New York Times - Feb 20 2005

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Clues Answers
'Chanson de Matin' composer ELGAR
'Elektra' composer STRAUSS
'Funny Girl' composer Jule STYNE
'Law & Order' role: Abbr. DET
'Look on the bright side …' TAKEH
'Oh yeah, that'll happen!' DREAMON
'Romanian Rhapsodies' composer ENESCO
'Take that!' SOTHERE
'Whoever you ___ love you' (Burt Bacharach lyric) AREI
1960's Cubs pitcher Paul TOTH
1980's attorney general MEESE
22-Across and 70-Down TOPPOKERHANDS
83-Across works FABLES
Accordion-playing Zydeco band leader QIDA
Accuracy FIDELITY
Actress Turner LANA
Actress Zellweger RENEE
Ad ___ HOC
Advance LEND
Anat., for one SCI
Andy of old comics GUMP
Antiknock agent ETHYL
April 1 baby ARIES
Assam appellation SRI
Author Roald DAHL
Bandleader Xavier CUGAT
Before birth INUTERO
Bit of butter PAT
Bite site CAFE
Bowl stats TDS
Brains GENII
Branch of the Dakota Indians SANTEE
Brokerage phrase ATPAR
Carriers TOTERS
Cause a highway holdup? CARJ
Cause for an appointment with a cardiologist BADH
Chopin's 'Raindrop' and 'Butterfly,' e.g. ETUDES
City of Light sight ELYSEE
Claim ALLEGE
Clip joint SALON
Columnist Huffington ARIANNA
Combination of 55- and 64-Across ROYALFLUSH
Combination of 64- and 74-Across STRAIGHTFLUSH
Command to a dog SPEAK
Cook's meas. TBSP
Cousin of Fido REX
Cultural topics THS
Dash gauge TACH
Desire PINEFOR
Do-nothing IDLER
Dustin's 'Midnight Cowboy' role RATSO
End of the first decade in the Christian calendar TAD
Engine part ROD
English composer of 'Dido and Aeneas' PURCELL
Erstwhile bloc letters SSR
Exams for future docs MCATS
Fan's belt RAH
First name in courtroom fiction ERLE
Folks angling for a job? FISHERS
Former N.S.C. chief Scowcroft BRENT
Former Russian orbiter MIR
Forward-thinking type SEERESS
Get comfortable NESTLE
Hardens STEELS
Has OWNS
Hercule's creator AGATHA
Horrific DIRE
Increases greatly, as prices JSUP
It's touching ABUTTAL
Jog TROT
Clues Answers
Judge's shout ORDER
Kate ___, vocalist for rock's B-52's PIERSON
Land in ancient Rome TERRA
Latin 101 verb ESSE
Legislators: Abbr. SENS
Life story OBIT
Light on Broadway NEON
Like a cat burglar STEALTHY
Like most cameos OVAL
Linens for a large bed KSET
Literary inits. TSE
Livens (up) SPICES
Louvre locale PARIS
Maestro ___ de Waart EDO
MGM Studios owner SONY
Miss Congeniality she's not ICEQ
More apt to bite FIERCER
More robust HIER
Mrs. in Chicago history OLEARY
New York's ___ Island STAT
Not out ATHOME
Numerical prefix OCTO
Occupies TIESUP
Off-the-cuff EXTEMPORE
One who's loose ESCAPEE
Papal name PIUS
Park activity HIK
Passes ENACTS
Pepper plant BETEL
Personal papers DOSSIER
Polish-born pianist Rubinstein ARTUR
PT boat officer: Abbr. ENS
Queue after Q RSTU
Rajahs' wives RANEES
Ranch visitor DUDE
Red River city FARGO
Reservations SEATS
Sales off. folders ACCTS
Score clock no. MIN
See 103-Across AESOP
See 22-Across NTJQK
See 70-Down TJQKA
Seven Sisters units COLLEGES
Seventh heaven CLOUDN
Solvents ATONES
Squiggle CURLICUE
Strands, during winter ICESIN
Stress test measure HRATE
Suffix with Canton ESE
Supper table scrap ORT
Swelled SURGED
Swipes COPS
They're sung in joyful hymns GLORIAS
Ticker symbols? HHHHH
Tiny creature AMEBA
Treelike cactus SAGUARO
Unloads SELLS
Venue for this puzzle's theme CASINOGAME
Visit again RESEE
Walkway PATH
Wallops, quickly KOS
Went through carefully, as clues SIFTED
Werner ___, 1970's seminar leader ERHARD
West Wing group AIDES
Where to see a Constable or Turner, with 'the' TATE
Wrap ENSHEATHE
Writer James and others AGEES
Yard sale caveat ASIS
___ Fountain TREVI
___' Pea SWEE