New York Times - Feb 18 2008

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'Couldn't be better!' PERFECT
'Hey, come back a bit' NOTSOFAR
'Iliad' setting TROY
Apportion ALLOT
Aquatic plant life ALGAE
Aviates FLIES
Banjo sound TWANG
Belittle ABASE
Boat propeller OAR
Botch FLUB
Bounce to the surface BOBUP
Brainy SMART
Bygone Italian coins LIRAS
Clark's crush on 'Smallville' LANA
Cries after being burned YOWS
Doe's mate STAG
Dubai dignitary EMIR
Ear or leaf part LOBE
Early state in the presidential campaign IOWA
Enter en masse POURIN
Entree in a bowl with beef or lamb, say MEATSTEW
Ernie of the 24-Down ELS
Errand runner GOFER
Eyeglass option for different distances PROGRESSIVELENS
Fake identity ALIAS
Flair STYLE
Four Corners-area Indians UTES
Free health and dental care, and then some LIBERALBENEFITS
God or goddess DEITY
Group of buffalo HERD
H.S. junior's exam PSAT
His tomb is in Red Square LENIN
Hits hard SLUGS
Home viewing for a price PAYTV
In limbo LEFTHANGING
Least bit IOTA
Like 16 vis-à-vis 15, agewise OLDER
Limerick or sonnet VERSE
List of test answers KEY
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Loathing HATING
Luke's twin sister in 'Star Wars' LEIA
Lummox OAF
Major artery AORTA
Math symbol for extraction of a root RADICALSIGN
Monsoon occurrences RAINS
Move skyward RISE
Nays' opposites AYES
New York theater award OBIE
Occurrence EVENT
One often needing a change BABY
Pelvic bones ILIA
Peppermint ___ of 'Peanuts' PATTY
Pertaining to a son or daughter FILIAL
Pilot's stat. ALT
Pirouette SPIN
Pitcher's faux pitch BALK
Prefix with chamber ANTE
Present opener? OMNI
Price ___ pound PER
Prohibition BAN
Reclined LAIN
Ruler before 31-Down TSAR
Silver screen star Myrna LOY
Six-legged scurriers ANTS
Sombrero, e.g. HAT
Sports equipment GEAR
Subscription period, often ONEYEAR
Suffix with bombard IER
Take advantage of USE
The Big Board: Abbr. NYSE
Tour grp.? PGA
Trailblazing video game maker ATARI
Turk's topper FEZ
Warnings ALERTS
Where most of Russia is ASIA
Where pigs wallow STY
Winona of 'Girl, Interrupted' RYDER
Wood-shaping tool ADZ