NY Times, Sun, Dec 25, 2005  A LITTLE LAUGHTER

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1. A list of the A-list : WHOSWHO 6. Polish port : GDANSK 12. Footwear name : THOMMCAN 19. Gazetteer data : AREAS 20. With freedom of tempo : RUBATO 21. "Dunno" : SEARCHME 22. Source of a little laughter : SAINTNICHOLAS 24. Nether world : TARTARUS 25. General breakout : ACNE 26. Off course : ASTRAY 27. Old propaganda source : TASS 28. List : TILT 29. Driver's opportunity : TEESHOT 31. People aren't usually drawn to this : SCALE 33. Make out : SEE 34. Yule decorations : BOUGHSOFHOLLY 40. Place in a Robert Redford flick : ETTA 41. Foofaraws : HOOHAS 45. Godiva product : TRUFFLE 46. One working close to Washington? : ADAMS 48. Breakfast cereal : BRAN 49. Learn via a third party : HEAROF 50. Berth place : MARINA 52. Excessive suavity : OILINESS 54. Off : ERRING 56. Doo-wop syllable : SHA 59. Virginia, once : COLONY 60. Terse truths : APHORISMS 63. Drew on : USED 64. Coeur d'___ : ALENE 65. Almond Joy nuts, perhaps : CHOCAHOLICS 67. Waiting for a pickup : ONHOLD 68. Diner on "Alice" : MELS 69. Backyard game : HORSESHOES 70. Red and blue : PURPLE 71. Big Ten inits. : PSU 72. Makes right : AMENDS 73. Unwrap impatiently : TEAROPEN 75. Son of Mary Stuart : JAMESI 77. "Good grief!" : HORRORS 80. Give a little : BEND 81. Health, in Le Havre : SANTE 82. Free : ATLARGE 84. Paris pops : PERES 85. Start of a 1940's-60's world leader's name : HOCHI 86. Vehicles that may be under the Yuletide tree : CHOOCHOOTRAINS 90. Director Jean-___ Godard : LUC 91. Blowing away : AWING 92. Not even : ASLOPE 97. Cultural character : ETHOS 99. Creaky, maybe : AGED 100. Prepares, as chestnuts : ROASTS 105. History chapters : ERAS 106. Prepares for a ride : STRAPSIN 108. Season's greetings : HAPPYHOLIDAYS 110. Laments loudly : ULULATES 111. Capital of Somme : AMIENS 112. Render helpless : HOGTIE 113. Old dinero : PESETAS 114. Fly with a long proboscis : TSETSE 115. Pounding parts : PEENS		1. Attended : WASAT 2. Poet who wrote "I have executed a memorial longer lasting than bronze" : HORACE 3. Saint-Germain's river : SEINE 4. Drops off : WANES 5. Multitude : HOST 6. Cubism pioneer Juan : GRIS 7. Way in or out : DUCT 8. Can't take : ABHOR 9. Simba's love in "The Lion King" : NALA 10. Doesn't touch again : STAYSOFF 11. Levels, briefly : KOS 12. Thistlelike plant : TEASEL 13. Winter frosts : HOARS 14. Mohawk-sporting actor : MRT 15. Hurdle for future docs : MCAT 16. Present seeker : CHRISTMASSHOPPER 17. Juju and mojo : AMULETS 18. Popular drink mix : NESTEA 21. Stable place : STALL 23. Cold war side : NATO 27. Chevrolet model : TAHOE 30. Quoits pegs : HOBS 32. Sports org. north of the border : CFL 35. Chief Jack House and others : UTES 36. Foie ___ : GRAS 37. "Ben-___" : HUR 38. West Coast airport inits. : SFO 39. Fishermen bring them back to shore : YARNS 40. Suffix with Ecuador : EAN 41. Bum place to stay? : HOBOCAMP 42. 1983 World Series winners over the Phillies : ORIOLES 43. Handel bars? : HALLELUJAHCHORUS 44. About half of table salt, chemically : ANIONS 47. "Capeesh?" : DIG 49. "Get your hands off me!" : HEY 50. Richie's mother, to the Fonz : MRSC 51. Sights : AIMS 53. Calgary-to-Edmonton dir. : NNE 54. Director ___ C. Kenton : ERLE 55. New York City park name : RIIS 57. Greek : HELLENE 58. Sum parts : ADDENDS 60. Breezed through : ACED 61. Get by : PASS 62. Merry sound of the season : HOHOHO 63. Strip : UNROBE 65. Mus. increase in volume : CRES 66. First name in Egyptian politics : HOSNI 67. "It is the night of ___ dear Savior's birth" : OUR 69. Course for course preparers : HOMEEC 70. Speaker systems, briefly : PAS 72. Invoice no. : AMT 73. Garb for 2-Down : TOGA 74. "I kiss'd thee ___ kill'd thee": Othello : EREI 76. Nickname for the young Darth Vader : ANI 77. Some credit card security features : HOLOGRAMS 78. Snake in the grass : RAT 79. Elementary school trio : RRR 81. Sink : SCUTTLE 82. Biting : ACID 83. Ending with tele- : THON 84. Ltr. afterthoughts : PSS 85. Lies low : HOLESUP 87. Heroes : HOAGIES 88. 1936 Olympics star : OWENS 89. Pelé's org., once : NASL 93. Mantel : LEDGE 94. Hold forth : ORATE 95. Contribute : PAYIN 96. Lots of sissies? : ESSES 98. 16-Down's desire : SALE 99. Fictional wirehair : ASTA 101. Mayberry kid : OPIE 102. In ___ (worked up) : APET 103. Assn. and org. : SYNS 104. "Just hear ___ sleigh bells jingling ?" : THOSE 107. Too rehearsed : PAT 108. Santa has a red and white one : HAT 109. Restaurant chain since '58 : IHOP