New York Times - Sep 12 2003

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'A special laurel ___ go': Whitman EREI
'Keep this' STET
'The Longest Day' director ___ Annakin KEN
'You can't be serious!' DONTMAKEMELAUGH
11- or 12-year-old, e.g. SUBTEEN
Abbr. in a military title RET
According to ASPER
Apocalyptic DIRE
Beautiful fairies of Persian myth PERIS
Big names in l'opéra ETOILES
Brewery equipment VATS
Business section info CLOSINGS
Calorie-dense treat SCONE
Came clean FESSEDUP
Cause of some allergic reactions DANDER
Certain wingding ROAST
Comes out of denial FACESIT
Dirigible parts KEELS
Ernie Bilko's rank: Abbr. MSGT
Evan S. Connell's '___ Bridge' MRS
Faraway place TIMBUKTU
Fastidious roommate of fiction UNGER
First year of John VI's papacy DCCI
Flies, e.g. PESTS
Fuses SOLDERS
Go caving SPELUNK
Gray of 'Gray's Manual of Botany' ASA
H.H.H.'s boss LBJ
Head of a household, maybe MADAM
It can be a mouthful GARGLE
It serves Stockholm SAS
Juice with punch HARDCIDER
Khan man? AGA
Let loose UNLEASHED
Like some churches: Abbr. EPIS
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Manage, with 'out' EKE
Mass communication medium? LATIN
Meeting: Abbr. SESS
Milk pitcher? ELSIE
Moxie GUTS
My follower LAI
Net TAKEHOME
New faces on bases RECRUITS
Noncaloric cooler ICEWATER
Noted 1931 indictee ALCAPONE
Oktoberfest souvenir STEIN
One on a trail, perhaps SLEUTH
Ones on trails, perhaps HIKERS
Open OVERT
Overdo a scene, say EMOTE
Party decoration STREAMER
Pitching choice TAR
Pond creature NEWT
Protect, in a way INOCULATE
Quick multipliers RABBITS
Roman sandal SOLEA
Salad veggies CUKES
Saturnine DISMAL
Schönberg opera 'Moses und ___' ARON
Settles for the night ROOSTS
Shaker leader ANNLEE
Showed generosity, in a way TITHED
Stirs up the sediment in MUDS
Sutton of the P.G.A. HAL
They often end with puns KNOCKKNOCKJOKES
Three points in a row, perhaps ELLIPSIS
Two close for comfort? NESTLERS
Underpinning BRACE
Variety ILK
Whistler on the range TEAKETTLE