New York Times - May 10 2009

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Clues Answers
'A Year in Provence' author MAYLE
'Benny & ___' (1993 film) JOON
'If I Needed ___' (Harrison-penned Beatles song) SOMEONE
'Lou Grant' paper, for short TRIB
'Parlez-vous français?' answer OUI
'Ruby Baby' singer, 1963 DION
'The Taming of the Shrew' setting PADUA
'Tiny Alice' playwright ALBEE
'What's My Line?' panelist Francis ARLENE
'You can have this' HERE
'___ Jacques' FRERE
'___ the season!' TIS
1,760 make a mi. YDS
Agitate RILEUP
Alaska and Hawaii on U.S. maps, often INSETS
Attic fillers WEBS
Bahía ___, Argentina BLANCA
Bank of China Tower architect PEI
Bankrupt RUINED
Barnyard call BRAY
Bay of ___ (terminus of the Ganges) BENGAL
Bench presser's pride PECS
Big game ELK
Billy Joel's first Top 40 hit PIANOMAN
Brick construction HEARTH
Brightest star in Cygnus DENEB
Brown furs STOATS
Buffet table dish TUREEN
Cabbage dish SLAW
Cacao holders PODS
Car with a horse collar grille EDSEL
Category of sedan MIDSIZE
Cause of lightheadedness? HALO
Classical singer's selection ARIA
Clear LUCENT
Close END
Cogitate MUSE
Come up with THINKOF
Comparative follower THAN
Competitions to see who can drive a ball farthest in the rain? WETTEESHOTCONTESTS
Containing element #56 BARIC
Cookie sold in a blue package OREO
Crowd cheer RAH
Crystal gazer SEER
Dawn goddess EOS
Day of the wk. TUE
Digs in the forest NEST
Ding-a-ling JERK
Direct-sales giant AMWAY
Disney character from Hawaii LILO
Down-filled quilts DUVETS
Drives back REPELS
Dutch Golden Age painter HALS
Early wake-up time SIX
Eat away at ERODE
Fairway club swung quickly? FASTFOURWOOD
Fashion designer Schiaparelli ELSA
First of the Major Prophets ISAIAH
Fluffy scarves BOAS
Fops' tops FEDORAS
Former Magic player Smith OTIS
Germane APT
Golf clubs tossed into the drink at Pebble Beach? SUBMARINESANDWEDGES
Golf course obstacles TREES
Guerra's opposite PAZ
Highest point APOGEE
Hit makers? GATS
If you look at it the right way INASENSE
Clues Answers
Indirect flight stop-off HUB
Jeff of the Traveling Wilburys LYNNE
Key employee? LOCKSMITH
Knocked dizzy BEANED
Like golf courses that let you play the full 18? NOHOLESBARRED
Like true believers EARNEST
Liquor bottle FIFTH
Londonderry lad BUCKO
Long-armed animal APE
Louisiana city on Lake Pontchartrain SLIDELL
Makes a strong entrance? INVADES
Man-eating giant OGRE
Medical patient CASE
Medicinal amt. TBSP
Minorites, e.g. FRIARS
N.F.L. Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1988 DITKA
National anthem contraction OER
National Mall sight CAPITOL
Neat KEMPT
Nightwear NEGLIGEE
Not at all garrulous TERSE
Observances RITES
Olympic swimmer Biondi MATT
One applied to a grindstone EDGETOOL
One who works while others play? REF
Org. funding many PBS programs NEA
Org. that combats epidemics CDC
Out of the wind ALEE
Part of B.C.E. ERA
Public scandal AFFAIR
Publishing firm bought by Houghton Mifflin HARCOURT
Quebec's official bird SNOWYOWL
Quirks TICS
Relig. school SEM
Restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville KFC
Science class, briefly BIO
Set of threads? TASSEL
Shark's stick CUE
Sharpens, as a razor STROPS
Sit (for) POSE
Some Christmas ornaments ORBS
Some ship personnel, briefly CPOS
Spurs (on) HIES
Stalin named it a 'hero city' after W.W. II ODESSA
Struggle TOIL
Symbols seen on viola music CCLEFS
Tang dynasty poet LIPO
Tendency to throw one's club after sinking a short stroke? THEPUTTERFLYEFFECT
The American ___ (Phi Beta Kappa publication) SCHOLAR
Thoroughly undeserved under-par result? ALOWDOWNBIRDIESHAME
Tooth-care deg. DDS
U.S.O. shows boost it MORALE
Unadorned ring BAND
Unappealing trumpet sound BLAT
Unconvincing 'yes' IHOPESO
Verdi opera OTELLO
Vicinity AREA
Visa alternative, for short AMEX
Volkswagen sedan PASSAT
Weather changer ELNINO
Where golf bag handlers congregate inside the clubhouse? CADDIECORNER
Work off nervous energy, in a way PACE
___ acid (sour cream component) LACTIC
___ avis RARA
___ Dome (former Colts stadium) RCA
___ Miss OLE
___ Rock (Aussie landmark) AYERS
___ Stanley Gardner ERLE