New York Times - Feb 27 2004

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Clues Answers
'Almost there!' ITSNOTFAR
'Fame and Obscurity' author TALESE
'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' woman ESMERALDA
'You're lying!' NOTTRUE
2002 Oscar winner for the song 'Lose Yourself' EMINEM
Annual sports event USOPEN
Apart INPIECES
As expected ONCUE
Banana oil, e.g. ESTER
Black Sea borderer ASIAMINOR
Bounded FINITE
Canny SLY
Cause for a massage SORENESS
Chow EATS
Clique GANG
Confab GABFEST
Credit card disclosure: Abbr. APR
Ear of Indian corn MEALIE
Empower ENABLE
Enthusiastic to a fault MANIC
Experienced FELT
Football positions: Abbr. RTS
Fricandeau, e.g. VEAL
Gas station adjunct, often MINIMART
Half of quatorze SEPT
Hawaiian thank you MAHALO
He co-founded Microsoft with Gates ALLEN
Hot or cold drink CIDER
Humana and others, for short HMOS
Hunters' representation in 'Peter and the Wolf' TIMPANI
In ___ (per se) ITSELF
In-box filler MEMOS
Island rings LEIS
It's hard to handle HOTPOTATO
Kind of Dr. ENT
Kind of group, in chemistry AMINO
Clues Answers
Landed ACRED
Letters of success SRO
Little people MUNCHKINS
M.'s opposite MME
Member of the arum family TARO
Misses GALS
Montana, e.g., once NINER
Mule feature MANE
Notable ancient landfall MTARARAT
Of the, in Venice DEI
One wearing the same colors, perhaps TEAMMATE
Ones that are strung along? KITES
Part given by the pious? ONETENTH
Part of some uniforms CAP
Pen-shaped STYLAR
Pin cushion? MAT
Pit-___ APAT
Popular weight-loss program with colored food cards DEALAMEAL
Ride TEASE
Running times LENGTHS
Seventh heaven BLISS
Sports figure STAT
Sulky INAPET
Supercilious sort SNOB
Supporter of Victoria's Secret MIRACLEBRA
Thin fastener BRAD
Topic lead-in INRE
Twinings alternative SALADA
Two-___ FISTED
Unhelpable in the E.R., maybe DOA
Vets, once SERVICEMEN
Water hole SUMP
Webzine EMAG
When to vote, often: Abbr. TUES
Wishful thinking DREAMS
___ acid NITRIC