New York Times - May 8 1997

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Clues Answers
'Air Music' composer ROREM
'If ___ a nickel...' IHAD
'Phooey!' BAH
1492 Columbus discovery HAITI
Adaptable truck, for short UTE
Ambles (along) POKES
Appoint ORDAIN
Attorney's request RETAINER
Be-bopper CAT
Beach time in Buenos Aires ENERO.
Capp and Capone ALS
Cheerless DREAR
Confederate soldier, at times? YANKEEDODGER
Construction lifts HOISTS
Continues MOVESON
Contribute, as to an account PAYIN
Crescent-shaped figure LUNE
Critic RATER
Criticize in no uncertain terms BLAST
Day-___ GLO
Dearie PET
Dow Jones fig. AVG
Eight pts. GAL
Famished STARVED
Feints in boxing BOBS
Fish-eating duck SMEW
Get spliced WED
Ginger Rogers tune '___ in the Money' WERE
Half of the Odd Couple MADISON
Hubbub ADO
Item in a trunk JACK
Like Alban Berg's music ATONAL
Louis XIV, to himself? ROYALGIANT
Magellan, e.g. BRAVEMARINER
Med. care provider HMO
Melon originally from Turkey CASABA
Metric units TENTHS
Clues Answers
Namesakes of a literary fox RENARDS
New York City opera benefactor? METANGEL
Not much ATAD
Not occurring naturally MADE
Not perfectly round OVATE
Noted first name in jazz ELLA
Number of articles in the Constitution VII
O'Brien of 'The Barefoot Contessa' EDMOND
Old words from which modern words are derived ETYMA
Olive ___ OYL
Plain homes TEPEES
Pointed criticism JAB
Pool areas DEEPENDS
Pundit SWAMI
Razzed NEEDLED
Red corundums RUBIES
Retired ABED
Section flanked by aisles NAVE
Sound of passage KNELL
Spring zoo attraction TIGERCUB
Start of many Western place names SAN
Stonewort, e.g. ALGA
Struggle VIE
Suffix with saw YER
Sweep OAR
Theme of this puzzle INTERLEAGUEPLAY
Tick off IRK
Tide rival ERA
Together, musically ADUE
Tot's transport TRIKE
TV news time SIX
Where to hear 'All Things Considered' NPR
World's fair pavilion INDIANEXPO
Wound up ONEDGE
You can say that again! MANTRA
___ voce SOTTO
___-poly ROLY