New York Times - Mar 25 2009

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'Sure, why not?!' LETS
'Vette roof option TTOP
'What ___' ('Ho-hum') ADRAG
Amps up REVS
Australian gem OPAL
Batter's fig. AVG
Bird feeder fill SUET
Blah, blah, blah, for short ETCETC
Blood type historically considered the universal donor ONEGATIVE
Brussels-based alliance NATO
Business letter abbr. ENC
Business sign abbr. ESTAB
Cellular construction HIVE
Collect splinters, so to speak SIT
Coral creation ATOLL
Da Vinci or Michelangelo, to Romans ARTISTA
Debugs computer programs, e.g. CATCHESGLITCHES
Does some mending PATCHESBRITCHES
Doz. eggs, commonly CTN
Ethiopia's Haile ___ SELASSIE
Feature of mesh fabrics OPENWEAVE
Florenz Ziegfeld offering REVUE
Florida city, for short BOCA
Gas brand in Canada ESSO
Give a lift ELATE
Glitterati JETSET
Have a knish, say NOSH
Heartbreaker who's 'back in town' in a 1980 Carly Simon hit JESSE
Hesitant sounds UHS
Islamic sect SHIA
La ___ Tar Pits BREA
Like Papa Bear's porridge TOOHOT
Like Siberian winters HARSH
Lines up the sewing MATCHESSTITCHES
Long tales SAGAS
Make ___ dash AMAD
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MapQuest offerings ROUTES
Messenger ___ RNA
Mexicali Mrs. SRA
Neighbor of B.C. ALB
Nutmeg State sch. UCONN
On the main ASEA
One of the Leeward Islands ANTIGUA
Only beardless Disney dwarf DOPEY
Orbiting telescope launcher NASA
Ore suffix ITE
Overlook OMIT
Place to rule ROOST
Prestigious business school WHARTON
Quarter of Algiers CASBAH
Rap sheet entries, for short MOS
Raw material for Wrigley's, once CHICLE
Record label owned by Sony ARISTA
Responds to rashes SCRATCHESITCHES
Return to one's seat? REELECT
Road, in the Rheinland BAHN
San ___, Marin County ANSELMO
Satirist Mort SAHL
Set a lofty goal AIMHIGH
Skier's turn STEM
Some HDTVs RCAS
Speech spot STUMP
The Carolinas, e.g., to the French ETATS
Tiramisu topper COCOA
To a great degree HIGHLY
Tree trunk BOLE
Tuskegee's locale: Abbr. ALA
Two of racing's Unsers ALS
Umiak passenger INUIT
What oysters 'R' during 'R' months INSEASON
Wordsmith's ref. DICT
___-Cat (winter vehicle) SNO