New York Times - Dec 21 2013

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Clues Answers
'South Park' boy IKE
'Star Wars' queen and senator AMIDALA
'Vous êtes ___' ICI
1, for one: Abbr RTE
1989 Peace Nobelist DALAILAMA
Acclaim for picadors OLES
Actor Tom of 'The Seven Year Itch' EWELL
Aviary sound CHIRP
Babe in the woods FAWN
Basic Latin verb EST
Big sport overseas? SUMO
Borders HEMS
Brass NERVE
Canine vestigial structure DEWCLAW
Certain sultan's subjects OMANIS
Chilling ONICE
City on the Firth of Tay DUNDEE
Cortes's quest ORO
Creator of the first crossword ARTHURWYNNE
Early Chinese dynasty WEI
Extended trial ORDEAL
Firth, e.g INLET
Form of many a birthday cake SHEET
Formal confession ITWASI
Fruit whose name comes from Arawak GUAVA
Girl's name in #1 1973 and 1974 song titles ANGIE
Graffiti, say MAR
Had ___ (flipped) ACOW
Hemingway, notably EXPAT
High-hatting SNOOTY
Hobbyist, e.g NONPRO
Home of MacDill Air Force Base TAMPA
Jacket style NEHRU
Jerry Orbach role in 'The Fantasticks' ELGALLO
Jojoba oil is a natural one FUNGICIDE
Clues Answers
Key never used by itself CTRL
Kingdom vanquished by Hammurabi ELAM
La ___ (California resort and spa) COSTA
Lab dept RANDD
Lead-in to now ERE
Legal attachment? ESE
Less light SOLEMNER
Light unit LUMEN
Like many nutrients ESSENTIAL
Like some vin BLANC
Mardi Gras group KREWE
Morlocks' enemy ELOI
Mulligans, e.g REDOS
Neighborhood org. since 1844 YMCA
Not for the general public CLOSED
Noted geographical misnomer GREENLAND
Obscure BEDIM
Ostrogoth enemy HUN
Poor, as an excuse SAD
R. J. Reynolds brand SALEM
Ranch sobriquet TEX
Reserved parking spaces and others PERKS
Rock singer? LORELEI
Sailors' chains TYES
Saxony, e.g STATE
See 6-Across SUNDAYWORLD
Shot BBS
Staple of sci-fi filmmaking CGI
T. J. ___ MAXX
They're not team players OWNERS
To a fault INEXCESS
Toni Morrison novel SULA
Where vaults can be seen APSES
With 20-Across, where the first-ever crossword puzzle appeared NEWYORK
Year in which the first crossword appeared, on December 21 MCMXIII