New York Times - Dec 15 2011

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'Carmina Burana' composer ORFF
'Check it out' GOSEE
'My word!' ISAY
'Star Trek' helmsman MRSULU
'The South-Sea House' essayist ELIA
1958 hit that won the first-ever Grammy for Song of the Year VOLARE
About ASTO
Arsenal, so to speak REPERTOIRE
Bit of dance attire for Fred Astaire HAT
Bitter and sweet TASTES
Boom-causing, perhaps SUPERSONIC
Brandy cocktail CAR
Bypass EVADE
Capital whose name comes from an Algonquin word for 'to trade' OTTAWA
Certain gifts in 'The 12 Days of Christmas' GEESE
Certain joint ELL
Check ARREST
Company's numero uno BANANA
Debt doc IOU
Dish often served in a shell TACOSALAD
Disseminates SOWS
Drug drawback EFFECT
Early 26th-century year MMDI
Elite TIER
Fabulist LIAR
Feng ___ SHUI
Fictional plantation owner LEGREE
Following ___ ALEAD
Harriet Beecher Stowe novel DRED
Hit a low point OUT
In the 40s? AGED
Jump on a stage JETE
Key ___ FOB
Kind of coach: Abbr ASST
Kowtows, say KNEELS
Like the highest high ALLTIME
Like the origin of the names for some days of the week NORSE
Lyric poem EPODE
Make a little mistake NOD
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Many a Monopoly property: Abbr AVE
Michigan college ALMA
Midnight to 4 a.m., at sea WATCH
No friend of the bootlegger TMAN
Nottingham's river TRENT
Often-flooded locale LAND
Oil source EAST
One way to ride a horse SADDLE
One-named pop star SELENA
Opening word of many an Italian letter CARA
Overindulge CODDLE
Painter's preparation GESSO
Pantry problem ANTS
Pile NAP
Port alternative STARBOARD
Recipient of three consecutive Hart Trophies ORR
Rehab candidate ABUSER
Reveled in ENJOYED
See 29-Across TALKS
Some shot targets FLUS
Source of heat IRE
Starfish or sea cucumber, e.g FEEDER
Tire part WALL
To be, at the Louvre ETRE
Toyota sedan AVALON
Trademarked sanitary wipes WETONES
User of night vision OWL
Way less traveled ROAD
What a big hand often grabs? POT
What Cowboy legend Tom Landry sported FEDORA
Whups CREAMS
With 30-Across, they started in 1969 SALT
Word with belt or tape LOOP
Words after count or let MEIN
Wrigley product BIGRED
Writing in a box BAR
___ polloi HOI
___ verte (green earth pigment) TERRE
___-Pitch SLO