New York Times - Oct 20 2009

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Clues Answers
#2 in a prosecutor's office: Abbr. ASSTDA
'Are not!' retort AMTOO
'You're on!' ITSADEAL
'You're something ___!' ELSE
'Your 15 minutes of fame ___!' AREUP
'___ who?' SEZ
10 C-notes THOU
Addams Family uncle FESTER
Aid in pulling an all-nighter NODOZ
Basketball backboard attachment HOOP
Biceps' place ARM
Bit of a fight TUSSLE
Broadcast AIR
Busby or derby HAT
Chewy coating for an apple TOFFEE
Chunnel's home EUROPE
Commercial prefix with 'flot' AERO
Composer Kurt WEILL
Cyclops eye count ONE
Dame who's a hoot EDNA
Drug sold on blotting paper LSD
Event featuring sports stars of yesteryear OLDTIMERSGAME
Eyelid woe STYE
First-rate CLASSA
Folkie Guthrie ARLO
Found on this page HEREIN
France's Bruni-Sarkozy and others CARLAS
Grab ___ (eat on the run) ABITE
Greece's capital, in its airport code ATH
Greeted the morning AROSE
Ipanema's locale RIO
It was hell, to Sherman WAR
It's the truth FACT
Jacob's twin ESAU
Kovacs of early TV ERNIE
Leopold's 1920s co-defendant LOEB
Levels of society STRATA
Like a 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!' item ODD
Clues Answers
Like an unborn baby's position FETAL
Litter box visitor CAT
Madams' partners SIRS
Make an abrupt change ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme SHIFTGEARS
Mr. Spock's forte LOGIC
New York's ___ Square HERALD
Newsman Dan RATHER
Not a copy: Abbr. ORIG
On ___ with (equal to) APAR
Panini cheese ASIAGO
Partner of oil VINEGAR
Passbook amts. DEPS
Pastry sold at pizzerias SAUSAGEROLL
Patriotic chant USAUSA
Preceder of com or org DOT
Premium Scotch whiskey CHIVASREGAL
Prey for owls MICE
Punk rock subgenre EMO
Safety device eschewed by the Flying Wallendas NET
Says while choking GASPS
Sip from a flask NIP
Smooth, as the way PAVE
Sportscaster Hershiser OREL
Stay-at-home ___ DAD
Sushi bar soup MISO
Tandoori-baked bread NAAN
Tennis do-over LET
The rest of the U.S., to Hawaiians MAINLAND
Three-star U.S. Army officer LTGEN
Tropicana fruit ORANGE
Trousers PANTS
View from the Oval Office ROSEGARDEN
Visit while on the road, as a motel STOPAT
Wall creeper IVY
Word after Bay or gray AREA
Wrecks beyond repair TOTALS
___ Holliday DOC
___ Wednesday ASH