New York Times - Dec 23 1998

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Clues Answers
'Around the World in 72 Days' writer BLY
'Fighting' Big Ten team ILLINI
'God strengthens' in Hebrew EZEKIEL
'What was ___ think?' ITO
3,500-year-old writing deciphered in 1953 LINEARB
Actor Billy of 'Tombstone' ZANE
Arbutus, e.g. IVY
Author O'Flaherty LIAM
Baked entree MEATPIE
Big fan ZEALOT
Bones DICE.
Bout decision TKO
Brewers' needs TEABAGS
Caribou kin ELK
Certain playing marble STEELIE
Charge FEE
City near Padua ESTE
Clampett patriarch, in 60's TV JED
Club alternative BLT
Comments further ADDS
Convert, with 'over' WIN
Cornell of Cornell University EZRA
Dawnlike AURORAL
Electoral test STRAWVOTE.
Essay TRY
F.D.R.'s Interior Secretary ICKES
Film feline ELSA
Firefighter's breathing apparatus AIRPACK
Giant Mel and family OTTS
Girls in gowns DEBS
Have food delivered EATIN
Hold up ROB
Hosts, for short MCS
It's nowhere THESTICKS
J.F.K. arrivals SSTS
Kicker LEG
Kind of industry COTTAGE
Large bulrush TULE
Late-night name DAVE
Clues Answers
Like an 8-Down AVID
Little red one HEN
Long time EON
Malarial fever AGUE
Man of many words ROGET
Many college grads BAS
Mixture AMALGAM
Mysteries ENIGMAS
Old-fashioned wizards MAGES
One of the Musketeers ARAMIS
Pew area NAVE
Pipe connector ELL
Prepare, as a hook BAIT
Put down the first card LED
Put to work UTILIZE
Queens's ___ Stadium ASHE
Remote targets? TVS
Sass LIP
Savory fungi MORELS
School for bad lads BORSTAL
Seoul G.I. ROK
Site of the oldest church in France METZ
Skipped past with a remote ZAPPED
Slacker GOLDBRICK
Spars MASTS
St. Petersburg-born ballet star PAVLOVA
Start of a cheer SIS
Storied homebuilders THREELITTLEPIGS
Supercomputer pioneer CRAY
Taradiddle FIB
Teacher of Heifetz AUER
The whole gamut ATOZ.
Vacation-planning aids MAPS
With force AMAIN
Yankee Yogi and others BERRAS
Yarn work MACRAME
___ above the rest ACUT
___ alai JAI
___ Damon of 'Saving Private Ryan' MATT