New York Times - Jan 3 2013

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'Any ___?' TAKERS
'No use arguing with me' IINSIST
1967 disaster APOLLO
Abase DEMEAN
Alias AKA
Ancient Roman coins DENARII
Athos, to Porthos, to Aramis AMI
Aust. currency DOL
Be a tippler TOPE
Bewhiskered animals OTTERS
Bookish LITERARY
Causes LEADSTO
Chateau ___ Michelle STE
Cockney abode OME
Country where marinated bear is a specialty food ESTONIA
Criticize cattily SNIPEAT
Diamonds ICE
Dick Tracy's girl TESS
Dreams up IMAGINES
Earthen casserole dish TERRINE
Enliven ANIMATE
Extreme cruelty SADISM
Former San Francisco Mayor Joseph ALIOTO
Go beyond OUTSTEP
Group of whales GAM
Has a cow GOESAPE
Hit hard, as the brakes SLAMON
Hockey Hall of Fame site TORONTO
Inferior imitator EPIGONE
Inversely egg-shaped OBOVATE
It helps one get a grip PINETAR
It took 70 years to complete, in brief OED
It.'s here EUR
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Japanese vegetable UDO
John Hancock, e.g INSURER
Kitchen meas TSP
Lab sight TESTTUBE
Lazy sort LIEABED
Like 'The Karate Kid' and 'Total Recall' REMADE
Make a hard, low hit that's caught LINEOUT
Most light AIRIEST
Not just threaten, say SUE
Old guitarlike instrument BANDORE
Priory in 'The Da Vinci Code' SION
Purchase with a cell phone DATAPLAN
Ready for a drive TEED
Serious rap MURDER
Single, slangily ACE
Some map lines ISOBARS
Special ___ OPS
Spoiled BAD
Sports coup HOLEIN
Start of a motto first published in an 1844 book ALLFOR
Steve Martin romantic comedy LASTORY
Susan of 'L.A. Law' DEY
Swimmer NATATOR
Tex-Mex order TOSTADA
Three-pronged fishing spear LEISTER
Tight situations SCRAPES
Tree whose wood is used in guitar-making REDASH
Two-time Romanian president Ion ILIESCU
Univ. body FAC
Unwakeable, say INACOMA
Vintner's need VAT
Was on tour, in a way TROUPED
Writer of the story on which 'All About Eve' is based MARYORR