New York Times - Jan 17 2008

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Clues Answers
'04, '08 and others YRS
'O patria ___' ('Aida' aria) MIA
'Oy, vey!' cause TSURIS
'So ...?' AND
'That's all I ___' ASK
'The Guiding Light' airer CBS
--- ISLAND
--- SADDLES
--- CRACKERS
--- SUNRISE
1/64 of a checkerboard, maybe: Abbr. SQIN
1958 sci-fi classic starring Steve McQueen THEBLOB
1984 film with the tagline 'It's 4 a.m., do you know where your car is?' REPOMAN
A deadly sin AVARICE
Admit LETIN
Altoids holder TIN
Bone: It. OSSO
Book in the Book of Mormon ENOS
BOOM SPAR
Brute ANIMAL
Bun toppers SESAMES
Class of '08 in '08, e.g. SRS
Classic camera LEICA
Column of boxes on a questionnaire YESES
Country singer with the 1997 triple platinum hit 'How Do I Live' RIMES
Dark UNLIT
Defendants, legally REI
Dietary std. RDA
Director Ivan REITMAN
Dry white SOAVE
Existed BEEN
Explanatory phrase IDEST
Famous Mama CASS
Fill in the ___ (a hint to this puzzle's theme) BLANK
Film developing order: Abbr. ENL
Flexible blade EPEE
Former first lady BESS
Frozen drink brand ICEE
Give a rundown BRIEF
Clues Answers
Holiday meals SPREADS
Hwy. planners ENGRS
It may be on a property LIEN
It may be said while crossing the fingers FIB
Jazz's Peterson OSCAR
Jose Cuervo, for one TEQUILA
Learns ABSORBS
Letters before gimels BETHS
Most monstrous UGLIEST
Not so well done RARER
Ocean liner? SAND
Of tremendous fervor BLAZING
Once, in old times ERST
Org. ASSOC
Ornery sort CUSS
Parade honoree, briefly STPAT
Pivoting razor ATRA
Place for a houseplant SILL
Plague SCOURGE
Prize TREASURE
Rear-___ ENDER
Red and black, perhaps BETS
Rice dish PILAF
Risqué beachwear THONGS
Saint of dancers VITUS
Sauce BOOZE
Show of affection HUG
So last year OUT
Some fasteners BRADS
St. ___ (common hospital name) LUKES
Startle ALARM
Supporters of the arts PATRONS
Tabriz native IRANI
Taylor, Wilson or Harding ANN
The sun, moon and stars ORBS
Toolbar heading HELP
Venae ___ (major blood vessels) CAVAE
Very OHSO
What each completed pair of theme answers in this puzzle is FILM