L.A. Times Daily - Aug 8 2016

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Clues Answers
"Auld Lang __" SYNE
"How was __ know?" ITO
"Queen of Soul" Franklin ARETHA
"__ & the Women": 2000 Gere film DRT
'90s candidate Ross PEROT
24 minutes, in the NBA HALF
A cannonball makes a big one SPLASH
Actor/singer Garrett LEIF
Actress Holmes KATIE
Author Wiesel ELIE
Average, in math ARITHMETICMEAN
Ben Stiller's mom MEARA
Biblical dancer SALOME
Big Australian bird EMU
Candy heart message ILUVU
Clichéd TRITE
Color similar to turquoise AQUA
Come in ENTER
Country rocker Steve EARLE
Cut with light LASE
Diamond weight CARAT
Divisions of tennis matches SETS
Echoic remark before "What do we have here?" whose words can follow the ends of 20-, 28- and 42-Across WELLWELLWELL
Equip anew, as a machine shop RETOOL
Fisher who plays Princess Leia CARRIE
Fitting APT
For each PER
Fountain treat with Bosco, maybe CHOCOLATESHAKE
Frequent John Wayne persona COWBOY
Genesis boat ARK
Giant among wholesale clubs SAMS
Great Lakes mnemonic HOMES
Griffin of game show fame MERV
Gun, as an engine REV
Hardwood tree that drops acorns REDOAK
Having the skills ABLE
Healthy berry ACAI
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Heat unit THERM
Hosp. scans MRIS
Improbable tale YARN
Improve text EDIT
Intense, as a competitor FIERCE
Japanese capital TOKYO
Lamp-to-plug line WIRE
Literary sister of Amy, Meg and Jo BETH
Magnitude SIZE
Many Mideast residents ARABS
Nike competitor ASICS
Part of NFL: Abbr NATL
Poet Silverstein SHEL
Position of football lineman J.J. Watt DEFENSIVEEND
Prepares to have one's tongue depressed SAYSAH
Really bother EATAT
Regains consciousness COMESTO
Rideshare app UBER
Road grooves RUTS
Rock's __ Speedwagon REO
Same: Pref EQUI
Sci-fi classic that introduced Princess Leia STARWARS
Shepherd's charge LAMB
Skating danger THINICE
Skating jump LUTZ
Sound heard by a shepherd BAA
Superman's birth name KALEL
Texas __: poker game HOLDEM
The Spartans of the NCAA MSU
They're on the house FREEBIES
Ticked off SORE
Tinged HUED
TurboTax option EFILE
Unsteady on one's feet AREEL
Verdi opera set in Egypt AIDA
Word before Master or case STAIR
__-deucey ACEY