New York Times - Dec 23 1997

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Clues Answers
'20/20' network ABC
'Cheers' waitress CARLA
'I ran out of gas,' e.g. ALIBI
'Two Years Before the Mast' writer DANA
'You ___ here' ARE
(Ding-dong) '___ calling' AVON
1993 treaty, briefly NAFTA
80's Dodge ARIES
Afghan capital KABUL
Allergy season sound ACHOO
Ancient moralist AESOP
Arrangement of masts RIG
Audition TRYOUT
Author Turgenev IVAN
Barrio grocery BODEGA
Billy Joel's '___ to Extremes' IGO
Boo-boo SLIP
Bowser's bowlful ALPO
Boxers' letters? BVD
Brain scan, for short EEG
Chess castle ROOK
Chewy confection NOUGAT
Chutzpah BRASS
Cleopatra's love ANTONY
Coffee shop emanations AROMAS
Copycat's words METOO
Dapper fellow? DAN
Deck out FESTOON
Diane Keaton, to Woody Allen, often COSTAR
Dine EAT
Dog's breath PANT
Ducks AVOIDS
Dump into a Dumpster SCRAP
Dutch portraitist Frans HALS
Effortless EASY
Franklin D.'s mother SARA
Fri. preceder THU
Future signs OMENS
Gunk SLIME
Clues Answers
H. H. Munro, pseudonymously SAKI
Hand-wringer's words OYVEY
Harbor where the Maine blew up HAVANA
Hardly believable LAME
Having attractive gams LEGGY
Heavy file RASP
High-pH substance LYE
Hire, as counsel RETAIN
Ike of the O.K. Corral CLANTON
Islands west of Portugal AZORES
Josh RIB
Jump out of one's skin? MOLT
Lots, lovewise ABUSHELANDAPECK
Lots, pricewise ANARMANDALEG
Lots, timewise AYEARANDADAY
Make some after-the-whistle contact PILEON
Mideast land OMAN
Milan's Teatro ___ Scala ALLA
Of the kidneys RENAL
Old-time actress Normand MABEL
Piggery STY
Priestly garb ALBS
Proceed WEND
Richard of 'A Summer Place' EGAN
Rock shelf LEDGE
Sabbath activity REST
Sealy rival SERTA
Serve, as stew LADLE
Sierra Nevada lake TAHOE
Slangy refusal NAH
Southern ___ CAL
Takes too much ODS
The Four Seasons' 'Walk Like ___' AMAN
Third place SHOW
Tough pickup for some bowlers TENPIN
Velvet finish EEN
Vote to accept ADOPT
Where to do some petting ZOO
___ cabbage SKUNK