New York Times - Feb 27 2001

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Clues Answers
'Hud' Oscar-winner NEAL
'So long, Pierre!' ADIEU
'This is the thanks ___?' IGET
'This ___ test' ISA
'___ in your mouth, not ...' MELTS
20-mule team load BORAX
3 and 2, e.g. COUNT
Abbott, to Costello COHORT
Actor O'Shea MILO
Albanian currency LEK
All you can eat EDIBLES
AOL patron USER
Artist Chagall MARC
Barely make, with 'out' EKE
Basilica's center NAVE
Besmirches SOILS
Boardwalk confection ITALIANICE
Collapsed under pressure GAVE
Cool-sounding rapper ICET
Earthy hue OCHRE
Enticed, with 'in' ROPED
Essayist's alias ELIA
Etta of the comics KETT
Fall birthstone OPAL
Fido fixer VET
Fill to the gills SATE
Flute sound TOOTLE
Football's Karras ALEX
Gael's tongue ERSE
Guthrie the younger ARLO
Help in a heist ABET
Hollywood's Ken or Lena OLIN
International airport section CUSTOMS
Italy's shape BOOT
Jazz's Fitzgerald ELLA
Juicy fruit MELON
Left port SAILED
Liner's landing PIER
List ender ETAL
Clues Answers
Made into mush PUREED
Main impact BRUNT
Mule's mother MARE
Nadir's opposite ZENITH
Nick of 'Cape Fear' NOLTE
Offers for a song SELLSCHEAP
One bringing up the rear LASTINLINE
Ornate leaf, or a design patterned after it ACANTHUS
Pauses in speech CAESURAS
Pessimist's word CANT
Piece of cave art MURAL
Pop artist Johns JASPER
Postal motto conjunction NOR
Pound a Selectric TYPE
Prefix with vitamin MULTI
Prickly plants CACTI
R2-D2 or C-3PO DROID
Railway siding SPUR
Roulette color NOIR
Rower's craft SCULL
Seine feeder OISE
Sills selections ARIAS
Still in contention ALIVE
Surgeon's asset SUREHAND
Sweepers' utensils DUSTPANS
Theme of this puzzle SKATE
Think tank nuggets IDEAS
Toe the line OBEY
Touched down ALIT
Turns sharply ZIGS
Unwelcome mail BILL
Usurer's offering LOAN
Vegas V.I.P. HIGHROLLER
Warbler Yoko ONO
Were in accord JIBED
Winter toy SLED
Wriggly fish EEL
___ facto IPSO
___ Tin Tin RIN