L.A. Times Daily - Dec 21 2007

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"Big Love" airer HBO
"__ do anything for me" HED
'70s hot spots DISCOS
1940s-'50s House Speaker Rayburn SAM
1948 Literature Nobelist ELIOT
A car buyer rarely pays it: Abbr. MSRP
ABA member?: Abbr. AMER
Amethyst in an immature state? JUVENILEQUARTZ
Andro-: Abbr. MASC
Article seen often in Time THE
Artur Rubinstein's Polish birthplace LODZ
Baboons' aquamarine supply? BERYLOFMONKEYS
Big name in hair care ALBERTO
Birthstone after sapphire OPAL
Broker's recommendation: Abbr. STK
Bus. card data TELS
Canonized pope known as "the Great" STLEO
Cherished mineral of my youth? ASBESTOSIRECALL
Clandestine maritime org. ONI
Comfy slip-on MOC
Copier APER
Diving seabird AUK
Dye used on recordable CDs AZOBLUE
Famille member FRERE
First name in mystery ERLE
French toast SALUT
Fusses TODOS
George Lucas's alma mater, briefly USC
Get better HEAL
Happy __ MEAL
Hardly ersatz REAL
Hardly harmonious STORMY
Int'l supporter of the arts UNESCO
iPod mini successor NANO
It may require a password ACCESS
Make positive, in a way SPIN
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MCCC halved DCL
Metaphorical cause of discomfort THORN
Nigerian language IBO
Novelist de Balzac HONORE
O.T. book before Daniel EZEK
Old MGM rival RKO
Old-world QUAINT
One who digs gigs CAT
Places to get dates PALMS
Point-of-sale equipment co. NCR
Ponchielli's "La Gioconda," e.g. OPERA
Practically VIABLY
Prynne's stigma REDA
Remote site? DEN
Rules for making pewter? TINCOMMANDMENTS
Sacred struggles JIHADS
Salsa ingredient TOMATO
Shackled INIRONS
Singer Bachman TAL
Something to fall back on MAT
Suffix used in some eras ZOIC
Thing ENTITY
Tuba's opening sound? OOM
U.S. ally in WWII USSR
U.S. equivalent of Britain's MI6 CIA
Union Army officer Edward for whom a fort was named ORD
Vegan staple SOY
Very, to Verdi MOLTO
Vitamin supplement for Godzilla? MONSTERZINC
Well-groomed KEMPT
Woodcutter who stole from thieves ALIBABA
You can't fight it CITYHALL
You might see a washer on it LINOLEUM
__ B'rith BNAI
__ Kippur YOM
__ point PETIT