New York Times - Mar 4 2014

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Clues Answers
$5 bill, informally ABE
'Absolutely right!' AMEN
'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' girl DARLA
'This is only ___' ATEST
'Yeah, right!' IBET
2000s White House family OBAMAS
A, B and F, e.g., in D.C STS
Added slyly, as a comment EDGEDIN
Archenemy of the Fantastic Four DRDOOM
Best in an annual Nathan's contest, say OUTEAT
British pound, informally QUID
Buzz Aldrin's real first name EDWIN
Chicago-to-Tampa dir SSE
Continental coin EURO
Cope HACKIT
Coup d'___ ETAT
Dancer in a kimono GEISHA
Dessert brand once pitched by Bill Cosby JELLO
Dos x tres SEIS
Enraptured RAVISHED
Fast way to connect, briefly DSL
Game show maven Griffin MERV
Herringlike fish SHAD
Jamaican music genre SKA
Like 50/50 vis-à-vis 60/40 EVENER
Make into cornrows BRAID
Martial arts instructor SENSEI
Merits EARNS
Milan's La ___ SCALA
Military command ATEASE
Mink, e.g FURCOAT
On vacation AWAY
One not blinking, perhaps STARER
Opposite of dense BRAINY
Order often 'on the side' DRESSING
Post office scale unit OUNCE
Clues Answers
Precursor to talk shows for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, in short SNL
Provided the music for a party, informally DJED
Rapper with the 2002 #1 hit 'Always on Time' JARULE
Real stinker SKUNK
Remove, as spam DELETE
River of W.W. I MARNE
River of W.W. I YSER
Say wrongly MISSTATE
See 16-Across ELECTRICITY
See 27-Across FRANKLIN
See 35-Across AKITE
Seriously overcook BURN
Silences QUELLS
Site of 27-Across/32-Down's ambassadorship FRANCE
Some 60-mo. investments CDS
Song girl who's 'sweet as apple cider' IDA
Spanish or Portuguese IBERIAN
Sports wonders, say PHENOMS
Suffix with señor ITA
Sup DINE
Surrounded by AMID
Tech product introduced in '81 IBMPC
The Beatles' '___ in the Life' ADAY
The Mustangs of the American Athletic Conf SMU
Towel holders RODS
Trumpet BLARE
Veteran OLDTIMER
What Command-P means on a Mac PRINT
With 23-Down, what 27-Across/32-Down is often credited with DISCOVERING
With 32-Down, person associated with the scene depicted in this puzzle's grid BENJAMIN
With 44-Down, advice to 27-Across/32-Down? GOFLY
Worrisome engine sound PING
Writer Calvino ITALO
Yellow spread OLEO
Yellowfin tuna, on menus AHI
Young chap LAD