New York Times - Jun 16 2009

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Clues Answers
'Liquid diet' devotee SOT
'Little Women' author ALCOTT
'The ___ Erwin Show' of 1950s TV STU
*Countries with big militaries SUPERPOWERS
*Engraver's surface COPPERPLATE
*Impervious to picking, as a lock TAMPERPROOF
*Motto of the U.S. Coast Guard SEMPERPARATUS
*Routine-bound bureaucrat PAPERPUSHER
,,,,, COMMAS
Affection seeker WOOER
Air apparent? SMOG
Antonyms: Abbr. OPPS
Barley beards AWNS
Bills in tills ONES
Bit of fabric SCRAP
Camp clothing identifier NAMETAPE
Catherine, the last wife of Henry VIII PARR
Compliment heard in the dress department ITSYOU
Corrida cheer OLE
Debate the pros and cons ARGUE
Deflation sound SSS
Field yield CROP
Flower holder STEM
Geronimo's tribe APACHE
Got out of bed AROSE
Hagen of Broadway UTA
Hall's singing partner OATES
High-rise apartment garden site TERRACE
Improbable UNLIKELY
It's darker than cream BEIGE
Jalapeños and chilies PEPPERS
Knight's title SIR
Knucklehead SAP
Lamb's coat FLEECE
Leave in a hurry RUNOFF
Legal ending ESE
Leisure EASE
Clues Answers
Letter before omega PSI
Lieu STEAD
Men of La Mancha HOMBRES
Middle-earth creatures ENTS
Naturally illuminated SUNLIT
Nestles CUDDLES
Not agin FER
Notable times ERAS
Online communications, for short IMS
Owner of a brand? RANCHER
Part of a tuba's sound PAH
Persona non grata PARIAH
Petal plucker's pronoun SHE
Piled carelessly INAHEAP
Playful kissing BUSSING
Q-U connection RST
Rained pellets SLEETED
Recover from a soaking DRYOUT
Remain undecided PEND
Remove, as a corsage UNPIN
Rocker Ocasek RIC
Sch. in Troy, N.Y. RPI
Seized vehicle REPO
Sign of a contented cat PURR
Start the kitty ANTE
Superlative suffix IEST
Swingline item STAPLE
Tanning lotion letters SPF
Telecom giant acquired by Verizon MCI
Those 'walking' through the answers to the starred clues PERPS
Tibetan beast YAK
Toothed tools SAWS
Type size PICA
Vietnam's continent ASIA
Where a truck driver sits CAB
YouTube button PAUSE
___ Grande RIO