New York Times - Mar 8 2008

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'Born to Be Blue' singer MELTORME
1977 Steely Dan title track AJA
2006 Tony-nominated 'Sweeney Todd' actress LUPONE
Abba's '___ the Music Speak' ILET
Algorithm component STEP
Aussie's place of higher learning UNI
Bathtub rings, e.g. RESIDUES
Be in harmony MESH
Beauty GEM
Big flap on the road? SPLASHGUARD
Bizarrely hellish DANTEAN
Card GAGSTER
Charles Darwin's ship H.M.S. ___ BEAGLE
Cook, at times DICER
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould RAILBARONS
Dangerous swimmer with an oarlike tail SEASNAKE
Dedicatee of 'The Muppet Movie' EDGARBERGEN
Deep-sixes SCUTTLES
Defeater of Schmeling in 1933 BAER
Dish with coddled egg CAESARSALAD
Early-birds' opposites LIEABEDS
Est., once SSR
First Fiesta Bowl winner: Abbr. ASU
Flow checker DAM
Forgoes a cab, say LEGSIT
Home to some fighters AIRBASE
Host and winner of the 1966 World Cup: Abbr. ENG
Identification aid in an obituary NEE
Insurance fig. AGT
It rises in the Cantabrian Mountains EBRO
Kitchen gripper SARAN
Language in which 'k' and 'v' are the words for 'to' and 'in' CZECH
Lead-in to a sheepish excuse SEE
Mardi Gras, in the U.K. PANCAKEDAY
Member of the 1960s Rams' Fearsome Foursome GRIER
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Nickelodeon nut REN
Offended HURT
Order of ants HYMENOPTERA
People in a rush ATTACKERS
Plaintiff's opposite: Abbr. RESP
Poetry Out Loud contest org. NEA
Prefix with culture AVI
Prolific suspense novelist Woods STUART
Ready to be driven TEEDUP
Ready to be driven INGEAR
Ride roughshod over ILLTREAT
Rijksmuseum subject REMBRANDT
See 55-Across AGE
She's entertaining HOSTESS
Since AGO
Sketching LIMNING
Slogan ending EER
Soft, thin silk cloth PONGEE
Song sung by Mehitabel in Broadway's 'Shinbone Alley' TOUJOURSGAI
Sponsoring publication of TV's 'Project Runway' ELLE
Sports biggies USOPENS
Steering committee's creation AGENDA
Subj. of the 2006 film 'The Good Shepherd' CIA
Tennis's Ivanovic ANA
The Danube flows through it SERBIA
They're often fried SOTS
Traitorous UNPATRIOTIC
Treaty of Rome org. EEC
Turncoat RAT
Vandals' target GAUL
With 59-Across, it lasted from about 3500 to 1000 B.C. BRONZE
Yearbook div. SRS
Yield some GIVE
___-Ball SKEE
___-Mère-Église (D-Day town) STE