New York Times - Feb 17 2008

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Clues Answers
'Awesome!' RAD
'Death in the Afternoon' figures MATADORS
'Mon ___!' DIEU
'No seats left' SRO
'Not I!' hearer REDHEN
'Real Time' moderator MAHER
'We Need a Little Christmas' singer MAME
'___ Remember' TRYTO
*Again ONEMORETIME
*Baseball's Willie Mays, with 'the' SAYHEYKID
*Brownish-orange TERRACOTTA
*Composer's due ROYALTIES
*Decelerating SLOWINGDOWN
*Fiancé HUSBANDTOBE
*Kind of ratio PRICEEARNINGS
*Metal used for swords DAMASCUSSTEEL
*Symbol of rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return FATTEDCALF
*Whatever happens RAINORSHINE
+ AND
+ PLUS
Accustom INURE
Act of kindness FAVOR
Actress Harper TESS
Aerobics technique TAEBO
All the parts of a column except the bottom ADDENDS
Alma mater for Neil Armstrong and Pat Nixon: Abbr. USC
Atahualpa, e.g. INCA
Attempts STABS
Author of the Oprah's Book Club selection 'We Were the Mulvaneys' OATES
Ball handler? ARNAZ
Bar personnel BOUNCERS
Be about to fall TEETER
Bigwig NABOB
Both: Prefix AMBI
Braggadocio GAS
Brawl motivator IRE
Butlers and maids HELP
Cantankerous ORNERY
Capital of East Flanders GHENT
Close of day, to poets EEN
Common ___ ERA
Cox's call STROKE
Cracker topper BRIE
Creator of 'Hägar the Horrible' BROWNE
Crunch's title CAPN
Curling goal TEE
Denier's reply TISNT
Dentist's concern TARTAR
Destination in Genesis 8 ARARAT
Diplomats' place: Abbr. EMB
Divine FORESEE
Dog of old comics TIGE
Done with RIDOF
Dots on a map TOWNS
Exercised power over REINEDIN
FedEx competitor DHL
Fictional TV planet ORK
Fits (inside) NESTS
Football Hall-of-Famer Ernie NEVERS
Glycerides, e.g. ESTERS
Guarantees SECURES
Gutter locale EAVES
Hero SAVIOR
Hollow-point ammo DUMDUMS
Home of 67-Across: Abbr. CALIF
Home of Faa'a International Airport TAHITI
Hoop grp. NBA
I's opposite on a clock VII
Impair through inactivity RUST
Clues Answers
Improvises VAMPS
Indy champ Bobby RAHAL
Inexact fig. EST
It may be + or - ION
Jessica of '7th Heaven' BIEL
Jim who wrote 'Ball Four' BOUTON
Jury pool VENIRE
Lady-in-waiting in 'Othello' EMILIA
Laugh-a-minute RIOT
Lie STORY
Light from a headlight BEAM
Like wiping one's dirty mouth on one's sleeve GAUCHE
Little of France? PEU
Liver in Lyon FOIE
Loud, abrupt sound CLAP
Lovers of expensive furs may put them on AIRS
Magazine holders FORTS
Make an example of CITE
Manhattan street leading to the Williamsburg Bridge DELANCEY
Mississippi quartet ESSES
Muse of music EUTERPE
New York's ___-Fontanne Theater LUNT
Next-to-last round SEMIS
Noble partner BARNES
Not including LESS
Not so friendly ICIER
Part of many a Halloween outfit FANGS
Passing remark? SCUSEME
Photocopier choice SIZE
Pork cut LOIN
Rears KEISTERS
Reed instrument: Abbr. CLAR
Relinquish DEMIT
Ring results, briefly KOS
Rod holders RETINAE
Sch. fair organizer PTA
Schumacher of auto racing RALF
See 19-Across PRESIDENT
See 85-Across BYS
Sensory receptor in the ear HAIRCELL
Soothsayer's subject OMEN
Split FORKED
Split CLOVEN
Spot DETECT
St. Louis, e.g. ROI
Stage awards OBIES
Stick COHERE
Still YET
Supermarket lines? UPCCODE
The 'E' in H.R.E.: Abbr. EMP
This, in Havana ESTA
Thomas Mann's 'Der ___ in Venedig' TOD
Tip reducer? EMERY
Titular Verdi role ATTILA
Top OUTDO
Tourist mecca near Venezuela ARUBA
Variety of leather ELK
Villain BADDIE
Violinist Mischa AUER
Watch-crystal holder BEZEL
West Coast wine city UKIAH
What 35-Down may do OOZE
Winning AHEAD
With 105-Across, what the answer to each starred clue starts with SCRAMBLED
With 20-Down, airshow activities FLY
Words 'beautifully marked in currants' in 'Alice in Wonderland' EATME
___ Fleming, central character in 'The Red Badge of Courage' HENRY
___ of thousands ACAST
___ of vantage (good position for viewing) COIGN