L.A. Times Daily - Dec 14 2008

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"Born Free" lioness ELSA
"Peanuts" cry RATS
"The Merchant of Venice" heroine PORTIA
"__-voom!" VAVA
'70s sitcom costar with Demond REDD
11th century theologian ANSELM
125-year-old wine company BOLLA
1994 Costner role EARP
38-Down residents, for short ETS
8-Down ancients INCAS
According to PER
Achille __: hijacked liner LAURO
Age, perhaps GRAY
Ages and ages EON
Analog audio component TUBE
Asian domestic AMAH
Atatürk Museum city ANKARA
Author Rand AYN
Award that's a pronunciation of its initials OBIE
Balderdash ROT
Barely move INCH
Barrister's wear WIG
Baseball class just below the majors AAA
Betray, with "down" LET
Biscay and Biscayne BAYS
Bogeys, to radar operators BLIPS
Brew follower? SKI
Brit. reference OED
Brought out EVOKED
Bud on the range PARD
Burr and Copland AARONS
Busboy, __, __, pollster TRANSITWORKERSURVEYOR
C-E-G, e.g. TRIAD
Cambodian cash RIELS
Capture WIN
Casting need REEL
Cataracts make it cloudy LENS
Catch some rays TAN
Cattle rancher, __, __, locksmith HEADMASTERHAIRDRESSER
Caustic cleaner LYE
Child care worker, __, __, cashier PLAYWRIGHTQUARTERBACK
Circuit judge, __, __, lion tamer ELECTRICIANSWITCHMAN
Cloud BLUR
Corned beef dish HASH
Court deadlock DEUCE
Descartes opening COGITO
Destructive RUINOUS
Dietary data: Abbr. RDAS
Diminishing returns LESS
Diving seabird AUK
Earring shape TEARDROP
Either of two former Tennessee senators GORE
Equinox mo. SEP
Evens TIESUP
Fat-reducing procedure, briefly LIPO
Film with a "II," e.g.: Abbr. SEQ
Forest's "The Last King of Scotland" role IDI
Former VOA overseer USIA
French sweet GATEAU
Frequent All-Pro defensive back Ronnie LOTT
Girl LASS
Global: Abbr. INTL
Goes on and on YAKS
Gold amount POTFUL
Golfer Woosnam IAN
Gone up RISEN
Gossips YENTAS
Got wise with SASSED
Grazing field LEA
Ham's place RYE
Hawaiian non-natives HAOLES
Clues Answers
Headline STAR
Hebrew letters ALEPHS
Hope unit RAY
Ideal plot EDEN
Indian honorific SRI
Induction-ready ONEA
Insulate LINE
Is composed of HAS
Island on the Strait of Malacca SUMATRA
Jazz singer Anita ODAY
Jung's inner self ANIMA
Kennel visitors PETS
Leader's position HELM
Letter-bottom abbr. ENCL
Libido symbol EROS
Like Aconcagua ANDEAN
Like some cereals OATEN
Little fox KIT
Lowest parts BASSI
MADD concern DWI
Make a home NEST
Male elephant seal, in mating season ROARER
Many couples have two INCOMES
MapQuest request: Abbr. RTE
Medit. country ISR
Multicolored PIED
Navel observation INNIE
Nephew of Arthur GAWAIN
New England attraction, with "the" CAPE
Noncommittal words ILLSEE
Oil rig worker, __, __, auto body repairman DRILLSERGEANTDENTIST
Old West defense FORT
One checking out? EYER
Pastor, __, __, disc jockey HISTORIANRECORDKEEPER
Play about Capote TRU
Pop singer Julius LAROSA
Possesses OWNS
Princess from Alderaan LEIA
Razzle-dazzle ECLAT
Reddish brown RUSSET
S-shaped molding OGEE
Sci. of insects ENTOM
Shakespearean actor Edmund KEAN
Sharing word APIECE
Short-legged lizard SKINK
Sign INK
Simple song DITTY
Simulcast site, briefly OTB
Sitcom planet ORK
Skin condition ACNE
Smitten one ADORER
Some arcade games ATARIS
Some ESPN highlights OTS
Son of Seth ENOS
Sour server BAR
Squishy SOGGY
Stepped off ALIT
Superstar IDOL
Surroundings MILIEU
Sweet, to Ramón DULCE
Tire tracks, often ARCS
Tow truck dispatcher GARAGE
Trail PATH
Two-part DUAL
Varnish ingredient LAC
Wealth OPULENCE
Zero-spin particle PION
__ Bank: fishing area off 11-Across GEORGES
__ Direct: online bank ING
__-Magnon CRO
__-TASS ITAR