New York Times - Dec 20 2002

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'This you don't want to hear' NOWTHEBADNEWS
A ONE
Abbr. in street directions OPP
Ablution bowl LAVABO
Acrobat's skill BALANCE
Add-on ELL
Ball stopper NET
Beat PULSATE
Beaten CANED
Cable co. that merged with AT&T TCI
California's capital, 1852-53 VALLEJO
Chocolate source CACAO
Clear, as winter windshields ICEFREE
College course of study PREMED
Coming along ENROUTE
Common outboard motor spec TENHORSEPOWER
Contents of some buns WIENERS
Culture transferer SWAB
Diving ducks SCOTERS
Drawing TYING
Dum-dum ASININE
E-flat, on a Steinway DSHARP
Envelope direction DONOTBEND
Extra-large shoe spec EEEE
Filtered SEEPED
Flowing out EMANANT
Foe of Elijah BAAL
French bank RIVE
Full SATED
Gem with a changing luster CATSEYE
Golden rod? SCEPTER
Host of 1980's TV's 'Super Password' CONVY
Inevitably SOONERORLATER
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Is punctilious DOTSTHEIS
Juju and mojo AMULETS
Manages GETSBY
Manicurist's bottle REMOVER
MGM co-founder LOEW
Missouri city, briefly STJOE
Nancy, in Nancy NOM
Neighbor of Djibouti: Abbr. ETH
Nice touch CARESS
Not straight TWISTY
One way to stop ONADIME
One who's, literally, good-natured SAINT
Org. with a college in Cranwell, England RAF
Part of i.p.s. PER
Place for a spinnaker YACHT
Precious CUTE
Predator-prey chain FOODWEB
Property assessment LANDTAX
Ready for drawing ONTAP
Receiver DONEE
Screened HID
Short Internet message ENOTE
Shot PHOTO
Show disrespect for SNEERAT
Snorkeler's haunt REEF
Some old colonists LEPERS
Still in the dark NOWISER
T or F: Abbr. ANS
Unfair treatment RAWDEAL
Unhappy result BITTERHARVEST
Went ahead LED
Zodiac sign THECRAB
___ Cross, James Patterson detective ALEX