New York Times - Dec 15 2002

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Clues Answers
'I fall upon the thorns of life! I ___!': Shelley BLEED
'It's the truth!' NOLIE
'My Cousin Vinny' star PESCI
'The Little Mermaid' villainess SEAHAG
'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' character TED
'The Principles and Practice of Medicine' author OSLER
'Wanna ___?' BET
'We're #1!,' e.g. BOAST
1940's-50's All-Star pitcher ___ Blackwell EWELL
1946 Nobel Peace Prize winner John MOTT
Alabama senator of the 1970's-90's HEFLIN
Angry HOT
Apartment FLAT
Author Deighton LEN
Auto parts TIERODS
Backdrop for D. H. Lawrence's 'Women in Love' ALPS
Ballroom dance SALSA
Bar locking a capstan in place PAWL
Besides ELSE
Bit of masonry TILE
Bodyguard-turned-TV star MRT
Bridge officer on the original 'Star Trek' UHURA
Burdened LADEN
Caffeine source TEA
Came (across) RAN
Cashier FIRE
Center HUB
Certain muscle TENSOR
Chess champion of 1960-61 TAL
Child spoiler? NANA
Craft GUILE
Crawl (with) TEEM
Decent, as accommodations LIVABLE
Deli stock BAGELS
Deserted ALONE
Devilish laugh HEH
Dispute ARGUE
Disturbing condition ULCER
Eminent NOTED
Emmy-winning interviewer FROST
Excursion or Xterra, for short SUV
For the prescribed time TOTERM
Former first lady MAMIE
German cry ACH
Giotto work MURAL
Heavy hammer MAUL
Hit 1990's sitcom ELLEN
Hockey's 1967 Calder Trophy winner ORR
Husband of Persephone HADES
Illusory UNREAL
Inexperienced GREEN
Isabella, e.g. REINA
Italian journalist Fallaci ORIANA
Jazzman who played 'Boogie Woogie on The St. Louis Blues' HINES
Jerks ASSES
Kevin formerly of 'S.N.L.' NEALON
Kind of information INSIDE
Like battle stations MANNED
Listlessness ENNUI
Loan source: Abbr. FHA
Mar DAMAGE
Mend DARN
Mess up FLUB
Molson and others ALES
Mother of Castor and Pollux LEDA
Novelist Wharton EDITH
Obliterate ERASE
Obloquy ABUSE
Old lullaby's start TOORA
Pale reddish purple LILAC
Clues Answers
Patty Hearst captors, in brief SLA
Period in the earth's history EON
Phony POSEUR
Place SETIN
Popular card game UNO
Prefix with resin OLEO
Pressure LEANON
Progeny SEED
Property ESTATE
Protest, of a sort SITIN
Puts on ADDS
Racket DIN
Ralph who starred in 'The Waltons' WAITE
Related on the mother's side ENATE
Renowned London gallery TATE
Result of a bad chip, maybe DIVOT
Richard of 'Pollyanna' EGAN
Row AFFRAY
Sanitation worker, at times DUMPER
Santa ___ ANITA
Scans EYES
Secure MOOR
See 121-Down DAY
She had a 1980 #1 hit with 'Upside Down' ROSS
Shirley Temple title role HEIDI
Singer Adams EDIE
Site of Velázquez's 'The Forge of Vulcan' PRADO
Small turnover SAMOSA
Smooth SLEEK
Snack choice OREO
Spots on peacock feathers OCELLI
Squib BLURB
Sticks in the mud MIRES
Stop DIE
Stripling LAD
Swiss army knives have them USES
The artistic lawyer ... DREWACONCLUSION
The cautious tightrope artist ... WALKEDAFINELINE
The clever busboy ... TURNEDTHETABLES
The daring pool shark ... PLAYEDALONGSHOT
The fortunate bracelet maker ... LEDACHARMEDLIFE
The insistent acupuncturist ... DROVEHOMEAPOINT
The talkative coffee shop worker ... SPILLEDTHEBEANS
The vengeful comedian ... HADTHELASTLAUGH
Three-time Gold Glove winner Manny TRILLO
To be in Paree ETRE
Took the cake? ATE
Totters REELS
Trouble HARASS
Unprincipled AMORAL
Up from México NORTE
Up to UNTIL
Vase handle ANSA
Vietnam War Memorial designer LIN
Violin stroke symbolized by a V UPBOW
Vividness RELIEF
War group ARMADA
Wedding exchange IDOS
Went one-on-one DUELED
Where life jackets may be stored AFT
With 60-Down, eventually ONE
Word to a dog BAD
Word with saw or tire RADIAL
World Series-winning manager of 1998, 1999 and 2000 TORRE
Years ___ AGO
___ chi TAI
___ Lupin, the Prince of Thieves ARSENE
___ Network USA
___ only (sans pictures) AUDIO
___-mo SLO