New York Times - May 20 2007

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Clues Answers
' ... ___ saw Elba' EREI
'Do ___?' IDARE
'Grand' hotel HYATT
'Myra Breckinridge' novelist VIDAL
'No men allowed' area HAREM
'Still Me' autobiographer Christopher REEVE
'The Bonesetter's Daughter' author AMYTAN
'The Time Machine' race ELOI
'Welcome' offerer MAT
'What ___?' GIVES
'___ & Stitch,' 2002 animated film LILO
'___ of Destruction,' 1965 protest song EVE
'___ true' ITS
11th-century year MLIII
1983 U.S. invasion site GRENADA
Abnormal plant swelling EDEMA
Actor Morales ESAI
Actress Sedgwick KYRA
Ambiguous headline about a California drug bust? FEDSDISCOVERCRACKINLA
Ambiguous headline about a man charged with killing his attacker? COURTTOTRYBEATINGVICTIM
Ambiguous headline about a protest? MARCHPLANNEDFORAUGUST
Ambiguous headline about a stolen Stradivarius? MANGETSYEARINVIOLINCASE
Ambiguous headline about a vagrancy statistic? CITYSHOMELESSCUTINHALF
Ambiguous headline about attorneys' pro bono work? LAWYERSGIVEPOORADVICE
Ambiguous headline about school closings? TEACHERSTRIKESIDLEKIDS
Anthem starter OSAY
Author Janowitz TAMA
Big name in credit cards CITI
Blast maker HORN
Break REST
Breeze CINCH
Bright-eyed AGOG
Broom ___ (comics witch) HILDA
Choo-choo name LIONEL
Close TIGHT
Columbo portrayer FALK
Company with a 'spokesduck' AFLAC
Company with the slogan 'born from jets' SAAB
Comparatively flush RICHER
Composer Ned ROREM
Composer Satie ERIK
Connected, in a way ONLINE
Country singer Carter DEANA
Cozy corner NOOK
Dated OUT
Definitely no arm-twister SLING
Do-do connector ASI
Dramatic opening ACTI
Duo in a typical symphony OBOES
Dutch painter Jan STEEN
E-mail address ender ORG
Early hrs. AMS
Earth Day subj. ECOL
Earthenware pots OLLAS
Elaine ___ ('Seinfeld' role) BENES
Encouraging sounds RAHS
Exhort URGE
Fall setting EDEN
Father Sarducci of old 'S.N.L.' GUIDO
Field protector TARP
Field stars ATEAM
Fifth-century pope STLEO
Film brand AGFA
Former Connecticut governor Ella GRASSO
Frequent congestion site TARMAC
Gaiety MIRTH
Gone by AGO
Grannies NANAS
Hair-raiser SCARE
Hang over LOOM
Head of costume design EDITH
Heavy metal bar INGOT
High ball? LOB
High-___ TECH
Hip locale PELVIS
Home stretches? YOGA
Huge MAJOR
In need of a washer, perhaps LEAKY
In the ___ KNOW
Info that may be phished: Abbr. SSNS
Irish patriot hanged in 1803 EMMET
Clues Answers
It might get the brush-off LINT
It'll douse a fuego AGUA
It's next to nothing ONE
It's not held when it's used MAYO
Jazz pianist Chick COREA
JFK-to-TLV option ELAL
Joe JAVA
Jump in the rink AXEL
Kind of chin CLEFT
Kind of valve INTAKE
Kitchen gadget company OXO
Level of care INTENSIVE
Like the rim of an eyecup OVAL
Longtime staple of daytime TV OPRAH
Lush DIPSO
Makes unwanted overtures? SPAMS
Manuscript sheet FOLIO
Maritime NAVAL
Mazda model MIATA
McKellen of 'The Lord of the Rings' IAN
Means of control REINS
Moonshine HOOCH
Most cunning SLIEST
Move, in Realtor lingo RELO
MTV's owner VIACOM
Muppet who lives in a trash can OSCAR
Muse with a wreath of myrtle and roses ERATO
Mushroom cloud creator, briefly NTEST
Mystic SWAMI
N.F.L. running back Barlow KEVAN
Narrow inlets RIAS
Newsman Bernard SHAW
Not neat OVERICE
Numismatists' goals SETS
Oil-rich ruler EMIR
One end of the Moscow Canal VOLGA
One of New York's Finger Lakes SENECA
One with a thick skin HIPPO
Palm readers? TREOS
Parcel TRACT
Peter and Paul, but not Mary TSARS
Place for a guard, in soccer SHIN
Playing marble AGATE
Poli ___ SCI
Popular air freshener GLADE
Prefix with dactyl PTERO
Progress smoothly SAIL
Quake SHIVER
Rating of a program blocked by a V-chip TVMA
Reason for a 98-Across SEX
Retired boomer SST
Rhett Butler's last words ADAMN
Rocky peak TOR
Sandwich rank EARL
Santa ___ ANA
Saw AXIOM
Schlock DRECK
Scottish estate owner LAIRD
Sets (on) SICS
Shaker formula NACL
Silver quarters? STALL
Sock fiber LYCRA
Some magazine ads INSERTS
Sudden increase on a graph SPIKE
Sugar cube holder TONGS
Swenson of 'Benson' INGA
Take in SNARE
Take ___ breath ADEEP
Their service is impeccable ACERS
Transmission repair franchise AAMCO
Trick-taking card game SKAT
Trounce CRUSH
Trust RELYON
Vast COSMIC
Was contrite RUED
West of Hollywood MAE
Wild guesses STABS
Word for word LITERALLY
Word with scam or sketch ARTIST
Words said with raised arm and glass ATOAST
Yemeni port famous as a source of coffee MOCHA