New York Times - Jul 20 2009

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Clues Answers
'Fear of Flying' writer Jong ERICA
'I ___ amused!' AMNOT
'I'll take that as ___' ANO
'Oh, bushwa!' MYEYE
'Put a sock ___!' INIT
'Put a tiger in your tank' brand ESSO
'So long!' SEEYA
'The Joy Luck Club' writer Tan AMY
'The Lord of the Rings' enemy ORC
'Uncle ___ Cabin' TOMS
'___ Pinafore' HMS
17-year-old, legally MINOR
30-second spot, e.g. TVAD
Alice's mate on 'The Honeymooners' RALPH
Arduous journey TREK
Arnaz of 'I Love Lucy' DESI
Belief CREDO
Big stingers HORNETS
Bog MIRE
Check the fit of, as a dress TRYON
Condition of affairs STATUS
Contract conditions TERMS
Cookie holder JAR
Cousin of an onion LEEK
Duck features WEBFEET
Ellington's 'Take ___ Train' THEA
Factory supervisors ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 36- and 42-Across PLANTMANAGERS
Filming site SET
First in the rankings ONTOP
First string ATEAM
Former British P.M. Tony BLAIR
George Washingtons ONES
Georgetown athlete HOYA
Gillette razor ATRA
Go from gig to gig TOUR
Go-aheads YESES
Great Lakes Indians ERIES
Hall-of-Famer Mel OTT
Clues Answers
Hospital trauma ctrs. ERS
Iranian money RIAL
It may hang out in a sports stadium TIER
Lead-in to masochism SADO
Like Georgia Brown of song SWEET
Lop off, as branches PRUNE
Low-lying area VALE
Make lemons into melons, e.g.? TRANSPOSE
Marco Polo crossed it ASIA
Mexican revolutionary ___ Villa PANCHO
Midterm, e.g. EXAM
Ninth-inning pitcher CLOSER
Nitroglycerin or dynamite EXPLOSIVE
Nullify NEGATE
Old woman's home in a nursery rhyme SHOE
One who mounts and dismounts a horse GYMNAST
Part of 33-Down's laugh HAR
Quickly turn the pages of LEAFTHROUGH
RR depot STA
Seventh-inning ritual STRETCH
Sicilian spewer ETNA
Simplicity EASE
Sore, with 'off' TEED
Spread, as seed STREW
Squealer RAT
Steelers' grp. AFC
Stop a prevailing trend STEMTHETIDE
Summit ACME
Surprisingly lively for one's age SPRY
That: Sp. ESO
Vintage designation YEAR
What the love of money is, they say ROOTOFALLEVIL
Witches' faces have them WARTS
Works long and hard TOILS
Writer T. S. or George ELIOT
___ a beet REDAS
___ breve (2/2 time in music) ALLA
___ vu DEJA