New York Times - Dec 18 2003

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Clues Answers
'Borstal Boy' author BEHAN
'Das Lied von der ___' ERDE
'Good!' in Genoa BENE
'Hold on ___!' ASEC
'The blood-red blossom of ___ ...': Tennyson WAR
'Wait Until Dark' co-star, 1967 ARKIN
Ain't right? ISNT
Avoids SKIRTS
Awful GRUESOME
Bat wood ASH
Beefcake poser HUNK
Big mouth YAP
Bill passer SENATE
Cab Calloway, King of ___ HIDEHO
Church recital CREDO
Classic New Yorker cartoonist ARNO
Common cricket score NIL
Dayton-to-Toledo dir. NNE
Designer Chanel COCO
Dracula prototype VLAD
Ethically indifferent AMORAL
Even, to Yvette EGAL
Explorer Vespucci AMERIGO
Fasten over RETIE
Fill up SATIATE
Fireworks time, with 'the' FOURTH
Gaslight JET
Gold star, e.g. HONOR
Hawaii, once: Abbr. TERR
Impose LEVY
It may be written on a chalkboard LESSON
Italian dancer ___ Cecchetti ENRICO
Like ones starting over ENOERAUQSOTKCAB
Like some modern signals MICROWAVE
Major annoyance HEADACHE
Marcos of the Philippines IMELDA
Modern: Ger. NEU
Musical embellishment GRACENOTE
Clues Answers
Narwhal feature TUSK
Old Mideast inits. UAR
Opposite of making progress ESREVERNIGNIVOM
Padrone BOSS
PC bailout ESC
Person in 39-Down SLEEPER
Pine (for) SIGH
Pitcher with 5,714 lifetime strikeouts RYAN
Procter & Gamble brand IVORY
Punchers AWLS
School for future Lts. OTC
Sea of ___, arm of the Black Sea AZOV
See 11-Down PAJAMAS
See 35-Across PASA
Sheep OVINES
Singer with the 1999 #1 hit 'Believe' CHER
Sneaky SLY
Some bargain bin items, for short IRRS
Still-life vessel EWER
Summer mo. AUG
Tally-ho, e.g. CRY
The Buckeyes, briefly OSU
They're often settled SCORES
Thickening agent in food AGAR
Throw AMAZE
Toronto media inits. CBC
Total requirement? MILK
Traveling up a down staircase, e.g. OGOTYAWGNORWEHT
Twist GNARL
Utah's ___ Canyon SEGO
Vile SORDID
Wails SOBS
Went pffft DIED
What the Cubs play games in: Abbr. CDT
With 39-Across, a common greeting QUE
Zoomed SOARED
___ Martin (cognac) REMY
___ noir CAFE