L.A. Times Magazine - May 18 2008

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Clues Answers
"... purse out of ___'s ear" ASOW
"Diner" co-star ELLENBARKIN
"Hamlet" setting ELSINORE
"This ___ test ..." ISA
"___ the Walrus" IAM
1929 headline subj. WALLST
70 Down's home: abbr. AFR
A native of FROM
Abbr. on the set UHF
About half of these clues DOWNS
Actor Bellows GIL
Actor Morales ESAI
Adder of shiny finishes GLAZER
Author Dinesen ISAK
Authors of a classic style manual STRUNKANDWHITE
Bat stat RBI
Bearded beast GNU
Bedlam, for one HOSPITAL
Big D.C. lobby NRA
Bit of lit, in French ESSAI
Bjorn contemporary ILIE
Breather REST
Cereal brand FROOTLOOPS
Cereal brand MULTIBRANCHEX
Ceremonial splendor POMP
Charges RUNSAT
China, once CATHAY
Choral piece MOTET
Clean, as erasers CLAP
Collar NAB
Conductor Pierre BOULEZ
Conversation starter LETSTALK
Coral, for one SNAKE
Corrupts POISONS
Cries of surprise OHS
Current choice ACDC
D.C. players POLS
Dealership's full amt. MSRP
Design sense EYE
Displace, as from a flight BUMP
Dissimilar to UNLIKE
Diving bird AUK
Downright SHEER
Dramatic intro DRUMROLL
Drug used to treat poisoning IPECAC
EEG peak SPIKE
Equalize EVEN
Eve starter RIB
Exposed LAIDOPEN
Feat on ice AXEL
Federer, e.g. NETMAN
Fitzgerald et al. ELLAS
Fluor finish IDE
Frequently OFT
Getaway spot ISLE
Greek letters IOTAS
Greeley or Mann HORACE
Hairy role? (this one's hiding backward) WEREWOLF
Heartless COLD
Here/there insert NOR
Honey, e.g. GOO
Horseshoe site HOOF
In ___ (going nowhere) ARUT
Insect wings ALAE
Involving no commute INHOME
It may be fleeting FAME
Jabberwock advice BEWARE
Jackie married him ARI
Jet heading, perh. SSE
King's thing POWER
Less specious TRUER
Clues Answers
Letters from old Russia SSR
Like the ZIP code system ZONAL
Line from a 1999 thriller ISEEDEADPEOPLE
Locomotive ENGINE
Loopy Louis NYE
Malt ending OSE
Man's nickname NORT
Mean mien? SNEER
Melville opus OMOO
Mosaic piece TESSERA
Most flagrant GROSSEST
NASA OK ALLSYSTEMSGO
Not hitched UNWED
Of a population segment ETHNIC
Oliver Twist, e.g. WAIF
Ollie's pal KUKLA
On ___ (alone) ONESOWN
Outcasts EXILES
Passing comment? YEA
Past one's bedtime LATE
Paul who played son Jeff on "The Donna Reed Show" PETERSEN
Persnickety one FUSSBUDGET
Person on a poster IDOL
Play unit SCENE
Portents OMENS
Precise EXACT
Preserves, as remains INURNS
Pressure prelude ACU
Primero numero UNO
Promise of marriage AFFIANCE
Pronounce poorly SLUR
Puzzle POSER
Rapper-turned-actor ICET
Red sign STOP
Relax, dog-style LIE
Reply of wide-eyed innocence WHOME
Restaurant policy, sometimes NOTIPS
Rubber ducky locales TUBS
Sandwich alternative WRAP
Sharp turn ZAG
Sheds feathers MOLTS
Shot at FIREDON
Show up APPEAR
Show up COME
Showdown time NOON
Sired BEGAT
SOS, for one PLEAFORHELP
Spondulix MOOLA
Stick ADHERE
Stomping grounds: abbr. TERR
Subject of an Al Franken book RUSHLIMBAUGH
Sud's opposite NORD
Taj Mahal site AGRA
Tapers? VCRS
Tepid assent IGUESSSO
Throw ___ (flip out) AFIT
Thugs GOONS
Timber tree ASH
Toting conveniences STRAPS
Type units EMS
Unstructured LOOSE
Untied FREE
Up-to-something tyke IMP
Wander (about) GAD
Where GIs get their GI tracts tested MESSHALL
Where Memphis is, gazetteer-style SWTENN
Worthless UNUSABLE
Writer SCRIBE
___ all (speaks volumes) SAYSIT
___ Khan AGA
___ Lanka SRI