L.A. Times Daily - Dec 12 2008

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Clues Answers
"Africa" band TOTO
"All bets __ off" ARE
"For I am the __ of the apostles": Paul (I Corinthians) LEAST
"Impossible!" NOWAY
"To recap ..." INSUM
1997 U.S. Open champ ELS
Agonize FRET
Anything but bored RAPT
Appraise RATE
Assante title role GOTTI
Award for "Hot L Baltimore" OBIE
Barilla rival PREGO
Bearded blossom IRIS
Blesses OKS
Botanical swelling EDEMA
Break LULL
Call it a day STOP
Caspian land IRAN
Caught off base, perhaps AWOL
Cellar stock WINE
Challenging locks MOPS
Chocolate treat BONBON
Compassionate words ICARE
Constant computer glitches? REPAIROMEN
Corny creation PONE
Courts WOOS
Didn't drive well? SLICED
District WARD
Do away with SCRAP
Does better than TOPS
Father of pop singer Hoku DONHO
Feast SPREAD
Flip GOAPE
Foe of Caesar CATO
Footwear famous for its holes CROCS
Gym sight, briefly BOD
How one might read a sad newspaper section? OBITBYOBIT
Increase, with "up" STEP
Iridescent shell layer NACRE
Clues Answers
It offers wide-ranging views OPED
Juilliard deg. MFA
Letters before 10001, maybe NYNY
Like some threats IDLE
Lingering sound effect ECHO
Machine shop tool LATHE
Mag ZINE
Many GOBS
Mellowed, in a way AGED
Modern "fingerprint" DNA
More than just expectant AGOG
Mottled mount PINTO
Muscovite's bread RUBLES
Not be recalcitrant OBEY
Not marked up ATCOST
Popeye's gal in mortal danger? OLIVEBYTHESWORD
Popular bar game KENO
Promotes BOOSTS
Pump, e.g. SHOE
Quaint complaint ALAS
Race terminus WIRE
Reactions to cuteness AWS
San __ REMO
Sector AREA
Sly tactics RUSES
Squad members? GOONS
Struck forcefully SMOTE
Takes into a count? ADDS
Tech callers USERS
Tournament for cryptologists? DECODEROPEN
Try another shade on REDYE
Undermine HURT
Usher SEEIN
Watch for cops, say ABET
Watchful pair EYES
Weasel relative OTTER
When Hamlet dies ACTV
Work to reduce a cause of air pollution? COMBATOZONE
Worry, with "at" EAT