New York Times - Dec 28 2009

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Clues Answers
'Don't tell ___ can't ...!' MEI
'Let's call ___ day' ITA
'Love ___ neighbor ...' THY
'Slipped' backbone part DISK
'Sunny' egg parts YOLKS
'___ bin ein Berliner' ICH
1/36 of a yard INCH
Actor Washington who once played Malcolm X DENZEL
Actress Lupino and others IDAS
Antlered animal ELK
B&O and Reading: Abbr. RRS
Book of maps ATLAS
Braying animal DONKEY
Buckaroo ___ (movie character) BANZAI
By eyesight VISIBLY
Cartoonist Chast ROZ
Cereal advertised with a 'silly rabbit' TRIX
Chopped into small cubes DICED
Clipping, as shrubs PRUNING
Countryish RUSTIC
Egyptian temple site KARNAK
Evaluate ASSESS
Famed tar pits whose name is Spanish for 'the tar' LABREA
Fascinated by INTO
Fat substitute brand OLEAN
Fit for sailing SEAWORTHY
Food-poisoning bacteria ECOLI
Got ___ deal (was rooked) ARAW
Gravy vessel BOAT
Grieves MOURNS
Guys' mates GALS
Had a bite ATE
Hellish river STYX
Hole-making tool AWL
However, informally THO
Infant bodysuit ONESIE
Insect with a queen ANT
Invalidate, as a check VOID
Karl Marx's '___ Kapital' DAS
Clues Answers
Long-nosed fish GAR
Mind reader's 'gift' ESP
Mountain climber's tool ICEAXE
Music store fixtures CDRACKS
NBC host Jay LENO
One word that precedes 'hard,' one that follows it ROCKANDROLL
One word that precedes 'key,' one that follows it ROOMANDBOARD
One word that precedes 'pit,' one that follows it COCKANDBULL
One word that precedes 'play,' one that follows it DOWNANDDIRTY
Order from Domino's PIZZA
Org. for women on the links LPGA
Ostrich or owl BIRD
Paul who wrote 'My Way' ANKA
Plains tribe OTO
Pregame morale builder PEPTALK
Prepare cookies or chicken, e.g. BAKE
Prominent giraffe parts NECKS
Ringo's drummer son ZAK
Risk taker DARER
Scottish refusal NAE
See 50-Across SPEX
Silent assent NOD
Singer Kristofferson KRIS
Slugger's stat RBI
Sounds during medical checkups AHS
Start of a Christmas letter DEARSANTA
Sudden ABRUPT
Suffix with pont- OON
Test EXAM
Train track part RAIL
TV sports broadcasting pioneer Arledge ROONE
Ventriloquist's prop DUMMY
W.W. II female WAC
What a swabbie swabs DECK
With 13-Down, 'super power' glasses XRAY
Worms in a can, e.g. BAIT
___ Kenobi of 'Star Wars' OBIWAN
___ spumante (wine) ASTI
___-bitsy ITSY