New York Times - Oct 8 1999

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'Giovanna d'___' (Verdi opera) ARCO
'Gosh darn!' HECK
'The Mothers-in-Law' star EVEARDEN
'___ to Hold' (1943 musical romance) HERS
31-Across divs. YRS
A.T.M. mfr. NCR
Afraid of being shot CAMERASHY
Bachelor pads, stereotypically STIES
Believer in Africa as the Promised Land RASTAFARI
Billy Joel, self-referentially THEPIANOMAN
Blessing APPROBATION
Bruce Springsteen affiliation ASCAP
Cartographic closeup INSET
Clock watcher's wait, seemingly EON
Coll. hoops competitions NITS
Compact stuff ROUGE
Dexterity SLEIGHT
Dustup RHUBARB
Feelings EGO
Gave up ABNEGATED
Glenn Miller protégé Ray EBERLE
Gymnast Korbut OLGA
H.S. class ECON
High-hatter SNOOT
Highland tongue ERSE
Home economics DOMESTICSCIENCE
Illusory PHANTOM
It flows for 1,575 miles URAL
It's 4.28 light years away PROXIMACENTAURI
Kind of income DUAL
Lead-in for house or wife ALE
Like cornstalks EARED
Myrna played her NORA
Niacin and vitamin C ACIDS
Nolan Ryan, notably ASTRO
Clues Answers
One may exert pressure PEER
One may have a ring CLASS
Peggy Wood's title role on 50's TV MAMA
People person? EDITOR
Pessimist's word CANT
Prefix with puncture ACU
Prefix with tone DUO
Raison d'être of many annual conventions STARTREK
Recipient of a stop order? THIEF
Relative of a goldeneye EIDER
Right or left PUNCH
Roasters OVENS
Scores ALOT
Self publisher CONDENAST
Shady place ARBOR
Shakespearean verb HATH
Shell alternative SUNOCO
Skin tone ALABASTER
Small detail? SPEC
Source of ornamental plumes EGRET
Stand ABIDE
States' rights Amendment TENTH
Stir HOOHA
Stucco backing LATH
Takes a load off the back UNSADDLES
Tantara BLARE
Thomas Gibson's sitcom title role GREG
Thought originators CEREBRA
Twilight, old-style GLOAM
Untrustworthy types CADS
W.W. II rifle GARAND
Where to spend a kip LAOS
Wild sweet william and moss pink PHLOXES
ZIP codes: Abbr. NOS
___ hand LENDA