New York Times - Oct 8 2011

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Clues Answers
'Dream-Children' author, 1822 ELIA
'Forgot About ___' (2000 Grammy-winning rap) DRE
'Giant Brain' of the 1940s ENIAC
'Xena: Warrior Princess' role ARES
'___ Pastore' (Mozart opera) ILRE
21-Across refusal NEIN
Accessories for some suits BRASSNAMEPLATES
Assassinated leader called 'the Liberator' TSARALEXANDERII
Bandleader with the hit 'Three Little Fishies' KYSER
Big brand of writing instruments PENTEL
Blow off VENT
Certain fabric worker's work BATIK
Cleaning the mess? ONKP
End of the lion TAIL
Ever ATALL
Existentialist Kierkegaard SOREN
Fictional Sicilian town in a 1944 novel ADANO
From Bakersfield to L.A., say SSE
Go off SNAP
Grandpa player in 'Look Who's Talking,' 1989 ABEVIGODA
Hayek of Hollywood SALMA
Hoops Hall-of-Famer Jerry SLOAN
It's often enough ONCE
It's often popped on a shoulder AUTOMOBILETRUNK
Its minimum score is 60, briefly PSAT
Jails LOCKSBEHINDBARS
Kind of memory FOND
Kind of power NTH
Kind of request in Burns's 'To a Mouse' SMA
Largest city in Nordrhein-Westfalen KOLN
Like many dyed eggs HIDDEN
Like some clothing ensembles MIXEDANDMATCHED
Like some vertebrae LUMBAR
Long reign, e.g ERA
Clues Answers
Member of a crack team? NARCO
Old political inits SSR
Ones holding wraps in restaurants COATRACKS
Opposite of 'Happily ...' ALAS
Part of many a chain ISLE
Parts of some pay-as-you-go plans? TURNPIKES
Permanent, in a way INKED
Plant in the pea family ANIL
Predecessor of Pope Hilarius LEOI
Quality of the queen's jewels? LUSTRE
Quarter-millennium year MCCL
Reason for a late shift?: Abbr DST
Responded to some rapping ANSWEREDTHEDOOR
Richard ___, 2002 Pulitzer winner for the novel 'Empire Falls' RUSSO
Savanna grazer ELAND
See 29-Down SOBAD
Set, as the sun SANK
Shows oneself MAKESANENTRANCE
Singer called 'The Jezebel of Jazz' ODAY
Sound investment HIFI
Sounds like a broken record SKIPS
Stamps, say OKS
Stigma STAIN
Supermarket chain IGA
The Taurus replaced it LTD
They may be networked PCS
Twist SKEW
Unquestioning adherents KOOLAIDDRINKERS
What's caught during a tumble? DRYERLINT
Where it's at SCENE
With 50-Down, fair NOT
___ Lingus AER
___ nitrite AMYL
___-pros NOL