L.A. Times Daily - Dec 31 2016

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Clues Answers
"Nausea" novelist SARTRE
"The lie that enables us to realize the truth": Picasso ART
"The O.C." and "Gossip Girl" TEENDRAMAS
"Years of Minutes" author ANDYROONEY
"Yes!" AMEN
"You're skating on thin ice" DONTEVENGOTHERE
"__ Weeks": classic Van Morrison album ASTRAL
1969-'70 Broadway musical that ends with a fashion show COCO
2009 A.L. MVP Joe MAUER
Basic Latin word AMAT
Benjamin portrayer HAWN
Bought back REDEEMED
Brandt of "Breaking Bad" BETSY
Bridges of Los Angeles County JEFF
Caravaggio masterpiece that pictures Pontius Pilate with Jesus ECCEHOMO
Clued in AWARE
Come down hard TEEM
Comedy team staples STRAIGHTMEN
Cornerstone word ANNO
Cries of surprise OHOS
Crown APEX
Dauntless STOUT
Eagerly unwrapped TOREAT
Express, say TRAIN
FDA output STDS
First volume of a Beverly Cleary series BEEZUSANDRAMONA
Fleet destroyed by the Protestant Wind ARMADA
Food __: after-eating drowsiness COMA
Get a winter coat? ICEUP
Glum MOPEY
Hauls LUGS
Head of the Sorbonne? TETE
Home of the Herb Alpert Sch. of Music UCLA
Hustle SCAM
Iconic building with "point" offices FLATIRON
Clues Answers
In order TIDY
In with AMONG
John follower ACTS
Joshua tree habitat DESERT
Market array BRANDS
More expensive DEARER
Next to BESIDE
Not much JUSTATAD
One working on keys USER
Orbital maneuver RENDEZVOUS
Ovid, for one EPICPOET
Part of an inheritance GENE
Raise PARENT
Resolute policies STANDS
Riata twirler GAUCHO
River to the Severn AVON
Rough going SLOG
SFPD alert APB
SFPD ranks LTS
Site of monkey business ZOO
Specialty docs ENTS
Spectrum band RED
Spray holder VASE
Structural pieces IBARS
Sushi choice AHI
Taverna liqueur OUZO
Tests using Snellen charts EYEEXAMS
They're hard to put down PAGETURNERS
Throw into the mix ADD
Volcano center? CEE
What stars have FAME
When, in Act IV, Juliet drinks the potion SCENETHREE
Wreck locator SONAR
__ block CINDER
__ platter PUPU