New York Times - Aug 23 2006

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'Bonanza' star GREENE
'Mayberry ___' RFD
'On a similar note' and the like SEGUES
'Soak Up the Sun' singer, 2002 SHERYLCROW
'Star Wars' army member CLONE
'The Naked Maja' artist GOYA
Actress Danes CLAIRE
Architect who was a founding member of the Royal Society CHRISTOPHERWREN
Author Hanff and others HELENES
Bad-mouth RIPON
Balance sheet entry ASSET
Beachgoer's woe BURN
Big name in the frozen food aisle OREIDA
Brian known as the father of ambient music ENO
Builder's need LOT
Chosen groups ELITES
Colorado hrs. MST
Comrade of Fidel CHE
Cry at a circus OOH
Describes SETSFORTH
Dr. Seuss's 'And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street' ISAW
Extinct relative of the ostrich MOA
Fa follower SOL
Former N.B.A. star with a hint to 17-, 23-, 52- and 60-Across LARRYBIRD
FRENCH GALLIC
Get off the fence CHOOSE
Go bad ROT
Grade A item EGG
Half a 45 BSIDE
Hart Memorial Trophy org. NHL
High sch. math ALG
Homeric cry? DOH
Hosts, briefly MCS
Kind of brandy PEAR
Kind of number SERIAL
Like farmland ARABLE
Local area, slangily HOOD
Mandela's org. ANC
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Many a Sunshine State resident RETIREE
Marooned sailor's construction RAFT
Mathematician Niels Henrik ___ ABEL
Modern form of address URL
Monopoly foursome: Abbr. RRS
Noted U.S. dance grp. ABT
Oahu keepsakes LEIS
Oscar-winning Jodie Foster role CLARICESTARLING
Piggy TOE
Popular gum TRIDENT
Posthumous Best Actor winner of 1976 PETERFINCH
Pres. when the cold war began HST
Private jet V.I.P., maybe CEO
Pro's opposite AGAINST
Put in theaters RELEASE
Really funny ASCREAM
Rep.'s counterpart SEN
Sash with a bow OBI
Says hi to GREETS
Sexy HOT
Singer James ETTA
Spy satellite, metaphorically EYE
Stick ADHERE
Suffix with Canton ESE
Suffix with Euclid EAN
Suppose ASSUME
Sylvia of 'The World of Suzie Wong' SYMS
The city and beyond METROAREA
Theater injunction SHH
They can be a handful REINS
Up to, informally TIL
Upper-left key ESC
Winter comment BRRR
Works on copper, say ETCHES
You might buy a Nintendo game with this YEN
___ dame NOTRE
___ Largo, James Bond villain EMILIO
___' Pea SWEE