L.A. Times Daily - Jan 12 2008

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Clues Answers
"... in the midst of __ war": Baruch ACOLD
"NYPD Blue" squad DETS
"Santa __": Caruso classic LUCIA
"You used to be a much better liar, Sam" speaker ILSA
14-time Oscar nominee STREEP
1940s-'50s NBA star George Mikan, for one LAKER
1949 Gatsby portrayer LADD
Answers for EXPIATES
Bar CANTINA
Bears do it SELL
Benji, notably MUTT
Cans AXES
Chef, at times DICER
Comment to one who just slipped THATSNOTCORRECT
Conserve TIGHTENONESBELT
Critical mistake VITALERROR
Cruise, often MALELEAD
Emperor Vespasian's son and successor TITUS
Endeavor STRIVE
Exeter's county DEVON
Expert ADEPT
Exposures SHOTS
Final remarks? OBIT
Financial statistics term PERCAPITA
Get split up, in a way SITAPART
Go after eels SNIGGLE
Gray ASHY
Hardly treat with kid gloves USEFORCE
Inclined TILTING
It usually excludes unpaid econ. activity GNP
It's weighed by the pound STRAY
Jumps by taking turns LEAPFROGS
Letter from Pharos PHI
List that may include some howlers ERRATA
Little amphibian EFT
Clues Answers
Mad cartoonist Drucker MORT
Maid in "Die Fledermaus" ADELE
Maker of AdriEssence products ARPEL
Neighbor of 23-Down NEVADA
Neighbor of 9-Across UTAH
Nine yrs. before the Mayflower landed MDCXI
Not a big hit? TAP
Objecting TAKINGEXCEPTION
Old Ford ERNIE
On deck, say ABOARDSHIP
One with a collateral loan LIENEE
Place-name abbr. HTS
Plastic CREDIT
Printing art: Abbr. TYP
Quitter's words ICANT
Schick Quattro competitor ATRA
Seethed FUMED
Smallest European Union country MALTA
Some partners: Abbr. ATTYS
Spotty UNEVEN
Student of Graham AILEY
Technical sch. INST
Term not found in the West Pt. mission statement NCO
Toils SLOGS
Truth VERITY
Type of patch PEA
Very dry BRUT
Way PATH
Weed whacker HOER
Wells people ELOI
West side of L.A.? LOS
Words of concern ICARE
Yaks NATTERS
__ mater PIA
__ Novo: Benin capital PORTO