New York Times - Oct 4 2009

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Clues Answers
'America' contraction TIS
'Back in the ___' USSR
'D'Artagnan Romances' author DUMAS
'Go Green!' newsletter org. EPA
'If only ___ known ...' IDVE
'No way, no how!' NEVER
'Ob-vi-ous-ly!' NODUH
'Singin' in the Rain' studio MGM
'Stand' band REM
'The Ecstatic' rapper MOSDEF
'___ Got No' ('Hair' song) AINT
'___ note to follow ...' LAA
'___ to Joy' ODE
3,600 secondi ORA
A, in Armentières UNE
Active military conflicts HOTWARS
Actress Quinn AILEEN
Adorable child of an edgy filmmaker? QUENTINTARANTINOCUTIE
Agreements TREATIES
Alfred of 'The Da Vinci Code' MOLINA
Alias indication AKA
Animal that leaves when it's cared for? CHIAPET
Article written by an early American patriot? SAMUELADAMSESSAY
Asian film genre ANIME
Asian tongue URDU
Attack tactic SIEGE
Become a sailor GOTOSEA
Begin liking WARMTO
Blast producer TNT
Bldg. planner ENGR
Bloomsday honoree JOYCE
Bow ARC
Boxing champ Hagler MARVIN
Brainstorming cry AHA
Breakfast dishware EGGCUPS
Brothers FRAS
Campus space QUAD
Car air freshener shape PINETREE
Cause of congestion HEADCOLD
Check line AMOUNT
Chinese dynasty of 1,000 years ago LIAO
Chop ___ SUEY
Clue game board space DOOR
Company that makes Styrofoam DOW
Copying APING
Court great Karl MALONE
Crush, e.g. SODAPOP
Cut (off) LOP
Dance club V.I.P.'s DJS
Deadhead's supply LSD
Debut UNVEIL
Dental problem for a boxing promoter? DONKINGDECAY
Desire to be more like an actress of Greek descent? NIAVARDALOSENVY
Dish setting for watching satellite programs? TVTRAY
Ditty, e.g. POEM
Draws ATTRACTS
Electric ___ EEL
Empath on 'Star Trek: T.N.G.' TROI
Enemy in the 1980s arcade game Arabian ROC
Express SAY
Farm worker ANT
First name at Wimbledon SERENA
Forensic ID DNA
Foxlike SLY
Get closer MOVEIN
Getting ready for a hand ANTEING
Godzilla contemporary that was a a giant flying turtle GAMERA
Gulf of ___, modern pirates' realm ADEN
Heaps ALOT
Hidden COVERT
Clues Answers
Household helper AUPAIR
III, IV and V, maybe NAMESAKES
Imperial REGAL
Inception OUTSET
Intercom response YES
Intestinal opening? GASTRO
Japanese drama NOH
John of 'High Fidelity' CUSACK
Kick PUNT
Latish wake-up time TENAM
Less lenient STERNER
Like ALA
Like gymnasts' bodies WIRY
Like much of the Danube's territory SLAVIC
Line formed at a barbershop? PART
Link letters URL
List LEAN
Literary pen name ELIA
London's ___ Park HYDE
Looney Tunes lothario PEPELEPEW
Major-league manager who won World Series in both leagues LARUSSA
Member of a modern theocracy IRANIAN
Mobile phone giant NOKIA
Modern pentathlon equipment EPEES
More likely to snap SORER
Name beside a harp on euro coins EIRE
Nissan S.U.V. XTERRA
Noirish DARK
Nov. parade figure VET
Obstruct DAMUP
One rewarded for good behavior, perhaps PAROLEE
Overly enthusiastic RABID
Oyster bed diver PEARLER
Parliament vote NAY
Political comedian with the 1973 album 'Sing a Song of Watergate' MORTSAHL
Prince Valiant's son ARN
R&B singer Hendryx NONA
Range: Abbr. MTS
Record label for Bill Haley and His Comets DECCA
Red-haired PBS star ELMO
Rodent named for a 20th-century novelist? KURTVONNEGUTCAVY
Safari weapon SPEAR
Salamandridae family member NEWT
Saturate IMBUE
Shower need GIFT
Shrubby expanse HEATH
Silent signal NOD
Single-named artist ERTE
Skedaddles SCOOTS
Slowly started pleasing GREWON
Smokey Bear spots, for short PSAS
So-called art silk RAYON
Someone offering a lift? ELATER
Something on a table: Abbr. ELEM
Southern Conference school ELON
Stat. for 1-Down ELEV
Stretched to the limit TAUT
Television award given to a Surrealist? MAXERNSTEMMY
Tent used by a Latin musician? TITOPUENTETEPEE
The Black Stallion, e.g. STEED
Theme MOTIF
Ticked (off) TEED
Turning the other cheek TAKINGIT
Wee TEENY
When repeated, gleeful student's cry IKNOW
Whispered message lead-in PSST
Write in ENTER
___ in kangaroo KAS
___ Senatus (old Roman records) ACTA
___-Rooter ROTO