New York Times - Jan 6 2002

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Clues Answers
'A Theory of Semiotics' author ECO
'Mamma ___!' MIA
'No ___' ('Piece of cake') PROB
'To Live and Die ___' INLA
'Yes, ___' MAAM
'You've got ___!' ADEAL
'___ said ...' ASI
1957 Physics Nobelist Tsung-___ Lee DAO
1972 Lemmon/Wilder comedy AVANTI
A few Z's in Zaragoza SIESTA
ABC News president, 1977-98 ARLEDGE
Absolute UTTER
Actor Gibson MEL
Advisories ALERTS
Army base near Petersburg, Va. FTLEE
Asteroids producer ATARI
Baltic native LETT
Barbary ___ APE
Barely makes out SCRAPESBY
Bits DRIBS
Broad bean FAVA
Burned out DIED
California county or its seat NAPA
Carrier since 1948 ELAL
Civil War inits. CSA
Clinton defense secretary PERRY
Cloverleaf component ONRAMP
Comic Philips EMO
Composition of some quartets STRINGS
Compress, informally SMUSH
Corral PENIN
Create afresh NEWMINT
Cross-referencing directive SEE
Curtail TRIM
Cut out CEASED
Cutting edge creator STROP
Desktop arrow CURSOR
Drive away SHOO
Drive away BANISH
Entombing, old-style URNING
Father BEGET
Fire ARDOR
Fire places PYRES
First course at a German restaurant, maybe SUPPE
Former annual TV award CABLEACE
Free of burdens UNLADEN
Frequent Hope/Crosby co-star LAMOUR
Gate-crash INTRUDE
Geneses ONSETS
Get steamy FOGUP
Gives in (to) ASSENTS
Group ASSORT
Hat, symbolically ROLE
Historical figure played by Robert De Niro ALCAPONE
Hustles HURRIES
Infantry campsite ETAPE
Injurious DAMAGING
Insect feelers PALPS
Is in the chair PRESIDES
It may be applied across the board EMERY
Japanese cartoon art ANIME
Keep from drying out, perhaps REWET
Like some ex-dictators DEPOSED
Like some modesty FALSE
Lounger's cover-up CAFTAN
Makes a quick profit on SCALPS
Clues Answers
Mammal that has a permanent mark? BRANDEDANTEATER
Mammal that lives in a cottonwood? POPLARBEAR
Mammal that takes orders? WAITERBUFFALO
Mammal that's a reward for hard work? EARNEDSEAL
Mammal that's a severe critic? FLAYINGFOX
Mammal that's trained by the author of 'Superfudge'? BLUMEDOLPHIN
Mammals that are merciful? SPARINGHARES
Mammals that are Mets fans? SHEAOTTERS
Mammals with parts in 'Guys and Dolls'? LOESSERPANDAS
March events? PARADES
Marshal at Waterloo NEY
Middle name in mystery CONAN
Milne's pessimist EEYORE
Mimics a 41-Down BRAYS
Miss Jean of stage and screen BRODIE
More likely to break FRAILER
Mountain, so to speak LOT
Much-repeated words SAW
Mushroom stems STIPES
Music of Oasis and Radiohead, e.g. BRITPOP
Natural nibbler RODENT
New hire TRAINEE
Nincompoop ASS
Nursery noise WAH
One may be blighted ELM
Overblown praise PUFF
Part of a krone ORE
Part of U.S.D.A.: Abbr. AGR
Polish turnovers PIEROGIES
Popular chocolate and marshmallow snack MOONPIE
Pound notes? ARFARF
Prudential competitor AETNA
Punk icon Joey RAMONE
Rent-a-car offering ROADMAP
Roman household spirits LARES
Rub down ABRADE
Ruminant's third stomach OMASUM
Sen. Stevens of Alaska TED
Shakespeare title starter ALLS
Singer Carey MARIAH
Sixth-century year DXI
Soapboxed ORATED
Some life jackets MAEWESTS
Sports inits. since 1922 NFL
Spot ESPY
Staff of Life: Abbr. EDS
Statistical subset SAMPLE
Stepped (across) STRODE
Sterile hybrids MULES
Stick it out HANGON
Sticking points? CRAWS
Strong, in Salerno ROBUSTO
Swell BLOAT
Talked up? PRAYED
Tenuous fragment WISP
Two, for one PRIME
Urchins SCAMPS
Violent STORMY
Vivifies, with 'up' PEPS
Walter Scott's title BARONET
When the Great Lakes were formed ICEAGE
White-tailed birds ERNES
With carelessness REMISSLY
Word heard by Cratchit BAH
You'll get a kick out of them RIFLES
___-Dazs HAAGEN