L.A. Times Magazine - Aug 31 2008

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Clues Answers
"Can't ya take ___?" AJOKE
"Ghosts" writer IBSEN
"In the Bedroom" co-star TOMEI
"M*A*S*H" et al. * BLACKCOMEDIES
"Nuts!" DRAT
"Roughing It" writer TWAIN
"The list goes on," briefly ETC
"___ be 21 again ..." OHTO
Actor Carroll LEOG
Adhere (to) HEW
Aid kit staple IODINE
Amber-colored wine MADEIRA
Andean animals LLAMAS
Antlered animals ELK
Aquino's predecessor MARCOS
Bagpipers' caps TAMS
Ballpark figures? ERAS
Baritone Ed AMES
Bausch's partner LOMB
Blatant OVERT
Bleach-blonde betrayers ROOTS
Blew ERUPTED
Boy seen as a tune is whistled OPIE
Brimming REPLETE
Churn ROIL
Completely ALL
Controversial Siberian * RASPUTIN
Düsseldorf "darn it" ACH
Deceiver of a sort LIAR
Deliver ___ (send reeling) ABLOW
Director Wertmuller LINA
Dove shelter COTE
Dr. Evil's little clone MINIME
E-business DOTCOM
Early Briton PICT
Earthlink rival AOL
El ___ CID
Entertain AMUSE
Epps of "House" OMAR
Europe's longest river VOLGA
Ex of Rod Stewart ALANA
Extreme ULTRA
Fixes, as a button RESEWS
Flat sign? TOLET
Fool * SILLYGOOSE
Four-wheeled pain in the pocketbook, perhaps SUV
French gala BAL
Full-price payer ADULT
Gal ___ PAL
German steel city ESSEN
Go well together MESH
God, to Gide DIEU
Great "Three R's" report card? AAA
Group with a Road Scholar program * ELDERHOSTEL
Gullible one SAP
Has the wheel STEERS
Hindu title SRI
Home of many a comedy special HBO
Horne and Olin LENAS
Iguana, to some PET
Ill-fated queen BOLEYN
In-flight ETA announcer CAPT
Indiana's is "Restart Your Engines" * STATESLOGAN
Introduction to masochism SADO
Irish girl's name ERIN
It has its limits CITY
Joyful shout * HALLELUJAH
Jumper cable connection points ANODES
Just learning about NEWTO
Kick out EVICT
Laid-back LAX
Clues Answers
Lets out ___ (bellows) AROAR
Light gas NEON
Little boys TADS
Lose hair SHED
Luster SHEEN
Makes a move ACTS
Making long strides LOPING
Male mallards DRAKES
Mantle teammate MARIS
Mapquest alternative ATLAS
McCoy, to Kirk BONES
Mineral residue CALX
Mint family herb THYME
More pretentious ARTIER
More than loyal * TRUEBLUE
Nontheistic type HUMANISTS
O'Neill-title verb COMETH
Oklahoma oil town ADA
Old expression of admiration (and the key to this puzzle's theme) ITSTHEBERRIES
Orchestra section BRASS
Oreck prods. VACS
Out of key, as a piano UNTUNED
Paralegal, for ex. ASST
Pharaoh's cross ANKH
Place ___ (buy newspaper space) ANAD
Play prolonger TIE
Poker IOU CHIT
Popular Miami dessert FLAN
Positioned PUT
Pres. appointee SECY
Published RAN
Putts out TAPSIN
Pygmy antelopes ORIBIS
Rather high, pricewise ABITSTEEP
Realistic prefix? NEO
Relinquish CEDE
Retired boomer? SST
Rich contributor FATCAT
S ___ Sam ASIN
See 35 Down LOCO
Sen. Barbara Boxer's predecessor * ALANCRANSTON
Sinatra hit, "The World ___" WEKNEW
Slips ERRS
Smelter input IRONORE
Special interest grp. ASSN
Spode abodes * CHINACABINETS
Spot early on? PUP
State on I-5: abbr. OREG
Statue at St. Peter's PIETA
Stock symbol of Southwest Airlines LUV
Stupid * CHUCKLEHEADED
Subject of a Steve Martin song TUT
Summer buzzer CICADA
Surprisingly cold NIPPY
The Bard's Athenian TIMON
The Governator's wife MARIA
The same ALIKE
Tiki bar handout LEI
Tirade prelude IRE
Toastmaster EMCEE
Tough guy's usual remark after meeting an all-American girl NICEKID
Tour of duty STINT
Unofficial votes * STRAWBALLOTS
Verdun verb ETRE
War-hero prez IKE
Weighed down LADEN
With 111 Down, crazy as a loon, in the Crazy A Saloon PLUMB
Word on Mitchum's hand in "Night of the Hunter" HATE
Words of shock, in a play ETTU
Worst place? LAST
Zesty finger foods TAPAS