New York Times - May 25 2010

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'Axis of evil' land IRAN
'Beat it!' SHOO
'Def Comedy Jam' channel HBO
'That was ___ ...' THEN
Absolutely perfect SPOTON
Afternoon fare ... or a hint to the ends of 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across SOAPS
Article that may list survivors, in brief OBIT
Basic belief TENET
Blossoms-to-be BUDS
Body suit shade, perhaps FLESHTONE
Broadway honor TONY
Burn soother ALOE
Came into a base horizontally SLID
Capital on a fjord OSLO
Chicken piece THIGH
Coarse, as humor EARTHY
Common bar order, with 'the' SAME
Community of plant and animal life BIOME
Company that makes Lincoln and Mercury FORD
Cousin of a giraffe OKAPI
Credit card statement figure RATE
Crosswise, on deck ABEAM
Cutlass or 88 OLDS
Deep-six TOSS
Do a laundry chore SORT
Do some housecleaning DUST
Down and out NEEDY
Drooping SAGGY
Earth Day subj. ECOL
Eliciting a 'So what?' BLAH
Everglades wader EGRET
Fine fiddle, for short STRAD
Foal's mother MARE
Ghana, once GOLDCOAST
Give off EMIT
Glossy fabric SATEEN
H.S. math class TRIG
Haunted house sounds MOANS
Isn't completely honest with MISLEADS
Clues Answers
Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read PURIM
Job interview topic SALARY
Kent State locale OHIO
Keypad forerunner ROTARYDIAL
Knock down in rank DEMOTE
Lecherous figure of Greek myth SATYR
Like thrift shop wares USED
Martini's partner in wine ROSSI
Meter maid of song RITA
Mineo of 'Exodus' SAL
Mont Blanc, par exemple ALPE
Morales of 'La Bamba' ESAI
Movie double, often STUNTMAN
Movie lot sights SETS
Not stuffy AIRY
One of two in a Christmas song TURTLEDOVE
Onetime Jeep mfr. AMC
Pattern named for a Scottish county ARGYLE
Pesky swarm GNATS
Peter the Great, e.g. TSAR
River to the Ubangi UELE
Safecracker YEGG
Seat at a barn dance BALE
Seat of Marion County, Fla. OCALA
Snowman's prop PIPE
Stiller's partner in comedy MEARA
Take potshots (at) SNIPE
Term of address from a hat-tipper MAAM
Terrier in whodunits ASTA
They, in Thiers ILS
Tip, as a hat DOFF
Turkish title of old AGHA
Vows locale ALTAR
Wall Street buys BONDS
Way to a man's heart? VEIN
Well-behaved GOOD
Whirling water EDDY
Zap in the microwave NUKE
___ beans (miso ingredients) SOYA