)ACROSS&DOWNªK¯t®ë³É•1.3<(<9@<9X<9FARABIAN.ADSPACEGERARDO.REWIRESEYEBROWTWEEZERSNENA.NICE.ABATETSA.HIGHNOTE......HOSEA.DERMOTSTJOE.TIMIDNESSAHEM.MIKAN.ILSAGENERATOR.ANDORANIMAL.VISTA......ADAMSALE.AKAKHAKI.EKCO.PINSFELICITYHUFFMANEMANATE.ICECAVEDANGLES.SHYSTER-------.--------------.--------------------------.----.--------.--------......-----.-----------.-------------.-----.-------------.-----------.-----......--------.--------.----.--------------------------.--------------.-------Themeless Thursday, 5/8/08 (Thursday) by Karen M. Tracey / Edited by Peter Gordon (puzzleeditor@nysun.com) © 2008 Peter GordonThoroughbred ancestorOperativeMets shortstop JoséBattleground___ Booey (nickname of Howard Stern's producer)Not according to the specs: Abbr.Dreamboat"Ah, so"Money moneymakerLiv Tyler's "Lord of the Rings" roleEnd to end?Showed fear, maybeHighest mountain in the Rhaetian AlpsConfinesSure thing, in British slangAb ___ (absent)"Rico Suave" rapperMakes some new connectionsWax alternativeSubject of the biopic "The Music Lovers""99 Luftballons" albumPromenade des Anglais localeCoolScreener's org.Emotional peakWeeding toolFrigg's husbandProphet whose name means "salvation"Domestic pursuitActor MulroneyCombineBone, to BandinelliUkase issuerWalter Cronkite's Missouri birthplace, informallyMiniseries, oftenFollowed byStand-up comedian RichardReason for shrinkingMembers of some bandsNotice-seeking soundGeorge nicknamed "Mr. Basketball"___ fide (insincere)"Casablanca" roleElectrical backupOut thereSlashed words of choiceBore, as a costCreatureXP successorLaggardWater, jocularlyRationsNickname lead-inGo forRogueSanta voicer in "Olive, the Other Reindeer"Uniform hue"PopoZão" rapper, familiarlyBlood prefixProprietor of Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street"Big name in kitchenwareSplit pairSome boot camp graduates: Abbr.She lost out to Reese Witherspoon for Best Actress of 2005Suffix with Brooklyn or Manhattan"30 Rock" creatorIssueCold spelunking siteIs pendulousOne unlikely to do a bar mitzvah?