New York Times - Oct 16 2011

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Clues Answers
'... ___ saw Elba' EREI
'10 or '11 person, now ALUM
'Do the Right Thing' pizzeria owner SAL
'Easy as pie' ITSACINCH
'Going Rogue' author PALIN
'Hurry!' COMEQUICK
'I didn't mean to do that!' OHNO
'I kid you not!' TRUEFACT
'I ___ the day ...' RUE
'I'm less than impressed' MEH
'Show Boat' composer KERN
'Tell Me More' network NPR
'Things Fall Apart' author Chinua ___ ACHEBE
'Unfortunately, that's the case' AFRAIDSO
'You have no ___' IDEA
'___ for Cookie' ('Sesame Street' song) CIS
'___ in the Morning' IMUS
1969 film with an exclamation point in its title CHE
1977 thriller set at sea ORCA
82-Across stats TDS
A very long time EONS
Active ATWORK
Age-old philosophical topic FREEWILL
Apple debut of 1998 IMAC
As ___ (usually) ARULE
Ashanti wood carvings, e.g AFRICANA
Author ___ Hubbard LRON
Aviation pioneer Sikorsky IGOR
Beginning of un año ENERO
Bonus to something that's already good ICING
Book after Joel AMOS
Boss of bosses CEO
Business card abbr TEL
Buster NARC
Buzzers BEES
Cézanne's 'Boy in ___ Vest' ARED
Character in 'The Hobbit' RUNE
Charades participant, e.g GUESSER
Cheney's successor BIDEN
Child's pet DOGGY
Co. that owns Moviefone AOL
Comedy Central's '___.0' TOSH
Commonly called KNOWNAS
Contact ___ LENSES
Cosmetician Lauder ESTEE
Cousin of an oboe RECORDER
Critical situation CLUTCH
Designer of the pyramid at the 74-Across PEI
Doubting words ORNOT
Drama has it TENSION
Eggs in a sushi restaurant ROE
Ends AIMS
Facility often closed in the winter POOL
Fictional reporter LOISLANE
Fleet ARMADA
Fleur-de-___ LIS
Flotsam or Jetsam in 'The Little Mermaid' EEL
Flunk FAIL
Folkie Guthrie ARLO
Follow TAIL
Freshen, as a stamp pad REINK
Friend of Fifi AMIE
Frozen beverage brand ICEE
Full-length UNCUT
Game hunters SETTERS
Garlicky mayonnaise AIOLI
Geological feature on a Utah license plate ARCH
Golfer nicknamed 'The King' PALMER
Guess on a tarmac: Abbr ETD
Gulf of ___ ADEN
Harvey of 'Reservoir Dogs' KEITEL
He played the candidate in 'The Candidate,' 1972 REDFORD
Home state for 86-Across: Abbr DEL
Clues Answers
Home to the Venus de Milo LOUVRE
Isn't wrong? AINT
It's for the birds SUET
Jack or jenny ASS
Jewel holder TIARA
Launch PROPEL
Majority figure? EIGHTEEN
Mazda model MIATA
Media watchdog org FCC
Message seen after 13-Across dies GAMEOVER
Missing parts ABRIDGED
Mouse in a classic Daniel Keyes book ALGERNON
Musical symbols that resemble cross hairs CODAS
Nab, as a base runner PICKOFF
Newsroom workers, for short EDS
Not std IRR
Obedient DOCILE
One in debt OWER
Palindromic vehicle RACECAR
PC key ESC
Phenomenon associated with the Southern Oscillation ELNINO
Phillies div NLEAST
Pointed tool AWL
Polite CIVIL
Popular pie flavor PECAN
Prefix with -gon OCTA
Prefix with culture AVI
Priestly garment ALB
Quite a schlep TREK
RCA products VCRS
Realizes NETS
Reason to doodle BOREDOM
Repeated musical phrases RIFFS
Representative TOKEN
Rheumatism symptom ACHE
Sassy WISE
See highlighted letters intersected by this answer ARTIFICIALHEART
See highlighted letters intersected by this answer DIAMONDNECKLACE
See highlighted letters intersected by this answer SQUAREINCH
See highlighted letters intersected by this answer OVALOFFICE
See highlighted letters intersected by this answer LOVETRIANGLE
See highlighted letters intersected by this answer ARCTICCIRCLE
Setting for van Gogh's 'Cafe Terrace at Night' ARLES
Share CUT
Shooting sport SKEET
Shop posting: Abbr HRS
Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 LAKEERIE
Slings HURLS
Small amount TRACE
So THUS
Some batteries AAAS
Soviet space station MIR
Spanish chickens POLLOS
Speak horsely? NEIGH
Take sides? EAT
Tennis's Berdych TOMAS
Texans' org NFL
The 'S' of TBS: Abbr SYST
They have mtgs. in schools PTAS
Thomas who lampooned Boss Tweed NAST
Top ACME
Totaled KAPUT
Two-for-one, e.g OFFER
Type ILK
Umpire's ruling FAIR
Unaccounted for, briefly MIA
Well-known maze traveler PACMAN
When the table is set MEALTIME
Writer James AGEE
Year Michelangelo began work on 'David' MDI
Zig or zag VEER
___ Hall REC
___ Park, home for the Pittsburgh Pirates PNC