New York Times - Jul 5 2007

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Clues Answers
'... ___ saw Elba' EREI
'Gonna Let It Shine' singer ODETTA
'Look ___' (1975 #1 R & B hit) ATME
'Off the Court' autobiographer ASHE
'You rang?' YES
*Alternatives to rope tows TBARS
*Caucasus capital TBILISIGEORGIA
*Chophouse order TBONE
*Founder of Mesa Petroleum TBOONEPICKENS
*Undersized bats and gloves, e.g. TBALLEQUIPMENT
Accident letters EMS
Accountant's advice TAXTIP
Actor La Salle ERIQ
April Fools' Day baby ARIES
At a dead end, as a case COLD
Bill Clinton, collegiately ELI
Brand name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet ESSO
Bumped into MET
Bygone G.M. cars GEOS
Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues TBS
Cargo compartment BAY
Chemical ending ANE
Children's author who wrote 'A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly' MILNE
Circus prop STILT
Cobra's greeting HISS
Dagger DIRK
Deceive LIETO
Didn't split STAYED
Dirty campaigner SMEARER
Diva's headwear TURBAN
Elem. sch. class GEOG
Energy units ERGS
First name in 'The Hobbit' BILBO
Fixed parts of motors STATORS
Folk singer's mule SAL
Harvest time: Abbr. SEPT
Hiking hazards BRAMBLES
Clues Answers
Hostile UGLY
Ingredient in some batters BEER
J.F.K.'s command PTBOAT
Journalist Hamill PETE
Like one leg of a triathlon SWUM
Like Romulus and Remus TWINBORN
Like tigers ASIAN
Logical start? IDEO
Lubricate OILUP
Main DUCT
Makes a very modest living SCRAPESBY
Meddlesome NOSY
Mid grade? CEE
Momentary contact BRUSH
Mountaineering aid ICEAXE
Muscat money RIAL
Mystique AURA
Not very much ADAB
One often seen with crossed arms GENIE
Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr. ATH
Particular ITEM
Really take off SOAR
Relative of a plum SLOE
Reveal, in verse OPE
Revolutionary James ___, famous for saying 'Taxation without representation is tyranny' OTIS
Round up HERD
Ruffles RILES
Serving from a grill KABOB
Southern Methodist team, with 'the' MUSTANGS
Sport with masks EPEE
Start to stammer HEM
Stock (up) LAY
Strategies GAMEPLANS
Stretchy attire TUBETOPS
Surety poster BAILOR
Turn on and off TOGGLE
___ the city KEYTO