion instrument struck with a mallet WOOD
Private dining room? MESS
Prussian pronoun SIE
Rampart WALL
Revolution TWIRL
Sherpa's land NEPAL
Showy display ECLAT
Skin layer DERMA
Stamp of approval? USDA
Super server ACER
Sweetie DEAR
Swelter ROAST
Symbol of Japan RISINGSUN
They're found among the reeds OBOES
Timber wolf LOBO
Top spot ACME
Train station STOP
Twist SKEW
Unnamed litigant ROE
Very, affectedly TRES
What counters may count NOSES
Wild goings-on ORGY
Winchester, e.g. RIFLE
Wraps (up) SEWS
___ Alto PALO
___ of Steel (video classic) ABS
___ Picchu (Incan site) MACHU