New York Times - Jun 24 2010

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Clues Answers
'A Farewell to Arms' setting ITALY
'A great flame follows a little spark' writer DANTE
'Batman' sound effects OOFS
'Huh?!' ITMAKESN
'Mangia!' dish LASAGNA
'More colorful' sloganeer NBCTV
'Philadelphia' director Jonathan DEMME
'Scream' actress Campbell NEVE
'Take ___!' AHIKE
- ENSETOME
- EDIVE
- NOSE
- ETHEPROBLEM
Actor in the Best Picture winners of 1975, 1983 and 2006 NICHOLSON
Augur BODE
Blow a gasket RANT
Bugs GETSTO
Butch MANLY
Café cup TASSE
Cawdor title THANE
Changes course VEERS
Children's author Blyton ENID
City near Provo OREM
Clara and Harriet, in 1960s TV AUNTS
Coffin nails CIGS
Come through slowly SEEPIN
Conducts, as business TRANSACTS
Deg. held by George W. Bush MBA
Dog breed Helen Keller introduced to the U.S. in 1937 AKITA
Doo-wop syllable SHA
Downhill TOSEED
Find out what's wrong DIAGN
Friends of Florence AMICI
Get ahold of with effort SCAREUP
Having a permit OKD
I Kings king AHAB
Ignition system expert? PYRO
Jazz great Evans GIL
Jug handle, in archaeology ANSA
Clues Answers
Key combination CHORD
Like Moses' wife, per Numbers 12:1 ETHIOPIAN
Loot in an old train robbery MAILSACKS
Milan-based fashion label PRADA
Monogram of 1964's Nobel Peace laureate MLK
Mortgage giant founded in 1938 FANNIEMAE
Needle, informally HYPO
Nicks of rock STEVIE
Oft-talked of FAMED
Old Army base on the Santa Fe Trail, briefly FTDODGE
Onetime part of the U.S. arsenal THOR
Part of the U.S. arsenal ICBM
Peppermint ___ PATTIE
Perforation site STAMP
Period before après-midi MATIN
Plummet ... or what this puzzle's theme answers do? TAKEASTEEPN
Qualm PANG
Regards DEEMS
Regards EYES
Republican candidate between Bush and Bush DOLE
Robert Langdon's field in 'The Da Vinci Code' SEMIOTICS
Senescence AGING
Short circuit? REV
Site of Germany's surrender in W.W. II REIMS
Some '60s hipsters MODS
Sports seasons: Abbr. YRS
Squad leader, e.g.: Abbr. NCO
Subject in many a joke STPETER
Sugar suffix OSE
They're sometimes upside-down CAKES
Turn off REPEL
U.S.S. Enterprise crewman, to Kirk MRSULU
Viking in a Dik Browne strip HAGAR
Welcome word ENTER
Whisper TAD
Wind up COIL
Without assignment ONSPEC
___ acting METHOD