New York Times - Mar 31 2006

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Clues Answers
78 letters RPM
Actor Lyle of 1950's TV's 'The Bob Cummings Show' TALBOT
Banking officials EXAMINERS
Barbara Kingsolver's '___ América' OTRA
Beaux SWAINS
Body protector SKIN
Bothered HASSLED
Cheers SOLACES
Chestnut OLDIE
Cross the novelist AMANDA
Daughter of Maggie and Jiggs NORA
Deepens, in a way REDIGS
Did footwork? PEDALED
Eavesdropping aid MIKE
Eisenhower's boyhood home ABILENE
Emulate 20- or 55-Across? MAKEPEACE
End table accompanier SETTEE
Enter all at once PILEIN
Entertained, in a way SANGFOR
Far from demonstrative STOIC
Fertility clinic stock OVA
First name in linguistics NOAM
Footnote abbr. IBID
Fourth qtr. ender DEC
Good guy MENSCH
Green-keeping device? ATM
Grow by leaps and bounds SHOOTUP
Half of a fish? MAHI
Hot topic of the 1992 presidential campaign NAFTA
Is off guard NAPS
Itch reliever CAMPHOR
Keep under wraps SITON
Kind of deviation, in stats. STD
Lack of excitement ENNUI
Latin masses? POPULUS
Like many a reception CATERED
Clues Answers
Los Angeles Opera director beginning in 2000 PLACIDODOMINGO
Make happen INDUCE
Moral philosophy topic NONO
Multi-generational diamond name ALOU
Office figure: Abbr. ASST
Old featherweight champion Attell ABE
One of two smashing siblings? SERENAWILLIAMS
One way to shop ONLINE
Opposite of AAA EEE
Progress-impeding situation MORASS
Public offering ALE
Quotation designation: Abbr. ANON
Radar, say: Abbr. CPL
Saucy little girl GAMINE
Scratch (out) EKE
See 17-Across CAP
Service status ONEA
Sets apart ALLOTS
Shines STANDSOUT
Shrew HELLCAT
Smoother PLANE
Some ranges AMANAS
Some smiths work in it TIN
Spire or obelisk, e.g. TAPER
Split and toasted treat CRUMPET
Staked thing CLAIM
Supporter of nature STEM
Sykes of stand-up comedy WANDA
Takes on ADDS
Upright cousin SPINET
Valéry's valentine AMIE
Wall Street Journal columnist Mossberg WALT
Was EXISTED
Winners' flashes VEES
With 1-Across, mutual fund category MID
___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) DES