New York Times - Mar 17 2002

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Clues Answers
'Even Homer nods' writer HORACE
'Gil ___' BLAS
'Got it' ISEE
'Happy Motoring' sloganeer ESSO
'Soapdish' actress SHUE
'The Whiffenpoof Song' singer ELI
'___ Vous' (1927 song hit) CEST
1986 rock autobiography ITINA
A Muppet BERT
Actress Skye and others IONES
Advice to a budding alarmist? [1988, 1999, 1994] BIGBOYSDONTCRYWOLF
African capital until 1991 LAGOS
All's opposite NOTONE
Ancestress of King David RUTH
Annoy, in a way GRATE
Anyhow YET
Astound FLOOR
Attention EAR
Bakery treats ECLAIRS
Band instrument? WATCH
Bibliophilic suffix ANA
Big name in book clubs OPRAH
Big tournament OPEN
Booted EJECTED
Bring in EARN
C, F and G CLEFS
Campaigner POL
Car in a 1964 hit song GTO
Carpenter ___ ANT
Charles Van Doren vis-à-vis the game show 'Twenty-One'? [1976, 1989, 1985] NETWORKSCANDALWITNESS
Cheerleader's practice YELL
Circle meas. DIAM
Cole Porter's '___ in Love' IAM
Come up to MEET
Confine again RECAGE
Creature with padded toes GECKO
Crisscrossed WOVE
Cry of glee IWON
Dance flourish DIP
Dear HON
Desirable hotel room feature VIEW
Diamonds ICE
Different ELSE
Diplomat Root ELIHU
Dozes NODSOFF
Eastern music style RAGA
End of ___ ANERA
Ere AFORE
Eunuch's charge HAREM
Explorer Sieur de La ___ SALLE
Extra-wide shoe spec. EEE
Fire preceder? AIM
First-stringers ATEAM
Fixes RIGS
Flexible ELASTIC
Flexible person's choice EITHER
Four Seasons Hotel architect PEI
Fra ___ Lippi FILIPPO
Fresh PERT
Ginnie ___ MAE
Glass ___ EEL
Gooey stuff GEL
Grasshoppers can help make them BARTABS
Grind RATRACE
Head of the produce section? CABBAGE
Heartwarming scene in a war movie? [1986, 1992, 1978] PLATOONHEROCOMINGHOME
Heir, at law ALIENEE
Herb used in casseroles FENNEL
Hot EROTIC
Hung around IDLED
Clues Answers
Insidious SLY
Iowa State site AMES
It has many loops AIRSHOW
Key person in England GAOLER
Lack stability SEESAW
Least sharp SLOWEST
Like a bunch DIG
Like some movies for TV RECUT
Like some remarks SNIDE
Like some scholarship winners NEEDY
Manage EKEOUT
Master, in Swahili BWANA
Math course, informally CALC
Molière play part ACTE
Mop SWAB
Mounted ROSE
New Jersey town with a hyphenated name HOHOKUS
Not docked ASEA
Not just noteworthy HISTORIC
Noted support group ALANON
Old Irish alphabet: Var. OGAM
On ___ (exulting) AHIGH
Opposite of norte SUR
Parrot ECHO
Perch, perhaps TREETOP
Pinhead SCHMO
Plan for FIGUREON
Poorly kept SEEDY
Prefix with species INTRA
Producer of a big accident? [1998, 2000, 1960] RUSHHOURTRAFFICPSYCHO
Quarterback's option LATERAL
Really beat TAR
Recover from GETOVER
Result of an Oscar nominee's disappearance at an awards ceremony? [releases of 1968, 1982 and 1982] STARMISSINGTHEVERDICT
Richard ___ III
Row producer HOE
Sampling TEST
Sass CHEEK
Scads TONS
Sched. C preparers CPAS
See 65-Across END
Send, in a way ELATE
Shifts ALTERS
Silver ARGENT
Something that's worked up IRE
Spicy cuisine THAI
Stopping point: Abbr. STA
Suffix with access ORY
Sugar coat? ICING
Swiss river AAR
Tastes TANGS
Teary MOIST
Tough and courageous GRITTY
Trawler's catch COD
Tucked away ATE
Uncommon sense ESP
Unite WELD
Untrue NOTSO
Uttered, old-style SPAKE
Walked in the rain, say GOTWET
Warp-knit fabrics TRICOTS
What Michelangelo produced ARTE
Why the paparazzi couldn't photograph actress Roberts? [1977, 1985, 1998] JULIARANOUTOFSIGHT
With 51-Down, old movie finale THE
Yankees manager Joe TORRE
Zing PEP
___ Beach, Hawaii EWA
___ case WORST
___ good example (is a role model) SETSA
___ II razor TRAC