New York Times - Mar 1 1997

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Clues Answers
'Blossom Time,' e.g. OPERETTA
'Rocky III' actor MRT
'Turandot' role LIU
'___ Parkington' (Greer Garson film) MRS
1940 O'Brien part ROCKNE
Actor Elliott of 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' REID
Alternative to Russian RANCH.
Aspen unit SKIPATROL
Backs SPONSORS
Banks of the Cubs ERNIE
Be consistent AGREE
Black ___ (paddy wagon) MARIA
Bone: Prefix OSTE
Bristle GETSORE
Call it a day on the set WRAP
Cause of a 1983 baseball controversy PINETAR
Classic kids' game SORRY
Comparative form of little LESS
Connective tissue TENDON
Covers (up) HUSHES
Crack OPEN
Cut loose RANRIOT
Deceives FLAMS
Dog with a curled tail PUG
Emulated Leander SWAM
Fields METIERS
Former crown colony ADEN
Grief DOLOR
Hatch out of Utah ORRIN
His title was 'Lord High Everything Else' POOHBAH
Horror film sounds SHRIEKS
Hotel lobby, maybe ROTUNDA
Ice cream brand EDYS.
Infamous Georgian STALIN
It may be critical MASS.
Kindergarten outlay MILKMONEY
Clues Answers
Lake at the foothills of the Alps COMO
Least newsworthy STALEST
Like granola OATEN
Lush setting? SKIDROW
Meter reader GASMAN
Minds HEEDS
Miss ___ (Uncle Remus character) MOTTS
Mission souvenirs MOONROCKS
Music degrees MMS
Mythical flier ROC
Navy bean alternative LENTIL
Necessitate ENTAIL
Novelist Brookner ANITA
One-third of XXX? TAC
Oust DEPOSE
Outback hoppers ROOS
Pal of Ollie FRAN
Participles, sometimes DANGLERS
Plays up STRESSES.
Premed focus SCIENCE
Primitive EARLY
Psychiatrist's response ISEE
Rage IRE
Raised fiber NAP
Rap sheet list ALIASES
Rise UPSURGE
Roguish SLY
Stomach BROOK
Stretches, with 'out' EKES
Sublease RELET
Symposium, originally WINEPARTY
Time-saving means of travel SST
TV ___ DINNER
Went over the same ground? REHOED
Word in a Thomas Malory title MORTE
___ Gabriel SAN