New York Times - Nov 28 2004

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Clues Answers
'Don't bother!' SKIPIT
'How dry ___' IAM
'I'm serious!' THATSNOJOKE
'Now, about ...' ASTO
'Oz' network HBO
'Serpico' author MAAS
'So you're the culprit!' AHA
'The Lion in Winter' star, 1968 OTOOLE
'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ___' (Oliver Sacks book) AHAT
'___ ain't broke ...' IFIT
1983 World Series champs ORIOLES
Actor Vigoda ABE
Adam's first wife, in Jewish folklore LILITH
Ann Patchett novel '___ Canto' BEL
Archipelago unit: Abbr. ISL
Arrondissement resident PARISIAN
Article in France-Soir LES
Attractions at the Thanksgiving parade in old Pennsylvania? QUAKERFLOATS
Author Calvino ITALO
Background of roses, irises, etc.? FLORALHISTORY
Barrister's deg. LLB
Bazooka part TUBE
Berlin-born Sommer ELKE
Big Ten rival: Abbr. ACC
Bruisable things EGOS
Bug, to so speak FLAW
Building support STRUT
But, to Brahms ABER
Cambridge sch. MIT
Captain of 1960's TV KIRK
Captain's order TOSEA
Carrier to Oslo SAS
Chantilly's department OISE
Complain REPINE
Composer of 'Oedipus Tex' and 'A Little Nightmare Music' PDQBACH
Cordial ANISETTE
Cousin of reggae SKA
Craven who directed 'Swamp Thing' WES
Deduce INFER
Director Wertmuller LINA
Disney or Whitman WALT
Disturbs AGITATES
Diva Peters ROBERTA
Does greenhouse work WATERS
Dr.'s orders MRIS
Drawing site HOPPER
Dress material for a ball LAME
Dublin hangouts PUBS
Exodus figure PHARAOH
Fab Four film HELP
Family-friendly ratings PGS
Fat substitute OLESTRA
Fifth of a scale SOL
Flatten, in Falmouth RASE
Fragrant hair ointment POMADE
Fraternity letter ETA
French fire FEU
Fries or slaw SIDE
Fundamental physics particle MESON
Go after CHASE
Handles SEESTO
Holder of an insect's DNA? FLYCHROMOSOME
Italian noble family name ESTE
JUDGE DEEM
Kind of garage TWOCAR
Kooky Kovacs ERNIE
Latin 101 verb ESSE
Leave off OMIT
Leaves after a meal? TEAS
Leftovers for Fido ORTS
Clues Answers
Linda in 1990's news TRIPP
Longtime Dolphins coach SHULA
Make-up person? LIAR
Many a vacationer's need SITTER
Mattress filler AIR
Natl. Grapefruit Mo. FEB
Neither fem. nor neut. MASC
Neurology, oncology, cardiology, etc. SPECIALTIES
New newts EFTS
No-goodnik RAT
Not likely to pose nude SHY
Not waver from KEEPTO
Notes hit by divas BFLATS
Of the flock LAIC
Office manager's oversight of felt-tip pens? FLAIRTRAFFICCONTROL
Ones fit for kings and queens? PERCALES
Ones using 'the facilities'? HEADFLUSHERS
Opaque watercolor technique GOUACHE
Opinion piece ESSAY
Pad ___ (noodle dish) THAI
Parlor transaction BET
Pilfer FILCH
Pitcher TOSSER
Plane watcher: Abbr. FAA
Poets' feet IAMBI
Portoferraio is its chief town ELBA
Postpaid encl. SASE
Prefix with -pod OCTO
Prepares, as a surface for painting PRIMES
Profession TRADE
Pushover SOFTY
Raison d'___ ETRE
Recipe amts. TSPS
Ref. volumes OEDS
Resident: Suffix ITE
Reverse image? PHOTOFLOP
Rinse, as with a solvent ELUTE
Round stopper, for short TKO
Season, in a way ADDSALT
Seasonal worker ELF
Singer Tucker TANYA
Site of King Minos' palace KNOSSOS
Skin care item ALOE
Snake, by nature BITER
So SoHo ARTY
Stew morsel LIMABEAN
Stimpy's cartoon pal REN
Strength FORTE
Stupidity FOOLISHNESS
Suburban Philadelphia area MAINLINE
Suffix with expert ISE
Syndicated advice column from a couch potato? LETTERSTODEARFLABBY
The 'E' of R.E.O. Speedwagon ELI
The 'surf' in some surf 'n' turf dinners SEASCALLOPS
The pucks stop here NETS
They may go for big bucks DOES
Three, to Amati TRE
Two years before Claudius was murdered LII
Undo a secession REJOIN
Unit of wisdom? PEARL
Violist's clef ALTO
Volcanic rock BASALT
Weight ONUS
Western actor William et al. BOYDS
What the Lincoln Memorial faces EAST
Wide-eyed young 'uns OWLETS
Woody vines LIANES
You can catch them on a beach RAYS
___ the Great (boy detective) NATE
___-American relations SINO