New York Times - May 7 2009

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Clues Answers
%: Abbr. PCT
'American Pie' actress Tara REID
'Burma Looks Ahead' author UNU
'Casablanca' co-star LORRE
'Notch' on Orion's belt STAR
'Show pity, ___ die': 'The Taming of the Shrew' ORI
'The Taming of the Shrew' setting PADUA
1950s fad item HULAO
1986 Turner autobiography ITINA
Agcy. with agents IRS
B-ball player OSTER
Bad way to be caught INALIE
Bellini opera NORMA
Beluga delicacy ROE
Bodies of organisms SOMAS
Broadway Joe NAMATH
Buffalo Bill ___ Wild West Show CODYS
Calculus pioneer EULER
Cigar distributor, perhaps PROUDPAPA
Classical storyteller AESOP
Clinton's first defense secretary ASPIN
Complete, quickly THORO
Creepy EERIE
Crunching sound CRUMP
De ___ (by right) JURE
Diaper, in Devon NAPPY
Dolly Parton's 'Travelin' ___' THRU
Fictional hero on a quest to Mount Doom FRODO
Gets past a last difficulty ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme ROUNDSTHECORNER
Give ___ (care) ADARN
Green of 'The Italian Job,' 2003 SETH
Head of steam? ESS
Heading in a Keats volume ODES
Hill denizen ANT
Hosp. areas ORS
Humorist Bombeck ERMA
Jocund GAY
Joint possession word OUR
Clues Answers
Kick back REST
Like the Grand Canyon or Fourth of July fireworks AWEINSPIO
Mandela's org. ANC
Means of some W.W. I raids ZEPPELINS
Milk dispenser UDDER
Milwaukee-to-Houston dir. SSW
Mysterious art visible from the sky CROPO
New York City tour provider OLINE
Ousters EVICTIONS
Paid intro? PRE
Par ___ AVION
Part of many Dutch surnames DER
Pasta variety PENNE
Phobic sort NEUROPATH
Picasso's muse Dora ___ MAAR
Prayer leaders IMAMS
Prior to, poetically AFORE
Run ___ of AFOUL
Rush job? TALKRADIO
Scratcher's target ITCH
Series opener ONE
Showtime, at NASA OHOUR
Some aromatic resins MYRRHS
Sonny JUNIOR
Strings pulled in heaven? HARPS
Stuff the piggy bank SAVE
Sud's opposite NORD
Suspended air travel? TRAMS
Take, as an exam SITFOR
Teeing off IRKING
Teeny dress measurement SIZEO
The end DEATH
Unisex HISORHERS
Welcome January 1, say OINTHENEW
Where you may get steamed SPA
___ Beta Kappa PHI
___ Fountain TREVI
___ smile (grin) WEARA