New York Times - Oct 10 2005

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Clues Answers
'But is it ___?' ART
'Cakes and ___' (Maugham novel) ALE
'Home ___,' Macaulay Culkin movie ALONE
'___ a Lady' (Tom Jones hit) SHES
Actor Hickman showed boredom DWAYNEYAWNED
Actor Quaid transgressed DENNISSINNED
Advance look, informally PREVUE
Albacore or yellowfin TUNA
As a czar, he was terrible IVAN
Asia's ___ Sea ARAL
Asinine INANE
Assign to, as blame PINON
Assistant AIDE
Ayes' opposite NAYS
Black cats, to the superstitious OMENS
Bongos DRUMS
Bridge SPAN
Cape ___, Mass. ANN
Capital on a fjord OSLO
Caravan's stop OASIS
City on the Missouri OMAHA
Condoleezza Rice's department STATE
Declines WANES
Diner sign EATS
Draft org. SSS
Exxon product GAS
Fencing weapons EPEES
Frontiersman Boone did some carpentry DANIELNAILED
Fuel economy stat. MPG
Future D.A.'s exam LSAT
Gentlemen's gentlemen VALETS
Geometry calculation AREA
Giant Hall-of-Famer OTT
Greene of 'Bonanza' LORNE
Hit with a ticket CITE
Home of the University of Maine ORONO
Hose problem SNAG
Hourglass contents SAND
Hydrofluoric ___ ACID
Intellect MIND
Clues Answers
It may have a remote-activated door GARAGE
Lacked, briefly HADNT
Latest news, slangily DOPE
Laurel or Musial STAN
Links hazard TRAP
Low in spirits DOWN
Man or Wight ISLE
Montreal university MCGILL
Move on all fours CRAWL
Non-earthlings, for short ETS
Not as much LESS
Not tight LOOSE
Numbered clubs IRONS
Olympic sled LUGE
Omits, in pronunciation ELIDES
Pastrami purveyor DELI
Place to make a wish WELL
Popular jeans LEES
Possess HAVE
Potting material SOIL
Praiseful poems ODES
President Ford stared fiercely GERALDGLARED
Singer Rawls LOU
Sporting venues ARENAS
Sprinter's event DASH
St. Nick SANTA
Stagehand GRIP
Swimming units LAPS
Thespian production PLAY
Tiniest amount to care FIG
Tippy craft CANOE
Two-striper in the Army: Abbr. CPL
Ultimatum ender ELSE
VCR button RESET
Vegetable that rolls PEA
Very large HUGE
___ and ends ODDS
___ Cruces, N.M. LAS
___ Romeo (sports car) ALFA
___ the Hyena LENA