New York Times - Dec 20 2005

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'Casey at the Bat' writer Ernest Lawrence ___ THAYER
'Danse Macabre' composer Saint-___ SAENS
'Middlemarch' author ELIOT
'Stop! You're killing me!' HAHA
'What's in a ___?': Juliet NAME
'___ of Eden' EAST
20% ONEFIFTH
A bit cuckoo DAFT
A Rockefeller NELSON
A.J., the racer FOYT
Above everything else ATTHETOP
Alma mater of D.D.E. USMA
Blanc and Brooks MELS
Bounds' partner LEAPS
Bowler's pickup SPARE
Brings to light UNEARTHS
British man-of-war HMSBOUNTY
Bulgaria's capital SOFIA
Capital near the ruins of the ancient city Pachacamac LIMA
Card catalog abbr. ISBN
Civilian attire MUFTI
Command to Rover HEEL
Comparatively close NEARER
Copier company RICOH
Dam-building org. TVA
False start? PSEUDO
Family girl NIECE
Feudal estate FIEF
Formerly, formerly ERST
Friend of Kukla and Ollie FRAN
Gymnast Comaneci NADIA
High ball? LOB
Home in bed, ill LAIDUP
In other words IDEST
Indiana hoopsters PACERS
It's gender NEUTER
Jai ___ ALAI
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Jazz singer James ETTA
Kafka's 'In the ___ Colony' PENAL
Kind of need DIRE
Knuckleheads DOLTS
Landed ALIT
Lowly worker SERF
Man o' War FAMOUSRACEHORSE
Mideast princes EMIRS
Natural balm ALOE
Neighbor of Francia ESPANA
Nice winter coat FUR
Not taken in by ONTO
Nuns' garb HABITS
On a higher plane ASTRAL
One-celled creature AMOEBA
Opera script LIBRETTO
Pair in a dinghy OARS
Place for things to get sorted out MAILROOM
Place to overnight INN
Portuguese man-of-war JELLYFISH
Rosh ___ HASHANAH
Sainted Norwegian king OLAV
Sitcom that debuted in 1994 ELLEN
Stubborn as ___ AMULE
Supplicate PRAY
The Supreme Court, e.g. ENNEAD
They're not fair FOULS
Three-point shot, in hoops slang TREY
Towel embroidery HERS
Town near Santa Barbara OJAI
Treat roughly TEARAT
Trees in an O'Neill title ELMS
Veronica of 'Hill Street Blues' HAMEL
Virginia dance REEL
Word with fee or ID USER
Yellow fruit PAPAYA
___ ed. PHYS