New York Times - Oct 18 2008

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'The Right Stuff' subj. NASA
2006 Grammy-winning blues singer ___ Thomas IRMA
Asian nobles RAJAS
Auto-rotating system CARPOOL
Baseball positions: Abbr. CFS
Big A.T.M. maker NCR
Bolts SCRAMS
Bookstore section ROMANCE
Brew from Tokyo ASAHI
Chemical relative ISOMER
Choir robe accessories STOLES
Collective bargaining watchdog org. NLRB
Corporation allocation SHARES
Court slam dunk OPENANDSHUTCASE
Cousin of a crocus FREESIA
Creator of a bathroom cloud TALC
DC Comics superhero STARMAN
Designing women SIRENS
Dotty BATS
Equivocate SKIRTTHEISSUE
Fall shade RUST
Fashion SORT
Fish by thrusting a baited hook into holes SNIGGLE
Gathered dust SAT
Glued, in a way EPOXIED
Important match SEMI
Irritated SORE
It builds up in bars SILT
It may be chain-linked SAUSAGE
It's in the cards TREY
It's not a total knockout LOCALANESTHESIA
Letter run RST
Life-or-death DIRE
Like Delftware CERAMIC
Magnetron parts ANODES
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Makes grand adjustments? RETUNES
Many tuxes RENTALS
Much may come after it INAS
Online shopping icon CART
Persuasiveness COGENCY
Philosophical studier of the universe COSMIST
Points AIMS
Pollster's concern BIAS
Precursor of Pascal ALGOL
Preface: Abbr. INTR
Projects EXUDES
Quarantining org. CDC
Rewards for good dives NINES
Robert B. Parker's private eye SPENSER
Rubs the wrong way IRKS
Sch. figure GPA
See 46-Across ATSEA
Seriously deteriorate GOTORACKANDRUIN
Some nags MARES
Sound system parts? EARS
Southeastern Conference team, for short BAMA
Spandex source DUPONT
Star QB for the 1980s-'90s Bengals ESIASON
Star turns SOLI
Stucco ingredients? CEES
Things to rush for: Abbr. YDS
Turn back ZAG
Use a metal detector, maybe BEACHCOMB
Very slow-burning, as a fire PUNKY
Wagner opera title role TRISTAN
Waiting area announcements, briefly ETDS
With 44-Across, 1940 Laurel and Hardy film SAPS
Wolf who wrote 'The Beauty Myth' NAOMI
Writer of pieces in passing? ELEGIST
Writing that mixes reportage and fiction GONZOJOURNALISM