New York Times - Aug 17 1999

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Clues Answers
'Stop!' HALT
'What ___!' ('Don't pass up this offer!') ABUY
2,880-mile long country CHILE
A Saarinen EERO
ABC, CBS, etc. NETWORKS
Actor Lew AYRES
Actor Richard GERE
Airy home NEST
Alençon product LACE
Ambivalent? UNDERTHEWHETHER
American symbol EAGLE
Arranges, as music SETS
Autobiography? IWITNESSACCOUNT
Bagel topper LOX
Baseball's ___ Slaughter ENOS
Big basins TUBS
Boutique SHOP
Brewery product ALE
Carve ETCH
Chapter's partner VERSE
Charisma PRESENCE
Close-fitting hat TOQUE
Comic Bill et al. NYES
Designer Cassini OLEG
Detective SLEUTH
Dodges ELUDES
Downed ATE
Dramatist Brendan BEHAN
François's father PERE
Garden store purchase SEED
Geometry calculation AREA
Give the gas REV
Grayish ASHEN
Gunk CRUD
Harbor sights SHIPS
Hawaiian bird NENE
High ___ kite ASA
Hope/Crosby 'Road' destination BALI
Horror film director Craven WES
Clues Answers
Implore PLEAD
Kind of paper or test LITMUS
Late singer Mel TORME
Left the couch ROSE
Like a baguette CRUSTY
Lively BRISK
Maiden name indicator NEE
Mail org. USPS
Marco's money LIRE
Missing at roll call, maybe AWOL
Morsels BITS
Not localized EPIDEMIC
Not the glad-handing sort LONER
Noted Downing Street address TEN
Office worker STENO
One means of knowing ESP
Oozes SEEPS
Oxidizes RUSTS
Paradise EDEN
Paris gridwork RUES
Part of an ancient inscription RUNE
Permeate IMBUE
Plays a part ACTS
Polite fellow GENT
Purple color PLUM
Regarding INRE
Russian country house DACHA
Singer Brickell EDIE
Slanders SMEARS
Small talk CHITCHAT
Snit? PIQUEEXPERIENCE
Tater SPUD
The ___ Reader (magazine) UTNE
They harass the insane DEMONS
Track-and-field contests MEETS
Trash bag accessory TIE
Use a mop SWAB
Wall upright STUD
Western ski area ASPEN