New York Times - Sep 12 2002

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Clues Answers
'Auld Lang ___' SYNE
'Dies ___' IRAE
'King ___' (Elgar cantata) OLAF
'Now ___ you ...' IASK
'___ true!' ITS
About half of all deliveries SONS
Appear inviting BECKON
Back problem ACHE
Blackmore heroine DOONE
Bygone religious group SHAKERS
Certain sweater irritant? PAININTHEVNECK
Charlemagne's domain: Abbr. HRE
Classic muscle cars, briefly VETTES
Clutcher CLAW
Curve caution SLOW
Cycle starter UNI
D train? EFGH
Expanse crossed by Marco Polo GOBI
Fan sound WHIR
Father of well-known twins ISAAC
First love, perhaps CRUSH
Ford's predecessor AGNEW
Frederic who invented halftone photoengraving IVES
Gamble on the market, in a way DAYTRADE
George Lucas creations EWOKS
Gluey stuff STICKUM
Heated competition? MEET
Hebrides isle SKYE
Hit a new low? RESINK
It may be defended by a scholar THESIS
Italian for 'baked' COTTA
Jeannette ___, first woman elected to Congress RANKIN
Kind of therapy GENE
Knife wielder, in the kitchen DICER
Lingering trace ECHO
Makeshift ballot holder, maybe HAT
Mop & ___ (floor cleaner) GLO
Clues Answers
More than suspect KNOW
Mule buster NARC
Noon, in Nice MIDI
Old Fords LTDS
One may sit for a master POOCH
Panache ELAN
Perform spectacularly on ACE
Pickup line for Churchill? WHATSYOURVSIGN
Place to go in England LOO
Pops section STRINGS
Popular video recorder TIVO
Prefix with kinetic ISO
Prudential alternative AETNA
Pull down, so to speak EARN
Reason for a parental reprimand SASS
Red River city HANOI
Salvation Army collection ALMS
Sask. neighbor NDAK
Sci-fi royal LEIA
Screening device used in TV negotiations? BARGAININGVCHIP
See 34-Across LOSS
See 55-Down EWING
Spelling group? COVEN
Spigot, essentially VALVE
Stars in Caesar's palace? ASTRA
Suggestion after a tiring military triumph? LETSCALLITAVDAY
Too-too CHICHI
Trims a tree LOPS
Under control INCHECK
Very attentive ALLEARS
Wail BAWL
What have we here THIS
With 29-Down, central role on 'Knots Landing' GARY
With 35-Across, Kind of record WON
Without a clue ATSEA
You may kick into it HIGHGEAR
___ Friday's (restaurant chain) TGI