New York Times - Oct 9 2011

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Clues Answers
'Can't beat that contract' IPASS
'Mr. Roboto' band, 1983 STYX
'Quién ___?' ('Who knows?') SABE
'The ___ Bride' (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) TSARS
'Today' rival, for short GMA
'While you ___ out ... ' WERE
'Yes ___?' ORNO
1968 live folk record ARLO
1986 Indy 500 winner RAHAL
A single may get you one, briefly RBI
Actress Mimieux YVETTE
Adjust ALTER
Antiulcer pill ZANTAC
Army units TROOPS
Awards won by shrimps? PRAWNSMEDALS
Banks raking in the money? TYRA
Barrel part STAVE
Berry in some energy boosters ACAI
Big name in office supplies AVERY
Bird hangouts FEEDERS
Blender maker OSTER
Bottoms NADIRS
Bowler's target ONEPIN
Car wash need RAG
Cartoon character whose last name is Höek REN
Chattering bird JAY
Chichen ___ (Mayan ruins) ITZA
Churchgoers FLOCK
Churchill item CIGAR
Close to, in poetry ANEAR
Company with Patch Media AOL
Concert for ___ (2007 event) DIANA
Couple DYAD
Court nobleman in 'Hamlet' OSRIC
Criticize severely, with 'out' REAM
Crumpled (up) WADDED
Cyrano de Bergerac wooed her ROXANE
Dancing misstep TRIP
Dead letter? RUNE
Debating two options, say TORN
Derailleur settings SPEEDS
Détente as a means of self-preservation? DEFENSIVEPAX
Diminutive of a common Russian man's name ALEXI
Dissertation PAPER
Dole's running mate of 1996 KEMP
Drag-racing fuel NITRO
Dressing place SALADBAR
Drop a letter or two ELIDE
Dropped the ball ERRED
Duke ___, Rocky's manager/trainer EVERS
Dutch city EDE
Early third-century year CCV
Electoral map shade RED
End of a pricing phrase ORLESS
Eye part ROD
Fire-___ (carnival performer) EATER
Floored by AMAZEDAT
Foe of the Pawnee ARAPAHO
France's Belle-___-en-Mer ILE
Getaway where Italian pies are consumed? PIZZARETREAT
Go off ERUPT
Grubs, e.g LARVAE
Highflier's home? AERIE
Home for a certain old woman SHOE
Ice climber's tool AXE
Intl. humanities group UNESCO
Israel's Weizman EZER
Japanese beer ASAHI
Joint legislative assemblies PLENA
Juice component PULP
Clues Answers
Last thing a fellow actor says, maybe CUEWORD
Lay out some newspaper copy the old-fashioned way? PASTEONATRUESTORY
Light on the stove PILOT
Like most churches SPIRED
Like some contraception ORAL
Like some flat-screen panels, for short LCD
Like some sparkling wines BRUT
Mailed SENTTO
Make a homie's turf unfit for habitation? POISONTHEHOOD
Many a shampoo GEL
Match closers, for short KOS
Mild 11-Across CLARO
Nascar Hall-of-Famer Jarrett NED
Obliterates XSOUT
Off AWRY
P RHO
PC key ESC
Precipitation prediction INCHES
Prefix with venous INTRA
Quickly INAWINK
Refrain bit NANANA
Revolutionary line AXIS
Rhombus on an award? PLAQUEDIAMOND
Ride RAZZ
Sauce thickener ROUX
Scholastic measure: Abbr GPA
Seder serving MATZO
Setting of the castle Rocca Maggiore ASSISI
Seven, for one NATURAL
Sharp irritation PIQUE
Shiny, hollow paperweight GEODE
Shopping center PLAZA
Side (with) ALLY
Skirt AVOID
Skyscraping LOFTY
Slice of old Turkey? IONIA
Snitch's activity RATTING
Some extra bills, maybe TIP
Some New Guineans PAPUANS
Some terminals ANODES
Something special LULU
Songs for one SOLI
Sourpusses CRABS
Spots for hammers and anvils EARS
Star men? MAGI
Strength required to lift a car? JACKPOWER
Subject of a blurry photo, maybe YETI
Surround ENFOLD
Symbols of a budding romance SPARKS
Take ___ (rest) ANAP
Taking drugs ONMEDS
Target competitor KMART
Tattoo removal reminder SCAR
Thai money BAHTS
They're laid by aves OVA
Ticked-off states SNITS
Time's 1981 Man of the Year WALESA
Title character in love with Elvira ERNANI
Tucson sch UOFA
Ukrainian city LUTSK
Vacancies GAPS
Veep Agnew SPIRO
Weapon in Clue ROPE
What a mysterious restaurant critic has? SECRETPALATE
What a raised hand may mean YEA
What PC gurus provide ITHELP
Where the 34th Infantry Division fought: Abbr ETO
Where your opinion on 'One lump or two?' counts? SUGARPOLL
Whine SNIVEL
World Factbook publisher, in brief CIA