New York Times - Jan 4 1999

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Clues Answers
'Cleopatra' backdrop NILE
'Don't move!' STAYPUT
'Xanadu' rock grp. ELO
'Yes!' ABSOLUTELY
'Yes!' BYALLMEANS
'Yes!' UNDOUBTEDLY
'Yes!' BUTOFCOURSE
35-Across's sound ROAR
Actress Winger DEBRA
Apt LIABLE
Arm bones ULNAS
Arrival gifts in Honolulu LEIS
Brood MOPE
C.I.O.'s partner AFL
Cherries' leftovers STEMS
Chum PAL
Coffee break snack DONUT
Composer Bartok BELA
Composer Satie ERIK
Cub Scout groups DENS
Darling DEAR
Derby RACE
Diary JOURNAL
Elton John's instrument PIANO
Fort Knox unit INGOT
Glow AURA
Information bank DATABASE
Jai ___ ALAI
King of the jungle LION
Land of the llama PERU
Leapfrogs JUMPS
Like a haunted house EERIE
Like Darth Vader EVIL
Loosen, as a knot UNTIE
Make airtight SEAL
Manicurist's board EMERY
Med school subj. ANAT
Mortgage LIEN
Needles' partner PINS
Clues Answers
Not handling criticism well TESTY
October's birthstone OPAL
Optimistic ROSY
Otherwise ELSE
Overly docile MEEK
Passing notice? OBIT
PC picture ICON
Persian ___ GULF
Person to go out with DATE
Raise crops FARM
Red-white-and-blue inits. USA
Remove, as marks ERASE
River to the Rio Grande PECOS
Round Table knight LANCELOT
See 51-Down PANEL
Semiautomatic rifle CARBINE
Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things ___' ARE
Sharp-pointed instrument STYLET
Skip OMIT
Skyward ALOFT
Slugged, old-style SMIT
Snake-haired woman of myth MEDUSA
So as to cause death FATALLY
Something to lend or bend EAR
Soviet leader Brezhnev LEONID
Sportsman's blade EPEE
SSW's opposite NNE
Tattoo remover LASER
Thumb-twiddling IDLE
Train making all stops LOCAL
Uncool one NERD
Walkie-talkie word OVER
What a lumberjack leaves behind STUMP
With 26-Down, a rooftop energy device SOLAR
Writer Asimov ISAAC
___ a time (singly) ONEAT
___ Bator, Mongolia ULAN
___ de France ILE
___ Kippur YOM