New York Times - Dec 18 2009

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Clues Answers
'Actually, it's true' WELLYES
'C'mon, that can't be true!' YOUJEST
'Huh?' SAYWHAT
'Kwanzaa' comes from it SWAHILI
'Man, that hurts!' YOW
'My Fair Lady' actor Robert COOTE
'The Imaginary Invalid' playwright MOLIERE
'The ___ of Malta,' Christopher Marlowe play JEW
1984 historical novel, with 'The' HAJ
Bellini's '___ furor delle tempeste' NEL
Biomedical research inits. NIH
Birth data: Abbr. WTS
Breaks RECESSES
Calculated thing RISK
Certain pitch COALTAR
Comic character in whiteface PIERROT
Deep-pocketed type FATCAT
Digital detritus TOEJAM
Drum set? ROLLS
Eggs sometimes served on toast ROE
Fashionable INSTYLE
Fed. bill TNOTE
First hard rock band to score a #1 country hit BONJOVI
First string? ABC
Forces afloat ARMADAS
Gen. Pershing's command: Abbr. AEF
Gist CRUX
Gritty TV series set in Baltimore THEWIRE
Half-___ (coffee order) CAF
Height enhancer HEEL
High passageway between buildings AIRWALK
Hindu soul ATMAN
Hit to short right, say BLOOP
Home to Torrey Pines Golf Course LAJOLLA
Indian water holder OLLA
It may come from a loud speaker RANT
Clues Answers
Like some dumbbells: Abbr. TENLB
Like some elbows and fenders SCRAPED
Line holder REEL
Make a pile in a casino? RAKE
Marker maker CRAYOLA
Means of obtaining data about planets FLYBYS
Mini replacements NANOS
Neither here nor there? ENROUTE
Now gender-neutral DESEXED
Offer to host ASKOVER
One in a long line of workers? ANT
Opera quickie ARIETTE
Outfielder Chávez ENDY
Peninsula south of the Gulf of Trieste ISTRIA
Período de 31 días MES
Picks out CULLS
Place for a collared person SQUADCAR
Place for a crane MARSH
Producer of high and outside pitches? YODELER
Request for entertainment AMUSEME
Rough housing LEANTOS
Rule without exceptions IRONLAW
Second song on 'Beatles '65' IMALOSER
Sent a line, say WROTETO
Shellac CREAM
Shortsighted solution? LASIK
Standout ONER
Stripes KINDS
Superior, as an investment AAARATED
The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr. WNBA
Think piece? IDEA
Tiny opening? ITTY
Tonic water ingredient QUININE
Virus kin SPYWARE
Wool coats ULSTERS
Words of acclamation ALLHAIL