New York Times - Oct 16 2007

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Clues Answers
'Great' kid-lit detective NATE
'Impossible!' NOWAY
'Nevertheless ...' EVENSO
'That's mine!' DIBS
'Time to rise, sleepyhead!' UPANDATEM
Ancient Greek colonnade STOA
Bad-mouth BASH
Baylor's city WACO
Beatle, endearingly MOPTOP
Big Apple awards OBIES
Blessing-inducing sound ACHOO
Brazilian dance SAMBA
Bring together UNITE
Calendar units hidden in 20- and 61-Across and 11- and 35-Down DATES
Chooses to participate OPTSIN
Cold one BREW
Craps natural SEVEN
Crockpot concoctions STEWS
Deplete, as energy SAP
FEMA recommendation, briefly EVAC
Fire remnants COALS
Flank SIDE
Follow direction? ACT
From the top ANEW
Gave the boot AXED
Gimlet garnish LIME
Greedy monarch MIDAS
Hand-waver's cry MEME
Hard to please FUSSY
Impoverished NEEDY
Ingrid's role in 'Casablanca' ILSA
It's sold in skeins YARN
La preceder SOL
Largish combo OCTET
Lighted sign in a theater EXIT
Like a brainiac SMART
Like a yenta NOSY
Like batik fabrics DYED
Like hair, usually, after combing PARTED
Clues Answers
Lose the spare tire SLIMDOWN
Meadow sound BAA
Minute Maid Park player ASTRO
On the payroll SALARIED
One in the infield BASEMAN
Pastry prettifier ICER
Ph.D. awarder UNIV
Play by a different ___ rules SETOF
Polite affirmation YESSIR
Political caucus state IOWA
Popular snack chip FRITO
Post-O.R. stop ICU
Relax during a drill STANDATEASE
Rodeo animal STEER
Round before the final SEMI
Schedule B or C, e.g. TAXFORM
Sgt. Friday's org. LAPD
Show anger FUME
Show sadness SHEDATEAR
Showed up CAME
Sp. girl SRTA
Sparkling wine city ASTI
Sunshine State school FLORIDATECH
Surveyor Jeremiah, for whom a famous line is partly named DIXON
Temp's work unit DAY
Terrible twos, e.g. PHASE
The 'R' in Roy G. Biv RED
They may be bright IDEAS
Ticks off IRES
Trojan War hero AENEAS
TV shout-out from the team bench HIMOM
Upper hand EDGE
Vintage auto REO
Washroom tub BASIN
Within earshot NEAR
Worker's pay WAGE
Zwei follower DREI
___ deficit (lost money) RANA
___ firma TERRA