New York Times - Oct 18 1999

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Clues Answers
'Carmen,' e.g. OPERA
'Casablanca' cafe RICKS
'Really! It's MY treat!' IINSIST
'___ here' ('Ditto') SAME
A's opposite, in England ZED
Ab ___ (from the beginning) OVO
Absorbed, as a loss ATE
Actor's minimum wage SCALE
Architect I. M. ___ PEI
Arizona Indian NAVAHO
Assailant ATTACKER
Atty. Gen. Janet RENO
Avoidance of reality ESCAPISM
Back from now AGO
Begley and Bradley EDS
Birth-related NATAL
Bowler's 7-10, e.g. SPLIT
Brynner's co-star in 'The King and I' KERR
Café ___ AULAIT
Cal Ripkin's lid BASEBALLCAP
Cheerleader's cry RAH
Chews out TELLSOFF
Chinese Chairman MAO
City dwelling COOP
Coffee, slangily JOE
Combat zone ARENA
Exploding stars NOVAS
Frau's counterpart HERR
Goofs up ERRS
Greek column style IONIC
Gridders' scores TDS
Gumbo staple OKRA
Height: Abbr. ALT
Hurry HIE
Impassive STOIC
Irish canine SETTER
It's rounded up in a roundup HERD
King David's wayward son ABSALOM
Likely APT
Clues Answers
MacGraw of 'Love Story' ALI
McClanahan of 'The Golden Girls' RUE
Muralist Rivera DIEGO
Mustang or Lynx CAR
Name on a children's book AESOP
New Year's ___ EVE
Norms: Abbr. STDS
Old gray mare, say NAG
Onetime Trump IVANA
Out-of-doors, as dining ALFRESCO
Paw's mate MAW
Philosopher Descartes RENE
Phoenix neighbor MESA
Picabo Street's outerwear SKIJACKET
Place to recuperate SPA
Play parts ACTS
Prince Charles's top POLOSHIRT
Prosecutor's presentation EVIDENCE
Ranches and corporations have them BRANDS
Rodeo ropes LASSOS
Roman 'fiddler' NERO
Roughly ORSO
Sen. Thurmond STROM
Senator's constituency STATE
Sends to a certain fate DOOMS
She said 'I do' WIFE
Social classes CASTES
Specialty NICHE
Squids' relatives OCTOPI
Stare with lax jaw GAPE
Steffi Graf's footwear TENNISSHOES
Steinbeck work NOVEL
Stereo parts AMPS
Tear down RAZE
Ushered ESCORTED
Where to find baked blackbirds INAPIE
With, en français AVEC
___ & Chandon (champagne) MOET
___ États-Unis LES