New York Times - Feb 9 2009

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Clues Answers
'A Death in the Family' author James AGEE
'Beetle Bailey' boss SARGE
'Gone With the Wind' plantation TARA
'Goodness gracious!' IDECLARE
'If all ___ fails ...' ELSE
'Keen!' NEATO
'Piano Man' performer Billy JOEL
'The Merry Widow' composer LEHAR
'___ be a cold day in hell ...' ITLL
'___ Fables' AESOPS
1968 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono TWOVIRGINS
2.54 centimeters INCH
2009 Super Bowl champs STEELERS
Airplane seating request AISLE
And so on: Abbr. ETC
Averts, with 'off' STAVES
Behold, to Brutus ECCE
Bewildered ATSEA
Boob tube (and a hint to 17- and 65-Across and 11- and 30-Down) TVSET
Bridge or tunnel designer: Abbr. ENGR
Calc prerequisite TRIG
Caustic compounds LYES
Checked for fingerprints DUSTED
Classic muscle car GTO
Coffee, slangily JAVA
Commedia dell'___ ARTE
Communist council SOVIET
Construction site watchdog, for short OSHA
Contents of a La Brea pit TAR
Cooking grease LARD
Courtroom TRIALVENUE
Cozy room DEN
Cybercommerce ETAIL
Do lullabies, e.g. SING
Document checked at the border TRAVELVISA
Dubai and Abu Dhabi are part of it: Abbr. UAE
Fashion designer Perry ELLIS
Fast-firing firearm REPEATER
Former Davis Cup captain Arthur ASHE
Clues Answers
Four: Prefix TETRA
Fox's 'American ___' IDOL
French friends AMIS
Heavy cart DRAY
It's measured in amperes: Abbr. ELEC
Kitchen wrap brand SARAN
Land of the so-called 'Troubles' EIRE
Landlords' due RENTS
Luxury Toyota make LEXUS
Make over REDO
Men whom women can't trust CADS
News item that often has a person's age in the headline OBIT
Norman who created 'All in the Family' LEAR
Oozed SEEPED
Polynesian-themed restaurant chain TRADERVICS
Reason for an R rating SEX
Riga's land LATVIA
Santa's helpers ELVES
Scores like 1-1 and 2-2 TIES
Sensitive spots SORES
Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia TSAR
Shake hands (on) AGREE
Silly Putty holder EGG
Sneaky pitch CURVE
Succeeded at musical chairs SAT
The 'E' of Q.E.D. ERAT
The British ___ ISLES
They might be checkered PASTS
Umpire's call at the start of an inning BATTERUP
University officials DEANS
Up to the task ABLE
Visitors from Venus, say ETS
What a wizard casts SPELL
Whimper MEWL
White-feathered wader EGRET
Word before Jordan or Canada AIR
Words to live by CREDO
___ Allan Poe EDGAR
___ Motel ('Psycho' setting) BATES