Newsday.com - Sep 2 2009

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Clues Answers
''Am I the problem here?'' ISITME
''Tiny'' Cratchit TIM
Advise strongly URGE
Alaska's __ National Park DENALI
Annoyance PAIN
Annual basketball tourney NIT
Arm bone ULNA
Art Deco master ERTE
At any time EVER
Bar bill TAB
Base to build on SOLIDFOUNDATION
Be in accord AGREE
Become more mature AGE
Beseeched PLED
Braying beast ASS
Buddies PALS
Card suit CLUBS
Chorus platform RISER
Coffee, slangily JAVA
Compass term TRUEEAST
Contestant's mail-in ENTRY
Deuce beater TREY
Does nothing IDLES
Excess supply GLUT
Explosion sound BOOM
Fairy-tale villain OGRE
Female friend, in France AMIE
Fifty-fifty EVEN
Fly ball's path ARC
Freshener scent PINE
Furtive summons PSST
Guitarist's gizmo TUNER
Gung-ho AVID
Heavenly DIVINE
Heredity unit GENE
ICU part UNIT
In disarray MESSY
Is facetious JESTS
Jack Horner's prize PLUM
Clues Answers
Keir of ''2001: . . .'' DULLEA
Lacking company ALONE
Laundry-room bottle LIQUIDDETERGENT
Lilliputian SMALL
Long, long time EON
Look at SEE
Make changes to AMEND
Musical set in Argentina EVITA
Patisserie purchase PASTRY
Periscope part LENS
Picket-sign word UNFAIR
Pigeon's perch ROOST
Poker player's assent IMIN
Potpie spheroid PEA
Prize highly VALUE
Quilting events BEES
Race distance MILE
Ran after CHASED
Really like ADORE
Reason for some trips PLEASURE
Result of a '70s shortage GASSTATIONLINES
Reunion invitee ALUM
Riverbed buildup SILT
Rogue RASCAL
Sharp rebuke SLAP
Singer Cara IRENE
Soufflé needs EGGS
Sporting venues ARENAS
State as fact AVER
Take sides against OPPOSE
Tough problem POSER
Trig function SINE
Vietnam's capital HANOI
Water color AQUA
Wax-coated cheese EDAM
What Caesar spoke LATIN
Writer Quindlen ANNA
__ contendere (courtroom phrase) NOLO
__ for the course PAR