New York Times - Apr 8 2009

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Clues Answers
'A pity' ALAS
'Harlem Nocturne' instrument SAX
'Poor Richard's Almanack' bit ADAGE
'Step right up!' NEXT
1940s-'50s White House inits. HST
2006 Emmy winner for 'The West Wing' ALDA
50+ org. AARP
A teaspoonful, maybe DOSE
After 2004, the only way to buy a 14-Across USED
Akihito's wife, e.g. EMPRESS
An Olympic swimmer needs a big one LUNGCAPACITY
Art form that commonly depicts a swan ORIGAMI
Astronomical discovery of 1781 URANUS
Author Kipling RUDYARD
Baseball's Felipe or Jesus ALOU
Biblical strongman SAMSON
Big bang KABOOM
Capital of Switzerland BERN
Club familiars GANG
Common companion of a dry throat THIRST
Congressional Black Caucus, e.g. BLOC
Diamond group UMPS
Echo location CANYON
Element that can precede the starts of 20-, 31-, 47- and 54-Across IRON
End of a warning ELSE
Et ___ CETERA
Fateful event for the Titanic MAIDENVOYAGE
Give a ring CALL
Grief relief SOLACE
Group with the 1968 hit 'Hush' DEEPPURPLE
Gun produced by Israel Military Industries UZI
He ran to succeed 13-Down: Abbr. AES
Hot pair ITEM
Indian's home ASIA
It may be over a window CURTAINROD
It turns a hundred into a thousand ZERO
Jacob's twin ESAU
La Mediterranee, e.g. MER
Clues Answers
Land of the descendants of 67-Across EDOM
Last Oldsmobile car ALERO
Less than 1% SKIM
Like spoken n's NASAL
Line dance CONGA
Makes like the Cheshire Cat GRINS
Mattress filler during a recession, maybe CASH
Modern way to put out an album ONCD
More, on Mallorca MAS
Not so common RARER
Paints gently DABS
Palindromic magazine name ELLE
Part of a circle ARC
Part of S.A.S.E.: Abbr. ENV
Paul Revere and others SMITHS
Puccini opera TOSCA
Ready to be typeset EDITED
Rebelling Turner NAT
Reconstruction and the Roaring Twenties ERAS
Rest stop sight SEMI
Royal family HOUSE
Runner in Pamplona TORO
Shire of 'Rocky' TALIA
Slander SMEAR
Son of, in Arab names IBN
Sound practical judgment HORSESENSE
Spying against one's own country, say TREASONOUS
Stout, e.g. ALE
Tailless Old World mammal LORIS
The Greatest ALI
Treaty signing TRUCE
Tricks MAGIC
Turn a deaf ear to IGNORE
Venetian who explored for England in the 15th century CABOT
Where the crew chows down MESS
Whiz PRO
___ pooped to pop TOO
___ to go RARIN