New York Times - Mar 13 2013

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Clues Answers
'My fingers are crossed' IHOPE
'Out of ___' AFRICA
'That's gotta hurt' OOH
'What a relief!' PHEW
Abscond FLEE
Ancient markets AGORAE
Anklebone TALUS
Bits of sugar GRANULES
Blood fluids SERA
BMI rival ASCAP
Certain marcher in a parade FLAGBEARER
Charge to appear in a magazine ADFEE
Choose the best of CULL
City east of Santa Barbara OJAI
Comics beagle ODIE
Copier need TONER
Critic James AGEE
De ___ (in practice) FACTO
Demanding sort DIVA
Diagonal BIAS
Each of this puzzle's long Across answers sounds like one OPERA
Enticed LEDON
Finished with RIDOF
Gene arising through mutation ALLELE
Grinder of a sort COFFEEMILL
Groups of limos, e.g FLEETS
Grow dim WANE
Grp. created at the Baghdad Conference, 1960 OPEC
Gunk GOOP
Headline after one of Becker's Wimbledon wins? BORISGOODENOUGH
Heckelphone cousins OBOES
Help with a cover story, say LIEFOR
Hoedown partner GAL
Home near the Arctic Circle IGLOO
Job listing inits EEO
Kazan of Hollywood ELIA
Kitten sound MEW
Clues Answers
Lady paid for one insect? MADAMBOUGHTAFLY
Land O'Lakes product OLEO
Light touches DABS
Like St. Augustine, in 1565 FOUNDED
Like the 'i' in 'like' LONG
Miss Scarlet's game CLUE
Not quite closed AJAR
Old touring car REO
One of the Baldwins? PIANO
Ornithology-related AVIAN
Pizza parlor option TOGO
Poet best known for 'The Highwayman' NOYES
Popular card game SPADES
Powerful old Pontiac GTO
Read digitally SCAN
Really, really good STELLAR
Rock group Los ___ LOBOS
Rodent that lets air out of balloons? DEFLATERMOUSE
Shoelace tip AGLET
Site of some Chicago touchdowns OHARE
Sits by a fire after a drenching, say DRIESOFF
Slump SAG
Spanish rum cake? BABAOFSEVILLE
Stock answer? MOO
Sweet 'un DARLIN
Tale's end, sometimes MORAL
Taradiddle FIB
The best AONE
The dark side EVIL
Tide competitor ERA
Unite, in a way SOLDER
Word after flood or floor LAMP
Written promises IOUS
Zip NADA
Zipped (by) FLEW
___ Minor URSA
___ stick POGO