New York Times - Mar 4 2006

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'Act!' DOIT
'Art of silence' performer MARCEAU
'The X-Files' org. SETI
1994 literary autobiography whose first chapter is titled 'Infant Prodigy?' IASIMOV
Abu ___, first Muslim caliph, 632-34 BAKR
Ahead of PRIORTO
Arita porcelain IMARI
Bad-mouth RIPON
Beginnings SEEDS
Birth YEAN
Bricklayers' equipment HODS
Chip ingredient CORN
Cleaner MAID
Common childhood malady OTITIS
Common gift of welcome LEI
Copier setting LEGAL
Dated database CARDINDEX
Depilation brand NEET
Dig in one's heels STANDFIRM
Don who directed 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' 1956 SIEGEL
Drug agent NARCO
Epic 1975 showdown, popularly THRILLAINMANILA
Ethylene glycol product DEICER
Except for BAR
Frequent raid target PIGGYBANK
Grass part AWN
Green light CLEARANCE
Grill sites, briefly BBQPITS
Handle MONIKER
Hustle SCAM
Idiots DOLTS
Ignis fatuus, the fair maid of ___ IRELAND
It follows directions ERN
Item with a long spout OILCAN
King's bane RACISM
Clues Answers
Largest country wholly in Europe UKRAINE
Learning SCIENCE
Level connectors RAMPS
Loan figure: Abbr. PCT
Lost ground ERODED
Meal replaced by M.R.E.'s CRATION
Monteverdi opera ORFEO
N, O or P, in chem. SYM
N.Y.C. subway line IRT
Newswoman Gwen IFILL
Part of the sch. year QTR
Plains natives OTOES
Post-accident inquiry AREYOUOK
Rachel of 'General Hospital' AMES
Railyard sight BOXCAR
Rare occasion BLUEMOON
Ready to take off AIRWORTHY
Really big job TALLORDER
Responded in court PLED
Risk PERIL
River pollutant NITRATE
Schedule SLOT
Sheet of matted fabric used in quilting BATT
Stage lead REIN
Staging area for the Crusades VENICE
Start to knit SILENTK
The 'R' in Edward R. Murrow ROSCOE
Tick off DETAIL
Trainee TYRO
Turns down DIMS
Vegetable holder PEAPOD
Very violent, say RATEDR
View TENET
Visa charge LATEFEE
Working together INCAHOOTS