New York Times - Dec 17 1997

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Clues Answers
'Oliver Twist' villain FAGIN
'The Beverly Hillbillies' actor EBSEN
Adage SAW
Appear SEEM
Be in store for AWAIT
Bear, in Madrid OSO
Bottle size LITER
Busy ATIT
Capital NE of Vientiane HANOI
Carry the day WIN
Christmas exclamation HOHO
Cigar ending ETTE
City on the Puyallup River TACOMA
Clears NETS
Cork's locale EIRE
Dates SEES
E, in Morse DIT
Energy provider, in slang CARB
Final Four org. NCAA
Follow TRACE
For PRO
Fraternity party wear TOGA
Fronton equipment CESTAS
Fur scarf TIPPET
Heroic tales EPICS
Impressionist APER
In reserve ASIDE
Insults EPITHETS
Islets CAYS
It borders Fla. ATL
It borders Fla. ALA
Joke's punchline, e.g. PAYOFF
Kind of finish OAK
Kind of training BASIC
Land called 'Mizraim' in the Bible EGYPT
Louis Jolliet discovery of 1669 ERIE
Memo starter: Abbr. ATTN
Modern phone feature REDIAL
Moody's best AAA
Clues Answers
N.F.C. division EAST
Noisy trains ELS
Northwest competitor TWA
Not exactly first cabin STEERAGE
Not mint USED
O'Hara spread TARA
Obsessive whaler AHAB
Old-timers, with 'the' AGED
Pedal BIKE
Puncture PRICK
Puncture STAB
Put down, modern-style DIS
Put some teeth into GNAW
Quip, part 1 THESNEAKYSPIDER
Quip, part 2 INVITEDTHEFLYTO
Quip, part 3 VISITITSWEBSITE
Ray of Hollywood ALDO
Relinquish CEDE
Reunion attendees KIN
Ring-tailed animal COATI
Slangy turndown NODICE
Smallish ballpark BANDBOX
Sofa DIVAN
Stretched (out) EKED
Sturdy leather COWHIDE
Submarine, on sonar BLIP
Tell it to the judge PLEA
Third degree? PHD
Top APEX
Treacherous, as roads ICY
Uno, due, ___ TRE
Vituperated ABUSED
War party's act RAID
Yards LAWNS
Zeno follower STOIC
Zzzz SNORE
___ corpus HABEAS
___ plaisir AVEC
___-la-la TRA