NY Times, Sat, Apr 14, 2007

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1. Dessert preference : ALAMODE 8. Pontiac, for one : OTTAWA 14. They're clean : NONUSERS 16. Took its toll? : PEALED 17. Proof provider : ACIDTEST 18. Encroachment : INROAD 19. Spa employee, generally speaking : PAMPERER 20. So-so series : OCTAVE 21. Benjamin's love in "The Graduate" : ELAINE 22. Medication administration stipulation : ASNEEDED 24. Not wanting more : SATED 25. Changes color, maybe : RIPENS 26. ___ Cruces (Andean peak) : TRES 27. They'd like to take things back : REGRETTERS 31. Back of front? : IER 32. Some relieved people : SIGHERS 33. Very beginning? : VEE 34. Dresses down : CASTIGATES 36. Grammy winner Winans : CECE 37. Enfants attend them : ECOLES 38. Stripes : SORTS 39. Went at : ASSAILED 42. Toxic condition : SEPSIS 43. Slight noticeable effect : RIPPLE 44. Hitchhike : GETALIFT 46. Not gauche : ADROIT 47. Diva's problem : EGOMANIA 48. Best in : BEATAT 49. Need for a quiet report? : SILENCER 50. Declines : SAYSNO 51. Things are often returned to them : SENDERS		1. Like some poetic feet : ANAPESTIC 2. Neighborhood : LOCALAREA 3. Producers of some shorts: Var. : ANIMATERS 4. Kids' concoctions : MUDPIES 5. Belgian port : OSTEND 6. Inventive Vermont blacksmith of the 19th century : DEERE 7. It's spoken in Stornoway : ERSE 8. Classic novel with the heroine Alexandra Bergson : OPIONEERS 9. Novel price, way back when : TENCENTS 10. Maximally sharp : TARTEST 11. Tons : ALOAD 12. Move through traffic, say : WEAVE 13. Like bonuses : ADDED 15. Rulers : STRAIGHTEDGES 23. Tears : SPREES 25. Delight : REGALE 27. Gilda's father, in opera : RIGOLETTO 28. Beginning on : EVERSINCE 29. Device for converting alternating current into direct current : RECTIFIER 30. Experiences dizziness : SEESSTARS 32. Sinatra or Capra : SICILIAN 35. Places to put some bags : TEAPOTS 36. "Fanfare for the Common Man" composer : COPLAND 38. Petty officers' inferiors : SEAMEN 39. Nejd natives : ARABS 40. Single component : SIDEA 41. Stick alternative : SPRAY 42. Nipped : STOLE 45. Auspices: Var. : EGIS