ACROSS&DOWNêK`|,«ô™1.3X<<9¸<9Ð<9NMAJOR.TNT.BARQSOXIDE.WOO.EVIANWILEYPOST.SOLTISSTS.ESE.WINKAT....GOOGLED.ERSNORMANMAILER...ELIOT.EYED.EASTRELIEF...SHASTADOES.OPUS.ICIER...TERENCESTAMPHIM.RUGRATS....INAJAM.ETA.BOZOTAXES.LETTERMENUNITE.ILE.PENNEPESTS.LSD.ADIOS-----.---.----------.---.--------------.---------.---.------....-------.---------------...-----.----.----------...----------.----.-----...---------------.-------....------.---.---------.--------------.---.----------.---.-----Pushing the Envelope, 1/14/08 (Monday) by Mark Feldman / Edited by Peter Gordon (puzzleeditor@nysun.com) © 2008 Peter GordonRank below lieutenant colonelTends to the lawnGraph line through the originDump abruptlyPoetic compositionsEither co-creator of Curious GeorgeBig bang materialCoupleBouquetPampered person?Brand of root beerNext toBell ringers' organization?Austrian poet Rainer Maria ___Emirate on the Persian GulfHuffsFerric ___ (rust component)CourtPerrier alternativeWinnie Mae pilotLowly laborerChicago Symphony conductor GeorgFormer fliers: Abbr.Legal endingCome on to, perhapsFuses togetherSearched for, in a waySlalom course marker"Let sleeping dogs ___"Stammerer's syllablesAuthor of "The Naked and the Dead"One lacking social gracesStick stuck with a butter knifeProvokeLike a toweletteWince, e.g."Murder in the Cathedral" playwrightWatched warilyWith 34-Down, Korea's settingSee 33-AcrossStern's counterpartCertain large sheet___ pitcher (bullpen figure)Opportunity for public discussionNorthern California countyShow displeasureThey might go for big bucksNumbered musical compositionPerfboard insertLets out, as a fishing lineSang nonsense syllablesLess cordial"Billy Budd" Oscar nomineeClears a whiteboard, e.g.Coup d'___ (rebellion)"She Done ___ Wrong"Ask to borrow money fromMindlessFull-length skirtsToddlersUp the creekRocker JoanH lookalikeKnuckleheadMatedLuxury hotel chainGreek philosopher of paradox fame11 digits?Makes serious demands onVarsity team members (or one way to describe 17-, 26-, and 47-Across)"___ Bush" (Comedy Central political satire)Org. with an Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseBring together___ de la Cité (middle of Paris's Pont Neuf)Rigatoni relativeTermites, e.g.Certain psychedelic"Hasta mañana"