New York Times - Dec 5 2011

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Clues Answers
'All Things Considered' airer NPR
'Carmen' composer BIZET
'Fuhgeddaboudit!' NOTONADARE
'Goodnight, ___' (#1 hit of 1950) IRENE
'Illmatic' rapper NAS
'Om,' e.g MANTRA
'Othello' villain IAGO
'Ramblin' Rose' singer, 1962 NATKINGCOLE
'You've got mail' co AOL
'___ of robins in her hair' ANEST
Albany is its capital: Abbr NYS
Artist's stand EASEL
Barristers' degs LLDS
Beatles hairdo MOP
Big kitchen appliance maker AMANA
Candy that comes in a dispenser PEZ
Change, as the Constitution AMEND
Charged with a crime ACCUSED
Christmastime productions NUTCRACKERS
Commercials ADS
Counter, as an argument REBUT
Cowboys' jamboree RODEO
Crimson RED
Designer Schiaparelli ELSA
Despots' decrees EDICTS
Doctors' org AMA
E.R. personnel RNS
Earnings after expenses NETPROFITS
Encountered MET
Features of Venice CANALS
Founder of the Persian Empire CYRUS
Gait between walk and canter TROT
Galoot BIGAPE
Get a move on SCOOT
Get-out-of-class slips PASSES
Girl's name meaning 'loved' AIMEE
Governed RULED
In reality DEFACTO
It's up for grabs on a court LOOSEBALL
Clues Answers
Kind of gown or shower BRIDAL
Knuckleheads NITWITS
Land of the Rising Sun JAPAN
Maiden name preceder NEE
Material for a doctor's glove LATEX
Midnight visits to the refrigerator RAIDS
Mock rock band in a 1984 film SPINALTAP
Mother of Castor and Pollux LEDA
Move in a greenhouse, say REPOT
Mrs. Eisenhower MAMIE
Night school subj ESL
One of filmdom's Coen brothers ETHAN
Online 'ha-ha' LOL
Pago Pago whereabouts SAMOA
Part of a freight train BOXCAR
Pet adoption agcy SPCA
Peter of 'Casablanca' LORRE
Philosopher who wrote the 'Republic' PLATO
Quick FAST
Rand McNally product ATLAS
Response to a doctor's request, perhaps AAH
Roman Cath. title MSGR
Sarcastic 'Go ahead, keep talking' ILLWAIT
Sault ___ Marie STE
Sea eagles ERNES
Shepherd's locale LEA
Shipping magnate Onassis ARI
Shopping centers MALLS
Song word repeated after 'Que' SERA
Sportage maker KIA
Squid's defense INK
Suffix with glob ULE
Surround firmly EMBED
Teachers' union, in brief NEA
Triangular sail JIB
TV newsman Roger ONEIL
U.K. record label EMI
Ultimate thing ENDALL
Unable to hear DEAF