New York Times - Dec 13 2008

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'No thanks' ILLPASS
'___ Grosse Légume' (Orson Welles novel) UNE
1961 hit song for the Angels TIL
1990s president of the Philippines RAMOS
Alternative to Best Buy or Circuit City COMPUSA
Anna player in 'Anna Karenina,' 1935 GRETA
Baited LEDON
Bathroom buzzers ELECTRICSHAVERS
Between green and black, say RIPE
Biker's wear LYCRA
Blink ___ eye OFAN
Bloomingdale's rival NORDSTROM
Book closer? ISH
Boot attachment SKI
Calliope relative ERATO
Cancún kinswoman TIA
Certain twin SIS
Close to erupting IRATE
Crackpots LOCOS
Desert Storm defenses PATRIOTMISSILES
Each, in scores ALL
Eclipse TOP
Explosive measure KILOTON
Fashionably nostalgic RETRO
Floored AWED
Fort Worth's ___ Carter Museum AMON
German magazine article EIN
Gradually quickening, in mus. ACCEL
Hokey jokes CORN
Jack LONGGREEN
Killer of Greedo in a sci-fi film HANSOLO
Letters used to avoid listing ETC
Like correctional facilities PENAL
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Like icing ILLEGAL
Makeup of some team schedules MEETS
Many quiz show fans TRIVIABUFFS
Marsh bird SORA
Musician Oberst or playwright McPherson CONOR
Nigerian native IBO
Payback factor ACCRUEDINTEREST
Production part ACT
Pulsar, e.g. RADIOSOURCE
Really tough task BEAR
Search for 37-Downs SHOP
See 36-Down SALE
Shrill EARPIERCING
Sitting Bull's tongue TETON
Something to bond with GLUE
Step NOTCH
Tenor Schipa TITO
The planets, e.g. OCTAD
They're pristine EDENS
Thimblerig thing PEA
Thing to shoot for PAR
Tony's portrayer on 'NYPD Blue' ESAI
Tough to sort out MESSY
Tradesman CRAFTER
Vast OCEANIC
Verifiable claim STATEMENTOFFACT
Very upset RILED
What a destroyer might destroy TORPEDOBOAT
What I may become ROYALWE
When many people are off NATIONALHOLIDAY
Work with choruses OPERA
Year in which Middle English began, by tradition MCL
___ Bowl ALAMO