New York Times - Aug 12 2007

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Clues Answers
'Pride and Prejudice' beau DARCY
'Should ___ acquaintance be forgot ...' AULD
'South Pacific' role EMILE
'Ta-ta' TOODLEOO
'Ta-ta' TOODLEOO
'___ yellow ribbon ...' TIEA
'___, captain!' AYE
'___, captain!' AYE
1987 Kubrick film FULLMETALJACKET
A current flows into it ANODE
A current flows into it ANODE
Abbr. on Rockies skeds MST
African grassland VELDT
African grassland VELDT
Airport screening equipment WANDS
Alice of 'Hollywood Cavalcade' FAYE
Alkali in cleansers LYE
Alma mater for Carol Burnett and Jim Morrison: Abbr. UCLA
Alma mater for Carol Burnett and Jim Morrison: Abbr. UCLA
Always: It. SEMPRE
Always: It. SEMPRE
Ancient theaters ODEA
Apple on a teacher's desk? IMAC
Arrivé GETIN
Attorney William after whom a stadium is named SHEA
Attorney William after whom a stadium is named SHEA
Base of some ethanol CORN
Basic way up a slope ROPETOW
Basic way up a slope ROPETOW
Beethoven's Third EROICA
Biathlon needs SKIS
Bit of a snicker TEE
Bit of a snicker TEE
Bob Hoskins's role in 'Hook' SMEE
Body of precepts ETHIC
Body of precepts ETHIC
Bootlicker TOADY
Boring tool TREPAN
Break-even enterprise WASH
Brooke Shields movie, with 'The' BLUELAGOON
Burn at the end? CREMATE
Burn at the end? CREMATE
Caladryl: itch :: Bengay : ___ ACHE
Caladryl: itch :: Bengay : ___ ACHE
Capital of France's Aube department TROYES
Capital of France's Aube department TROYES
Carpentry byproduct SAWDUST
Centaur's head? SOFTC
Certain girder IBAR
Chaim Potok novel THECHOSEN
Chaim Potok novel THECHOSEN
Charlotte who played Mrs. Garrett on TV RAE
Charlotte who played Mrs. Garrett on TV RAE
Comparable to a fiddle ASFIT
Composer Franz LEHAR
Composer Franz LEHAR
Country whose leader has competed in five Winter Olympics MONACO
Dandelion or goldenrod, e.g. WEED
Dandelion or goldenrod, e.g. WEED
Dinner bun CRESCENTROLL
Dinner bun CRESCENTROLL
Does some file transfers UPLOADS
Does some file transfers UPLOADS
Dogie catcher LARIAT
Dogie catcher LARIAT
Dow product CHEMICAL
Dow product CHEMICAL
Egg OVUM
Elongated marine fish EELPOUT
Exempli gratia, e.g. LATIN
Family-style Asian dish HOTPOT
Family-style Asian dish HOTPOT
Fish that migrates from seawater to freshwater and back SHAD
Fix firmly CEMENT
Fix firmly CEMENT
French greeting SALUT
French greeting SALUT
French town on the Vire STLO
Gaits out of the gate TROTS
Gaits out of the gate TROTS
Garden fertilizer MANURE
Garden fertilizer MANURE
Given the ax? HEWN
Greenish-blue AQUA
Had a bill, still OWED
Had a bill, still OWED
Hair removal site WAXINGSALON
Hiram Walker, for one DISTILLER
Illustrious SHINING
It may be waved at the Olympics EPEE
Its roar is worse than its bite PAPERTIGER
Its roar is worse than its bite PAPERTIGER
Jack who played a sawmill worker in 'Twin Peaks' NANCE
Jack who played a sawmill worker in 'Twin Peaks' NANCE
Jive, e.g. LINGO
Jive, e.g. LINGO
Keyboard instruments MOOGS
Language suffix ESE
Learning level GRADE
Clues Answers
Learning level GRADE
Life ___ VEST
Like a paradise ELYSIAN
Little John's weapon in Robin Hood legend QUARTERSTAFF
London gallery TATE
London gallery TATE
Longtime Chicago mayor DALEY
Mid 12th-century date MCLI
Most base WORST
Mourn audibly WEEP
Mourn audibly WEEP
Mrs. Chaplin OONA
Nabisco's ___ wafers NILLA
Nabisco's ___ wafers NILLA
Neighbor of Chad NIGER
Nelson ___, author of 'The Man With the Golden Arm' ALGREN
Northernmost borough of London ENFIELD
Off the injured list ACTIVE
Off the injured list ACTIVE
Old Greek market AGORA
One of the Spice Girls and namesakes EMMAS
One of the Spice Girls and namesakes EMMAS
Opinion pieces OPEDS
Outer: Prefix ECTO
Outer: Prefix ECTO
Overdone BANAL
Page-turners are good ones READS
Paradise HEAVEN
Parasite LEECH
Part of U.R.I. RHODE
Partner of music WORDS
Partner of music WORDS
Perfume, in a way CENSE
Playmate of Piglet ROO
Playmate of Piglet ROO
Pound sounds ARFS
Pound sounds ARFS
Press URGE
Procter & Gamble detergent JOY
Procter & Gamble detergent JOY
Proverbial portion HALFALOAF
Province NW of Madrid LEON
Quickly check (on) PEEKIN
Quickly check (on) PEEKIN
Ralph Kramden catchphrase on old TV ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme TOTHEMOON
Response to a funny text LOL
Response to a funny text LOL
Root canal, in dentist-speak ENDO
Root canal, in dentist-speak ENDO
Salem-to-Portland dir. NNE
Salem-to-Portland dir. NNE
Santana's '___ Como Va' OYE
Sculpting medium ICE
See red, talk a blue streak, etc. IDIOMS
Seed cover ARIL
Sen. John Kerry served there NAM
She wrote 'Under the Sign of Saturn' SONTAG
She wrote 'Under the Sign of Saturn' SONTAG
Show awe, in a way STARE
Singer Sumac YMA
Singer Sumac YMA
Singer with the double-platinum album 'The Memory of Trees' ENYA
Some contraband IVORY
Space City baseballer ASTRO
Space City baseballer ASTRO
Spiritual path in Hinduism TANTRA
Start of a referral GOSEE
Sullen looks GLOWERS
Swedish retail giant IKEA
Tarot reading, crystals, spiritualism, etc. NEWAGEMOVEMENTS
Tarot reading, crystals, spiritualism, etc. NEWAGEMOVEMENTS
Tarot suit CUPS
The 'Claudius' in Tiberius Claudius Nero NOMEN
The 'Claudius' in Tiberius Claudius Nero NOMEN
They're blown in the winds OBOES
Tied surgically LIGATED
Tied surgically LIGATED
Traditional English festival HARVESTHOME
Traditional English festival HARVESTHOME
Trapper's prize PELT
Trapper's prize PELT
U.S.N. noncoms CPOS
U.S.N. noncoms CPOS
Underarm AXILLA
W.W. II arena ETO
W.W. II arena ETO
Well-planned NEAT
Well-planned NEAT
What '[sic]' may signify ERROR
What '[sic]' may signify ERROR
Wheel on a spur ROWEL
Where Bernard Shaw was an anchor for 21 yrs. CNN
Where Bernard Shaw was an anchor for 21 yrs. CNN
Work unit ERG
You are: Sp. ERES
You might play something by it EAR
Zigzag, in a way SLALOM
Zip OOMPH
___-deucy (game with dice) ACEY