New York Times May 17 1997 crossword clues & answers

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New York Times May 17 1997

Clue	Answer
'Minimum' amount	WAGE
1953 Mel Ferrer film	LILI
Above, in a text	SUPRA
Aerobics gear	LEOTARDS
Apprentice	INTERN
Attire	RAIMENT
Birthplace, metaphorically	CRADLE
Blow the whistle	TOOT
Brace	DUO
Brandish	WIELD
Careless	SLIPSHOD
Computer availability	UPTIME
Condense	ABRIDGE
Consumption	USE
Crab Key fortress villain	DRNO
Disconnect	UNCOUPLE
Doubt	MISTRUST
Drops out of contention	FADES
Easy victory	RUNAWAY
Employs a scope	AIMS
Equipment for a work detail	SLEDGES
First name in photography	ANSEL
Fort Sill resident	SOONER
Frat recruits	FROSH
Get some air?	RESPIRE
Greta Garbo portrayal	CAMILLE
Hit the canvas	SEESTARS
Honshu honorific	SAN
Horsehide or pigskin	BALL
Hymn opening	ADESTE
Implored	PLED
It's stuck in a corner	POSTAGE
Jalousie unit	SLAT
Lapidary, at times	ENGRAVER
Mature, in a way	DUE
Members of the birch family	ALDERS
Memorable flights	SOLOS
Minimally worded	TERSEST
Modernize	UPGRADE
Moonlighting	SIDELINE
More intense	STRONGER
Most in need of a moisturizer	DRYEST
Nappies	DIAPERS
New England 'catch of the day'	SCROD
Nixon Defense Secretary	LAIRD
Non-P.C. suffix	ESS
One of the Hindu Trimurti	SHIVA
Opposite of gregarious	ASOCIAL
Other, to Orozco	OTRA
Pillowcase material	MUSLIN
Plutarch work	MORALS
Rung of a ship's 'ladder'	RATLINE
Shangri-la	ELYSIUM
Site of a cold snap?	ICICLE
Spans	CROSSES
These yield gum arabic	ACACIAS
Tizzy	SNIT
Triggers	IGNITES
TV colonel	HOGAN
TV title on a license plate	LALAW
Typewriter roller	PLATEN
Understanding	ENTENTE
University official	REGENT
Very enthusiastic, as a fan	RABID
Wayhouse	INN
With stridor	SHRILLY
Yellow-skinned fruit	CASABA
___ School (20th-century art group)	ASHCAN

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