New York Times - Dec 10 1998

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Clues Answers
'Delta of Venus' writer NIN
'ER' actor LaSalle ERIQ
'Roma' symphonic composer BIZET
'Shoot!' DRAT
'Star Trek' off. ENS
'___ company...' TWOS
'___ who?' SEZ
1984 Kentucky Derby winner SWALE
75, in French SOIXANTEQUINZE
Actress Merkel UNA
Actress Sherilyn FENN
At a distance AFAR
Barbecuing block BRIQUET
Basra native IRAQI.
Battery, e.g. ABUSE.
Book before Nehemiah EZRA
Brava maker FIAT
Bret Harte character AHSIN
Bring up REAR
Certain Big Apple train, with 'the' LEX
Clean tables BUS
Clumsy fellows OXES
Concertina, informally SQUEEZEBOX.
Cosmo feature SEXQUIZ
Crew members OARS
Cries of horror EEKS
Demand REQUIRE
Disconcerted FAZED
Early rite BAPTISM
Early touring car REO
Eyeball ORB
Fall colors RUSTS
Foreman's declaration VERDICT
Game played with 192 cards SIXPACKBEZIQUE.
Garr with a 'Tootsie' role TERI
Green land ERIN
Houstonian's nickname TEX
It's at the top of a face XII
Lao-___ TSE
Clues Answers
Learned ERUDITE
Lemon peel ZEST
Like logs SAWN
Little ___ UNS
Madhouse ZOO
Makes idealistic QUIXOTIZES
Middle of a famous palindrome IEREI
More anxious UNEASIER
Morgan of the comics page REX
Nimbus HALO
Not pobre RICO
Not unter UBER
O.J. or hot choc., e.g. BEV
Old flames EXES
Park it SIT
Place where a rose arises BED
Pleasantville, so to speak EDEN
Post-workout activity RUBDOWN
Preceding times EVES
Prefix with lateral EQUI
Prefix with lateral UNI
Ready for a drive TEED
Response to a bailiff's question IDO
Sheepskin holder ALUM
Sign on for another tour REUP.
Sins ERRS
Skiing maneuver ESS
Son of Seth ENOS
Southwestern cowboy VAQUERO
Start of a 1973 Supreme Court decision ROE
Stole FUR
Surpass EXCEL
Thermometer part BULB
Tyke TOT
Volcanologist's study ERUPTION
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