Wall Street Journal - Mar 30 2007 - March 30, 2007 - Miner Miracle

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'Born Free' lion ELSA
'Central Park in the Dark' composer IVES
'Ed Wood' star DEPP
'Hogan's Heroes' setting STALA
'How dry ___' IAM
'I Lombardi' composer VERDI
1923 Kentucky Derby winner ZEV
1976 comedy film, and a description of this puzzle's center SILVERSTREAK
1978 Gregory Hines musical EUBIE
1998 Sarah McLachlan song ADIA
Acad., e.g. SCH
And others, in other words ETALIA
Aromatic mint SAE
Asian chew BETEL
ATM button ENTER
Bad boss's practice AEISM
Beach blankets? SANDS
Big swallow GULP
Blackhead fill SEBUM
Brewing need TEABA
Build an arbor around EMBOWER
Busy hosp. areas ERS
By and by SOON
Caraway-flavored liquors AQUAVITS
Chilly ALOOF
Cigar butt? ETTE
Cleveland-to-Canton dir. SSE
Coin collector? SOFA
Cologne conjunction UND
Columbia and Cornell, e.g. IVIES
Consumer Reports employees RATERS
Crash pad? AIRBA
Cry at a flamenco performance OLE
Crystal-filled rock GEODE
Deli order SUB
Den ___ (Dutch capital) HAA
Descartes and Magritte RENES
Dies ___ (Requiem Mass part) IRAE
Diggs of 'Rent' TAYE
Dismissive reply to a complaint SUEME
Dog collar dangler IDTA
Drops from the sky RAIN
Ectomorphic LEAN
Element in many Agatha Christie books ARSENIC
Enthusiastic AVID
Everlasting, in odes ETERNE
Expose to intense heat BROIL
FBI employees ATS
First page of el calendario ENERO
Forerunner of the Sensor, Mach3 and Fusion ATRA
Get in on a deal ANTE
Govt.-issued funds SSI
Group that may be at your service CHOIR
Having two parts DUPLE
Highly regarded ESTEEMED
Hydroxyl compound ENOL
In a balanced manner EVENLY
In the blink of ___ ANEYE
Indian honorific SRI
Is on the same page AREES
Jack, the picky eater SPRAT
Jamaican exports RUMS
Junk components MASTS
K-O connection LMN
Kan. neighbor NEB
Kathryn of 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' ERBE
LAPD alert APB
Leading indicator? BATON
Like some traffic STOPANDGO
Like the Torres Strait REEFY
Long March leader MAO
Long stories SAAS
Clues Answers
Love of art objects VIRTU
Lowest investment-grade bond rating BBB
Ltr. holder ENV
Luau entertainment UKES
Make more powerful SOUPUP
Mark who played in 15 NHL All-Star Games MESSIER
Mata Hari portrayer of 1931 GRETAARBO
Material for children's clothes VELVETEEN
Matter of little relevance NONISSUE
Millennium div. CEN
Missionary's targets PAANS
Near-perfect scores NINES
New York home of Mark Twain ELMIRA
Nissan SUV XTERRA
One of Knute's successors ARA
Outdoor market AORA
Over AAIN
Overcharged but good GOUGED
Passable ADEQUATE
Passed up REFUSED
Person out of Colgate? GRADUATE
Peter Gunn's girlfriend EDIE
Pianist Hess and others MYRAS
Play station? STAE
Playwright Fugard ATHOL
Popular drink in Valhalla MEAD
Pothead's purchase GRASS
Priestess in Bizet's 'The Pearl Fishers' LEILA
Question from the betrayed ETTU
Reporter for The Tennessean from 1971 to 1976 ALGORE
Rich yuletide quaffs NOGS
Rolls up FURLS
Roof part RIDGE
Rugged cliffs CRAS
Rush hour problems SNARLS
See 22-Across FORTYSEVEN
See 24-Across DEPOSITS
Self-service restaurant area SALADBAR
Set free UNCAE
Shows contempt for SPITSAT
Side of a right triangle LEG
Sitting areas? DUFFS
Some MIT grads EES
Special attention, for short TLC
Square figure NERD
Star followers MAI
Star of 121-Across GENEWILDER
States AVERS
Street sealer TAR
Supply with oxygen AERATE
Switch from plastic to paper, say REBA
Tachometer abbr. RPM
Tack components SADDLES
The Parthenon, for one TEMPLE
The puzzle theme AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Theology inst. SEM
Tribute maker MAZDA
Trudge PLOD
Try to bite, as one's heels NIPAT
Type a password, perhaps LOGIN
Upticks RISES
USPS symbol EALE
Verdon of 'Sweet Charity' GWEN
Victor's cry IWIN
Visibly furious ALARE
Wall St. maneuver LBO
Web data format XML
Welcomed, as the New Year RANGIN
Witchy women HAGS
With 102-Across, element that makes up this puzzle's theme ATOMICNUMBER
With 119-Across, solving instructions for this puzzle's theme DIGUPTHE
Women's shoe type TSTRAP