New York Times - Aug 31 2003

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Clues Answers
'Alley ___!' OOP
'Bewitched' witch ENDORA
'Dirty' dish RICE
'Funny Girl' composer STYNE
'Kinda' suffix ISH
1984-88 skating gold medalist WITT
A.E.C. successor NRC
Actress Lisi VIRNA
Agenda part ITEM
Aladdin ___ RUBBEDOUTAGENIE
Andrews, e.g.: Abbr. AFB
Answering machine offering, sometimes MENU
Arabian Peninsula city SANA
Arcade favorite TETRIS
Argus-eyed ALERT
Assist, to Eliza Doolittle ELP
Bank holding? PLASMA
Banned pesticide DDT
Bar topic LAW
Barbecue setting TERRACE
Bard's nightfall EEN
Berated loudly YELLEDAT
Best suited APTEST
Better trained ABLER
Black key EFLAT
Bloke EGG
Book after Neh. ESTH
Captivate, in a way ENAMOR
Cartel city CALI
Caught flat-footed on a tennis serve, maybe ACED
City where Dr Pepper originated, 1885 WACO
Commercial prefix with Cat SNO
Coors competitor PABST
Cruel one SADIST
Cruiserweight boxing champion James ___ TONEY
Cuba ___ LIBRE
Deserving a slap, perhaps FRESH
Designer Gucci ALDO
Didn't hold back one's curiosity ASKED
Different ELSE
Dork DWEEB
Dorm annoyance SNORE
Drain, in a way SAP
Dutch sights DIKES
Early aristocrat THANE
Egret, e.g. WADER
Emergency delivery, maybe AIRLIFT
Fig. with two dashes SSN
Fingers RATSON
Fits in well NESTS
Fly catcher WEB
Fraction of a joule ERG
From humble beginnings LOWBORN
From ___ Z ATO
Galway Bay's ___ Islands ARAN
Gaucho's turf LLANO
Get the drift SEE
Getaway spots ISLES
Go from second to third, say SHIFT
Goals ENDS
Hard-to-find cards, to collectors RARES
Havana residue ASH
Having five sharps INB
Hoopster Thurmond NATE
Hugs, symbolically OOO
Hydrocarbon suffix ENE
Identify, in a way DIAGNOSE
Is down with HAS
Island wiggle HULA
Isolde's love TRISTRAM
Clues Answers
It may be bitter ALE
It's been done DEED
Kicked around some more REHASHED
Ladder company? ELOPERS
Like slander ORAL
Lincoln and Madison CAPITALS
Los ___ (nuclear site) ALAMOS
Low men BASSI
Mallorca Mrs. SRA
Many moons EON
Mark time, in a way CLAP
Maze site, maybe LAB
Medicinal plant SENNA
Michael Stipe's band REM
Mies van der Rohe's motto LESSISMORE
Mother of Helen LEDA
Mustangs' sch. SMU
No-goodnik HEEL
Noah of 'ER' WYLE
Novelist ___ René Lesage ALAIN
Nutritional fig. RDA
O.J.'s team USC
Okra unit POD
Old talk show name THICKE
One X TAC
Operatic prince IGOR
Part of a power saw CHAIN
Part of B.Y.O.B. OWN
Past masters HISTORIANS
Peer BARON
Plunk preceder KER
Pop singer Neville AARON
Popular side SLAW
Port St. ___, Fla. LUCIE
Prenatal care centers? UTERI
Prepare for the new model year RETOOL
Professional headgear FIREHAT
Road help TOW
Simile's center ASA
Slider's goal BASE
Some schoolwork ROTE
Spreading device SPACER
Stable particle OAT
Start of a legal conclusion IREST
Stutz contemporary REO
Super GREAT
The bakery worker ___ ICEDTHECUPCAKES
The enterprising musician ___ PLUGGEDHISCDS
The gardener ___ WHACKEDTHEWEEDS
The shopper ___ CLIPPEDCOUPONS
The short-tempered fellow ___ HITTHECEILING
The spendthrift ___ WASTEDHISMONEY
The unambitious worker ___ KNOCKEDOFFEARLY
Tinker, Evers and Chance CUBS
Trattoria bottles SOAVES
Trivia category SPORTS
Tune out IGNORE
Two-___ (court situation) ONONE
Usual: Abbr. STD
Vacation rental, maybe CANOE
Wagner opera PARSIFAL
Wetlands area BOG
Whaler's direction THAR
When said five times, a 1974 Rolling Stones hit DOO
Words with instant or uproar INAN
Working without ___ ANET
Wrap artist? CHRISTO
___ Lingus AER
___-Cuban music AFRO
___-Foy, Que. STE