New York Times - May 17 2009

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Clues Answers
'Casablanca' bistro owner RICK
'Just married' car decoration TINCANS
'La ___ du Régiment' (Donizetti opera) FILLE
'My bad' OOPS
'Oh, yeah!' ALLRIGHT
'Road ___' (Hope/Crosby film) TORIO
'Slow Churned' brand EDYS
'The straight path' ISLAM
'Wahoo!' YAY
'___ no importance' ITSOF
98, e.g. SEDAN
98, e.g. OLDS
Actress Anderson LONI
Appetite YEN
Arnaz of 1950s TV DESI
Assent NOD
Audacity NERVE
Author Ferber and others EDNAS
Backgammon playing piece STONE
Band with the #1 album 'Monster' REM
Be on the horizon LOOM
Beast with twisted horns ELAND
Better ENRICH
Big Blue IBM
Birth month for most Libras: Abbr. OCT
Bistro EATERY
Bob Jones Award org. USGA
Carter and Grant AMYS
Child's cry of pain OWIE
Clean DETERGE
CN Tower's home: Abbr. ONT
Common dried decoration GOURD
Completely unthinking BRAINDEAD
Concert hall employee USHER
Confession receiver PRIEST
Controls completely OWNS
Deli spread MAYO
Dictionary info USAGE
Dims BLEARS
Diversify VARY
Dove, for one COOER
Dr. Seuss' '___ Ran the Zoo' IFI
Dull yellowish brown KHAKI
Early English playwright Thomas KYD
Emperor son of Vespasian TITUS
Errs badly BLOWSIT
Excessively INSPADES
Fat LIPID
Fix AMEND
Fix, as a skirt REHEM
Genre of Fall Out Boy EMO
Gin flavoring SLOE
Girl's name meaning 'night' in Arabic LEILA
Half of a longtime comedy duo ANNEMEARA
Harry Potter pal RON
Here-there connector NOR
Heroin, slangily SCAG
Home of Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park NDAK
Hospital fluids SERA
In concord (with) ATONE
Instant: Abbr. NSEC
Is bound (to) HAS
Italian town where Napoleon won a historic 1800 battle MARENGO
Japanese gateway TORII
Jim Lehrer presentation PBSNEWS
Judas's question ISITI
Kick-around pants DENIMS
Last, in León ULTIMO
Letter after teth YOD
Lille girl: Abbr. MLLE
Clues Answers
Little Rock-to-St. Louis dir. NNE
Lotto variation KENO
Manche department capital STLO
Mischievous one GREMLIN
Moral posers DILEMMAS
NaOH LYE
Naproxen, commercially ALEVE
New Year's month, overseas ENERO
Nickname of the N.B.A.'s David Robinson, with 'the' ADMIRAL
Nigerian-born singing star SADE
Not NARY
One could go up to 11 in 'This Is Spinal Tap' AMP
One hanging out around shoppers MALLRAT
Opening for winter fishing ICEHOLE
Orbital point APSIS
Particle of a dwindling campfire EMBER
Perfect job for Brandon? COWHERDER
Perfect job for Darren? STUNTDOUBLE
Perfect job for Dustin? HOUSEKEEPER
Perfect job for Holden? POKERPLAYER
Perfect job for Landon? AIRPLANEPILOT
Perfect job for Robin? MASTERTHIEF
Perfect job for Rowan? OLYMPICCANOER
Perfect job for Warren? MERCENARY
Plea to a performer ONEMORE
Pre-Civil War abolitionist FREESOILER
Predecessor of Rabin MEIR
Prepared, as frozen foods, maybe NUKED
Quantum mechanics model ATOM
Québec's ___ de Montréal ILE
Refuse container ASHCAN
Relative of the cha-cha-cha MERENGUE
Religious figure, to Pierre ANGE
Result ENDUP
Royal court members LORDS
Saudi Arabian currency RIYAL
Scrub WASH
Sentimentalist SOFTY
Shia, e.g. SECT
Shred RIP
Shred TEARUP
Some Egyptian pyramid art MURALS
Spam, say MASSEMAILS
Sportage, for one KIA
Squash SITON
Stately REGAL
Stationery order REAM
Stations STOPS
Steamed pudding ingredient SAGO
Steinway & ___ SONS
Supercool RAD
Symbol of Communism REDSTAR
Symbol of regeneration SEED
Target of core workouts ABS
Tennis call LET
The olden days YORE
The same to vous? EGAL
They're sometimes secret RECIPES
Topple UPEND
Typesetter's choice: Abbr. ITAL
Typical USUAL
Ultimatum closer ORELSE
Went scubaing DIVED
Whatchamacallit: Var. GISMO
Whiz-bang ACE
Woodworker's double boiler GLUEPOT
Writer of aphorisms GNOMIST
___ cloud ION
___ Day ONEA
___-Turkish War, in which the first aerial bombs were used ITALO