Newsday.com - Dec 9 2006

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Clues Answers
''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' character ANN
1990s CIA director TENET
A billion years EON
Accounting time YEAREND
Ancient characters RUNES
Becomes boring PALLS
Beef cut FLANK
Bernese peak ALP
Big Apple paper that ran the first crossword WORLD
Bog MORASS
Broad bean FAVA
Commendable quality MERIT
Construction activity NAILING
D&D creatures OGRES
Decrees ORDAINS
Diagonal-patterned gate LATTICE
Diving position TUCK
Elec., for one UTIL
Establish FOUND
Far-flung VAST
Fax predecessor TELETYPE
Floral bands WREATHS
Frat's seventh chapter ETA
Giants' #4 OTT
Grain product ETHANOL
Grew BRED
Heat source COALS
House part ROOFTOP
It may be rolled over IRA
Japan's legislature DIET
Lava-lamp contents BLOBS
Like Father Time BEARDED
Narodnaya's range URALS
Narrow, to drivers ONELANE
Not here yet ENROUTE
Object of exploitation TOOL
Clues Answers
Office supplies STAPLES
Opened wide YAWNED
Originally NEE
Overhead transports TBARS
Person in certain booth VOTER
Piano's opposite FORTE
Pipe fittings ELLS
Points, for example GESTURES
Prepared, as a table LAID
Put forward formally ENTERED
Rathskeller item WURST
Royal emblems REGALIA
Running amok ONATEAR
Saddle __ SORES
San Francisco sounds CLANGS
Sang, in a way YODELED
Sari wearer RANI
Scout's work RECON
Sea-salt source BRINE
Slanders MALIGNS
Stage-light accessory GELATIN
Stamps POSTAGE
Staying power LEGS
Stir up AGITATE
Sylvester, to Tweety TAT
Take in again REABSORB
Take in too much OVEREAT
Takes off DEDUCTS
Turn away AVERT
Very brief MINI
Warning sign REDFLAG
Was a pain to PESTERED
What will be DESTINY
Whodunit motive, maybe REVENGE
Winner of nine Grand Slam titles SELES
Without admixture PURELY