New York Times - Dec 11 2002

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Clues Answers
'Exodus' author URIS
'Exodus' hero ___ Ben Canaan ARI
'Heroic Stanzas,' for one DRYDENWORK
'Prove it!' SHOWME
'___ a Rock' (1966 hit) IAM
'___ and the Night Visitors' AMAHL
1960 Everly Brothers hit SOSAD
Amalgam BLEND
Angry IRATE
Arm bone ULNA
Awe-inspiring WONDERFUL
Be the opposite of 4-Down SPEND
Boo-boo SLIP
Cartoon dog ODIE
Caviar ROE
Celebrity's concern IMAGE
Closer to retirement OLDER
Con ___ (lovingly) AMORE
Conductor's wand BATON
Designer Lauren RALPH
Extend RENEW
Eyes ORBS
Fictional ringbearer FRODO
German 'Mr.' HERR
Gimcracks FOLDEROLS
Growing alliance NATO
Hanker (for) YEARN
Hard to find RARE
He's seen late LENO
Hockey great Mikita STAN
It goes from stem to stern KEEL
Kind of chart NATAL
Kudrow of 'Friends' LISA
Lacking plans FREE
Late bedtime ONEAM
Learned one SAGE
Leonardo da Vinci's '___ and the Swan' LEDA
Like bell-bottoms RETRO
Like lions MANED
Clues Answers
Like most N.B.A. stars TALL
Magnate BARON
Map PLAT
Marzipan ingredient ALMOND
Meter maid of song RITA
Mideast land SYRIA
Mr. of 19th-century fiction HYDE
Mrs. Chaplin OONA
New York archbishop Edward EGAN
Nick at ___ NITE
Out of business SHUT
Paris taxi destination, maybe ORLY
Paul feminizer ETTE
Penny pinchers TIGHTWADS
Pg. in a photocopier ORIG
Put aboard STOW
Putting the squeeze on PRESSURING
Quit RESIGN
Rainbow: Prefix IRIDO
Realm AREA
Ridge on a guitar neck FRET
River that feeds the Missouri OSAGE
Round dance HORA
Samovar URN
Singer Amos TORI
Siouan people OTOE
Situation favoring the server ADIN
Swelter FRY
Theater award OBIE
Thought favorably of WASHIGHON
Tide variety NEAP
Time in history AGE
Trying experience ORDEAL
TV's ___ Gillis DOBIE
Viña ___ Mar DEL
Was natural and unrestrained, slangily GOTDOWN
Was sociable at a party MINGLED
Watson of 'Gosford Park' EMILY
Where the Rhone and the Saône meet LYON