New York Times - May 23 1997

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'Independence Day' actor QUAID
'Leaving Las Vegas' co-star SHUE
'No man ___...' ISAN.
'The Pirates of Penzance' heroine MABEL
'The Sultan of Sulu' writer ADE
'Trust ___' (1937 hit) INME
'___ Three Lives' (TV oldie) ILED
1969 Hoffman role RATSO
50's innovation TRANSISTORRADIO
80's Pentagon letters SDI
Actor Morales ESAI
Antis NOS
Author ___ Yutang LIN
Beethoven dedicatee ELISE
Bender JAG
Body builder? ANABOLICSTEROID
Capital city till 1960 RIO
Chemical suffixes ATES
Colombian coin PESO
Comic actor John CLEESE
Commercial prefix for many cold-weather products SNO
CPR pros EMTS
Crews' quarters CABOOSES
Diamond stat. RBI
Fall short in votes LOSETHEELECTION
Fleetwood Mac's 'Walk ___ Line' ATHIN
French story ETAGE
Hack's place CABSTAND
Hood COWL
Hoped for salvation SAIDONESPRAYERS
Hospital helper NURSESAIDE
Infant's dessert, maybe STRAINEDPEACHES
Invitation notation CASUAL
It's full of roots SCALP
Like a shake roof CEDARED
Long ___ AGO
Clues Answers
Mason attachment ITE
Military demolitions expert SAPPER
Millionths of a meter MICRA
Mollycoddles COSSETS
Monthly service CABLE
Mouse manipulator USER
Noted name in newspapering OCHS
Nursery items TREES
Old-fashioned contraction TIS
One that's over due? TRE
One usually precedes 15-Across DEFINITEARTICLE
Outer limit END
Palindromic title AGA
Personal things? ADS
Pizza topping ONION
Right, in a way RESET
Rocky Mtn. highs? ALTS
Roulette bet CINQ
Roulette bet NOIR
Round rolls BIALIES
Sentimentality GOO
Shoot the breeze JAW
Singer Ocasek of the Cars RIC
Some Havanans AFROCUBANS
Take a bough LOP
Take down ___ APEG
Takes home NETS
They're all talk ORALS
Took a stab at? LUNGED
Trip ERR
Ubangi tributary UELE
Whist variety SOLO
___ Conferences of 1899 and 1907 HAGUE
___ Jr. (acting son, familiarly) DESI
___ Maar (Picasso mistress and subject) DORA
___ one's welcome OUTSTAY