New York Times - Dec 6 2004

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Clues Answers
552, in old Rome DLII
Alpine song YODEL
Approximately ABOUT
Arapaho or Apache TRIBE
Bar mitzvah officiator RABBI
Beginner TYRO
Big stinger BUMBLEBEE
Bob Hope tour grp. USO
Brass instruments TUBAS
Ceiling support BEAM
Christmas tree topper STAR
Collect AMASS
Come from behind RALLY
Copier of a manuscript SCRIBE
Cosmic explosion BIGBANG
Critical VITAL
Crowd noise ROAR
Diagram GRID
Director Kurosawa AKIRA
Dirties SOILS
Doc MEDIC
Dublin’s land, in poetry ERIN
Except BUT
F.B.I. employee: Abbr. AGT
Fitzgerald of scat ELLA
Fox comedy series MADTV
French president’s residence ELYSEE
Frisbee, e.g. DISC
Green gem JADE
Guitar bars FRETS
Gulp from a bottle SWIG
Guy FELLA
Hippie happening LOVEIN
Hobgoblin BUGBEAR
It ebbs and flows TIDE
Juliet’s beloved ROMEO
Just twiddling one’s thumbs IDLE
Kotter of “Welcome Back, Kotter” GABE
Landed (on) ALIT
Clues Answers
Last six lines of a sonnet SESTET
Lingerie item SLIP
Louisville Slugger BAT
Mama Cass ___ ELLIOT
Meeting transcriber STENO
Mexican sandwich TACO
Mixes STIRS
Nasdaq rival NYSE
Navel BELLYBUTTON
Not completely dissolved, as a drink mix GRITTY
Obeys HEEDS
Off-white ECRU
One of the Bushes JEB
Online auction house EBAY
Parking place SPOT
Pickle flavoring DILL
Profess AVER
Safecrackers YEGGS
Satellite paths ORBITS
School readings TEXTS
Seek help from TURNTO
Shines GLEAMS
Silents star Jannings EMIL
Slick OILY
Smell ___ (be leery) ARAT
Strike ___ blow ALOW
Take by force USURP
The Bruins of the Pac Ten UCLA
The Midwest, agriculturally speaking BREADBASKET
Threesome TRIO
TV host Winfrey OPRAH
Ultimatum words ORELSE
Vote depository BALLOTBOX
Wide shoe specification EEE
___ code (long-distance need) AREA
“Dear” letter recipient SIR
“Must’ve been something ___” IATE
“Oh my goodness!” EGADS
“Whatcha ___?” DOIN