ÜACROSS&DOWNÚK z›×S1.3`<ˆ<9°<9È<9LSHED.BOA.OWLISHHUGO.EEL.TETCHYALOU.FRESHBROODHASBRO.CHEF.NEE...LEGO.IRON...ARTES.MONSOONS.HERBTEAS.ITHACAESAU.XRAID.OVUMMEDICI.GOESLAST.WELLTHEN.IDLES...DELI.SUNS...AKA.MILD.DEBRISPIGEONTOAD.AONEELAYNE.PIE.RACESTRESS.ERR.DRAM----.---.----------.---.----------.----------------.----.---...----.----...-----.--------.--------.----------.-----.----------.--------.--------.-----...----.----...---.----.----------------.----------.---.----------.---.----Past Imperfect, 4/17/08 (Thursday) by Billie Truitt / Edited by Peter Gordon (puzzleeditor@nysun.com) © 2008 Peter GordonMake the fur fly?Onetime ruler of the Middle EastCollege football's ___ BowlTeamwork inhibitorsPut two houses on one lot?Cabaret singer's accessoryMuddlePoetic contraction"Island in the Sun" novelist WaughScholarly-lookingOpposing point of viewNickname for an OregonianUSPS deliverySomething to clickPump, for exampleStevenson title characterScience fiction pioneer GernsbackSushi optionIrritableHe was third behind Sosa and McGwire for the 1998 N.L. MVPNewly hatched chicks?Penultimate Hebrew letterMonopoly companyScore symbolCookOriginally calledDanish toy companyGabonese president Bongo who's the world's longest-serving nonmonarchal head of state (he took office in 1967)County in Michigan's Upper PeninsulaPoet unlikely to win a wrestling match?Comedian Johnson and namesakes"Sorry to intrude ..."Stitch up againBaseball transactionRainy seasonsBroadway's "August: ___ County"Pertaining to warships"___ me while I kiss the sky" ("Purple Haze" lyric)Chamomile or lemongrass beveragesActors' parting wordsGreek island in the Ionian SeaTsp. and tbsp.Rebekah's firstbornPolice bust of pornographic material?Cloud chamber particlesFuture avisFlorentine ruling nameE Street Band saxophonist ClarenceHas the final turnMath ratio"In that case ..."Nth degreeDawdlesSub contractor?Shaquille O'Neal's teamMilk dispenserPolice blotter lettersGibbons and chimps"Braveheart" garmentSeaweed productNot spicyNitwitRubbleSound of wavesChimu fighterLookEasily duped amphibian?Pyramid topper on the back of a $1 billMattress filler, maybeBlue-ribbonComedian BooslerSlapstick missileIditarod, for oneBurnout causeBoot the ballApothecary's measure