Wall Street Journal - Aug 2 2002 - August 02, 2002 - Back Pay

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Clues Answers
'Absinthe' painter DEGAS
'Crisis' author PAINE
'Gunsmoke' star ARNESS
'Hood buddy BRO
'May you live in interesting times,' e.g. CURSE
'Nature Boy' singer COLE
'Rise, Glory, Rise' composer ARNE
'Shine a Little Love' group ELO
'The Haj' author URIS
'The West Wing' role TOBY
'There is ___ in the affairs of men...': Brutus ATIDE
'Wind Beneath My Wings' singer MIDLER
'___ la vista' HASTA
'___ Restaurant' ALICES
Accounting firm in 2002 headlines ANDERSEN
Allies of the Assiniboin CREE
Alter anew RETAILOR
Ancient Tuscany ETRURIA
Apprentice, e.g. LEARNER
Auditory OTIC
Back pay for a minister? OURDAILYBREAD
Back pay for an off-key soprano? HITASOURNOTE
Back pay for Elvis? LOVEMETENDER
Back pay for European diners? STUFFEDCABBAGE
Back pay for KC & the Sunshine Band? SHAKEYOURBOOTY
Back pay for salad chefs? ICEBERGLETTUCE
Back pay for thorough people? KITANDCABOODLE
Backpackers' stopover HOSTEL
Badmouth ASPERSE
Batik practitioner DYER
Big bag TOTE
Big name in shades RAYBAN
Billy Joel's '___ to Extremes' IGO
Blockhead LUG
Botches the audition OVERACTS
Buddha sermon SUTRA
Bygone Pontiac muscle car GTO
Charm ALLURE
Clear tables BUS
Confident poker player RAISER
Cry of recognition AHA
Dr. of rap DRE
Earth Day subj. ECOL
Entree ACCESS
Entry on a list ITEM
Equal, in combinations ISO
Explain ad nauseam BELABOR
Eye lasciviously LEERAT
Fashion monogram YSL
Fed concern ECONOMY
First name in spydom MATA
Flush RUDDY
Folk legend Pete SEEGER
Hard rubber EBONITE
Harley competitor YAMAHA
Hatchling from a five-inch green egg EMU
High returns LOBS
Homeland Security honcho RIDGE
Immobilize through freezing ICEIN
It may have periods ERA
Japanese beer brand ASAHI
Jazz fan, maybe UTAHAN
JFK structures HANGARS
Justice Dept. staffer ATT
Key contraction OER
Kierkegaard, for one DANE
Letter opener SIRS
Like many picture frame corners MITERED
Like rowboats OARED
Like some takeovers HOSTILE
Clues Answers
Loaf parts ENDS
Look to be SEEM
Lt.-wannabe's org. ROTC
Maker of doors and window sashes JOINER
Marsh FEN
Mary's upstairs neighbor RHODA
Model citizen? STATUE
Monk or nun CENOBITE
Morales of 'NYPD Blue' ESAI
More intimate NEARER
Mother in wool EWE
Motor oil additive STP
Mysore monarch MAHARAJA
Neptunium discoverer ABELSON
Not out ATHOME
Observant folks NOTERS
Opponent's utterance NAY
Ostrich cousins RHEAS
Parliament Hill setting OTTAWA
Pike SPEAR
Pinhead CLUCK
Pisa river ARNO
Plunge NOSEDIVE
Pottery piece SHARD
Printed matter TYPE
Pro follower RATA
Prohibition backers DRYS
Pundits SAGES
Puzzle BEMUSE
Receipts TAKE
Rep.'s counterpart SEN
River fed by the Porcupine YUKON
Rose's beau, in a play ABIE
Sacks DESPOILS
Sea goddess who rescued Odysseus INO
Sgt. and cpl. NCOS
She was seduced by Zeus LEDA
Sinn Fein leader Adams GERRY
Skip OMIT
Snaky 1973 horror flick SSSSSSS
Some tax cheats EVADERS
Sounds of hesitation ERS
Source of overhead mews CATBIRD
Step up HASTEN
Stomach STAND
Storage spot BIN
Streamlined, in brand names AERO
Striking scene TABLEAU
Supermarket section DAIRY
Surfer's hangout WEB
Sustained, in scores TENUTO
Symbols of shame STIGMAS
Temple feature HAIRLINE
They take a bow TIES
They, in Marseilles ILS
Thousandth of a yen RIN
Throw off EMIT
Tic-___-toe TAC
Ticked SORE
To partner FRO
Union jack? DUES
Urban oasis PARK
Valentine candy invitation KISSME
Vinegar-based ACETIC
Walks on water? PIERS
Warty critter, colloquially HOPTOAD
Word that may lead to finger-pointing WHERE
Writer Dahl ROALD
___ Lee Gifford KATHIE
___-cake (child's game) PATA