New York Times - May 31 1998

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'-speak' ESE
'54 defense pact SEATO
'Able was ___...' IERE
'Rigoletto' has three ACTS
'The Devil and Daniel Webster' writer BENET
'The Thief of Bagdad' star, 1940 SABU
'There's Something About ___ (That Reminds Me of You)' AROSE
'___ your pardon?' IBEG
1980's Geena Davis sitcom SARA
A deadly sin SLOTH
A lot of tea KETTLEFUL
Actor Montgomery CLIFT
Actress Bassett ANGELA
Ancient Roman officials EDILES
Angry kvetching? GRIPESOFWRATH
Annihilation END
Arbitrary decree FIAT
Arty Big Apple area SOHO
Basis of the marine food chain ALGAE
Begin wedding plans SETADATE
Big initials at Indy STP
Big step STRIDE
Birdhouse dweller WREN
Bleacher feature TIER
Bouquet sender's abbr. FTD
Brew milieu PUB
Brink EVE
Bugs FLUS
By ___ (via) WAYOF
Cassini with designs on Jackie OLEG
Catchers in tag ITS
Charges WARDS
Cloaks MANTLES
Comparable to a fiddle ASFIT
Conclusion of many firm names SONS
Contradicts GAINSAYS
Cousin of 'Phooey!' BAH
Croquet site LAWN
Curtain call call BRAVO
Daughter of Ingrid Bergman PIA
Dazzle ECLAT
Detective Pinkerton ALLAN
Drying frames AIRERS
During AMID
Elusive creature YETI
Feudal estate FIEF
Film title kvetch? FERRISPULER
Fink SCAB
Followers GEESE
Football's Flash Herber ARNIE
French quarters ETES
Get back, as authority REASSERT
Goya's Maja is one NUDE
Heard cases TRIED
Heath ___ (flowering perennial) ASTER
Human apes BOORS
Illegal lender USURER
Indian percussion rhythm TALA
Job ad letters EOE
Journalist Alexander et al. SHANAS
Kiddie kvetches' game? MUTTERMAYI
Kind of club GLEE
Kind of meet SWAP
Kvetch's game show? WHATSMYWHINE
Lawyer: Abbr. ATT
Leg scratchers THISTLES
Legal matter RES
Like some Clement Moore snow NEWFALLEN
Lover of Aphrodite ARES
Low note provider TUBA
Madras wear SARIS
Maj. Houlihan portrayer in 'M*A*S*H' SWIT
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Middle English letter YOGH
Minded OBEYED
More than irked IRATE
Movie kvetch in the woods? FORESTGRUMP
Mrs. Flagston of the comics LOIS
Mrs. Flagston of the comics LOIS.
N.R.C. predecessor AEC
Newborn's bed BASSINET
Newcomer, briefly NEO
Nickname for a kvetch maven? THEPROFUSSER
No-waist dresses SHIFTS
Occasion for a game plan? SAFARI
Oft-broken promise IDO
Old Pontiacs GTOS
Overhaul REDO
Pavarotti possessive MIO
Peace Corps director Sargent SHRIVER
Piedmont province ASTI
Prefix with light or night TWI
Prefix with sphere or system ECO
Prefix with store MEGA
Premed subj. ANAT
Primitive time STONEAGE
Procter & Gamble soap LAVA
Prod EGG
Pronouncement UKASE
Realtor sign add-on SOLD
Reject SPURN
Remember a kvetch in one's will? LEAVEITTOBEEFER
Richard of 'Final Analysis' GERE
Riding lawnmower maker DEERE
Robert ___ ELEE
Robert ___ ELEE.
Rock's ___ Heep URIAH
Round trip? ORBIT
Rue REGRET
Seles rival GRAF
Sheathe ENCASE
Site of a wreck REEF
Small merganser SMEW
Small pipe organ MELODICA
Some are inflatable RAFTS
Some fraternity members OMEGAS
Spot for a nosh SNACKBAR
Steeping gadget TEABALL
Stemming ARISING
Strummer's instrument UKE
Subdued TAME
Surfeited CLOYED
Surround GIRD
Susan Lucci's eluder EMMY
Tangent, e.g. RATIO
They often don't speak to each other EXES
Tibiae neighbors TARSI
Train in a celebrated song THEA
Transversely ACROSS
Triangle part LEG
Undone? RARE
Verdi's Aïda, e.g. SLAVE
Visit SEE
Wading bird EGRET
What an 'F' may indicate SEX
What kvetches do at grocery stores? CARPATBAGGERS
Withered SERE
Yago Sant'___ (wine brand) GRIA
Year in Leo IX's papacy MLI
Zephyr's kvetching? WINDYAMMER
___ apple ADAMS
___ Arc, Ark. DES
___ jure (by law) IPSO
___ Pea (Popeye's kid) SWEE
___-dieu (kneeling bench) PRIE