New York Times - Dec 15 2010

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Clues Answers
'Boston Legal' fig. ATT
'Listen!,' old-style HARK
'On the Beach' author SHUTE
'Rocket Man' rocker ELTONJOHN
'___ geht's?' (German 'How are you?') WIE
Aesir ruler ODIN
Alien: Prefix XENO
Angle symbol, in trigonometry THETA
Astronomy's ___ cloud OORT
Athlete who has pigged out on snacks at a bar? JOCKFULLONUTS
Back into a corner TREE
Banjo accessory CAPO
Barista's offering LATTE
Beethoven dedicatee ELISE
Bend one's elbow, e.g. FLEX
Bernie Madoff's hedge fund, e.g. SCAM
Birthstone for many Scorpios TOPAZ
Boo-hoo WEEP
Brand for woofers, but not tweeters? ALPO
Brand once advertised with the jingle 'We wear short shorts ...' NAIR
Brief moment TRICE
Cara ___ (Italian term of endearment) MIA
Chief heckler? JEERLEADER
Chili server LADLE
Circular gasket ORING
Copier malfunction JAMUP
Core belief TENET
Cornered ATBAY
Critic's unit STAR
Cultural prefix ETHNO
Double or nothing, e.g. BET
Escapees from Pandora's box EVILS
Explode like a puffball BURSTOPEN
Explosive of old AMATOL
Fifth-century canonized pope STLEO
Friend from afar PENPAL
Friends and neighbors KITH
Hard-boiled crime genre NOIR
Indy letters STP
Clues Answers
Insulation from jokes? JESTPROTECTOR
Interstate-championing prez IKE
Japanese writing system KANJI
Juan's 'what' QUE
Lavender, for one SCENT
Leave high and dry JILT
Mosaic artist's material GROUT
Mr. Met, for one MASCOT
Old Apple laptop IBOOK
Parasol's offering SHADE
Pastel hue AQUA
Perfect Sleeper maker SERTA
Performer yukking it up HAM
Pesky arachnid MITE
Place for a Dumpster ALLEY
Primordial stuff OOZE
Purple shade PUCE
Rodeo ride BRONC
Say 'Hey, batter batter batter' and such CHATTER
Scat syllable DUM
Skewer SPIT
Skydiver's amended plans? JUMPCHANGE
Sound from a steeple PEAL
Spanish poet Garcia ___ LORCA
Special treatment, for short TLC
Start of an incantation ABRA
Strippers' tips, often ONES
Take on ASSUME
The old man POPS
Tickled GLAD
Tpke., e.g. RTE
Troop-entertaining grp. USO
Truly, in the Bible YEA
Tubular pasta PENNE
Unwise undertaking FOLLY
Walk with jerky motions FLOUNCE
Wash up LAVE
Working stiff PROLE
___ pro nobis ORA