New York Times - Dec 21 2008

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Clues Answers
'Aladdin' monkey ABU
'Burma Looks Ahead' author UNU
'Hooked on Classics' record company KTEL
'Let's call ___ night' ITA
'We've got ___!' ADATE
1501, on a monument MDI
2008 documentary about the national debt IOUSA
A couple of people may work in it TANDEM
Abscond SKIPTOWN
Act opener SCENEONE
Admit LETIN
Anoint with sacred oil, old-style ANELE
Answered the phone SAIDHELLO
Apollo's birthplace DELOS
Archaic verb ending ETH
Bad sport SORELOSER
Banquo in Verdi's 'Macbeth,' e.g. BASSO
Barbecue sound SSS
Basketry palm NIPA
Begin ORIGINATE
Beginning ONSET
Bongo, e.g. DRUM
Book in which the destruction of Samaria is foreseen HSEA
Boot camp pals MESSMATES
Bossy types? COWS
Bother no end EATAT
Bug-B-Gon maker ORTH
Buried treasures ORES
By surprise ABACK
C.I.S. members, once SSRS
Candied holiday serving YAM
Cheesy snack NACH
Choir supports RISERS
Code-cracking org. NSA
Country singer McCann LILA
Cracks up SLAYS
Cries of pain OWS
Cry when a surprise guest arrives LOOKWHSHERE
D.D.E. opponent AES
December 25 answer to 69-Across? JOLLYSTNICK
December 25 answer to 69-Across? KRISKRINGLE
Early PC interface MSDOS
Egypt's Mubarak HSNI
Elizabeth Ann and others SETONS
Father ___ CHRISTMAS
Former Toyota CELICA
Fruitcake flavorings AMARETTOS
Fulminate (against) RAIL
G.M. or G.E. CORP
Gang brawl RUMBLE
Georges Braque, for one CUBIST
Gets ready to go out in the cold BUNDLESUP
Grape graspers TENDRILS
Greases LARDS
Greeting from 74-Down HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Having bristles SETAL
Hog lovers BIKERS
Includes in an e-mailing CCS
Invited to one's penthouse, say HADUP
It means a lot to Jorge MUCH
It's closed on Dec. 25 NYSE
It's worth 100 smackers CSPOT
Javelins and Hornets, e.g. AMCS
Joe Jackson's '___ Really Going Out With Him?' ISSHE
K-6 sch. designation ELEM
Kind of valve in the heart AORTIC
Landing spot for 74-Down HUSE
Lawyer: Abbr. ATT
Lays off IDLES
Leaves for a buffet? CRESS
Like preowned cars RESOLD
Clues Answers
Like Silly Putty SHAPABLE
Like some chocolat SUISSE
Like some fireplaces TILED
Listener EAR
Maniacal leader? EGO
Manners of speaking DIALECTS
Mass production figure? ALTARBOY
Memorable parties BLASTS
Mild chili designation ONEALARM
N.F.L. coach with a perfect 17-0 record in 1972 SHULA
Neat as ___ APIN
Neck wrap BOA
Neeson of 'Rob Roy' LIAM
Oktoberfest souvenir STEIN
One reaching a goal? PUCK
Open indelicately RIP
Oslo's land: Abbr. NOR
Pacific salmon COHS
Paintbrushes and such APPLIERS
Phoebe of 'Gremlins' CATES
Plumbers' drain openers SNAKES
Poet's foot IAMB
Pops OLDMAN
Potato source IDAH
Prefix with -logy PATH
QB Manning ELI
Regis Philbin, e.g. COHST
Repeat calls? ECHES
Ring figures TOROS
Round dances HRAS
Rum Tum Tugger, for one CAT
Rustic excursions HAYRIDES
Schedule of TV programs LINEUP
See 82-Across BOOK
Singer James ETTA
Single-named supermodel EMME
Siouan speaker OTOE
Song whose subject is encouraged to 'hurry down the chimney tonight' SANTABABY
Sound of the Northwest PUGET
Sound: Prefix PHN
Spin-producing tennis shot CHP
Stick in the water? OAR
Stretchy ELASTIC
Stuck, after 'in' AJAM
Subject for Galileo SATURN
Succeeded at musical chairs SAT
Symbol of strength OAKTREE
Tabs in the fridge? SODAS
Three French ___ HENS
Throat soother TROCHE
Top-Sider, e.g. BOATSHE
Towers' attachments REPOS
TV's Science Guy and others NYES
U.F.O. fliers ETS
U.S.N. rank ENS
Venerable HARY
View from a beach house SHRE
Violent behavior, in British slang AGGRO
Virile MACH
Wanderers HBOS
Warm blanket material MOHAIR
Wave off SHOAWAY
What remains REST
Whom psychiatrists see PATIENTS
With 83-Down, early learning aid ABC
Without delay IMMEDIATE
Witnesses giving written testimony DEPONENTS
Wrap fully SWATHE
Wrap up by ENDAT
___ cit. (footnote abbr.) LOC
___ Na Na SHA