L.A. Times Daily - Feb 18 2009

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Clues Answers
"All is vanity" Bible bk. ECCL
"SNL" alum Nora DUNN
"The Little Red Hen" response NOTI
"Venerable" Eng. monk STBEDE
*"Laugh-In" catch phrase SOCKITTOME
*1998 Stephen King novel BAGOFBONES
*Burglarize BREAKANDENTER
*Drive like the dickens BURNUPTHEROAD
*Have serious financial setbacks FALLONHARDTIMES
10-Across singer ELLA
24-Down's style SCAT
51 out of 100, e.g. MAJORITY
Actress Spelling TORI
Apt name for a cook? STU
Audiophile's setup STEREO
B&B INN
Big bill CNOTE
Bizet's "Toreador Song," e.g. ARIA
Bouquet delivery letters FTD
Capone cohort NITTI
Caterpillar rival DEERE
Comics cry of disgust ACK
Corrida cheer OLE
Departs GOES
Drug giant __SmithKline GLAXO
Duster's target CROP
Esoteric ARCANE
Excite KEYUP
Fail FLUNK
FDR opponent Landon et al. ALFS
Fish-eating birds ERNS
Fisherman's hook GAFF
Flight to Haifa ELAL
Four-time discus gold medalist Al OERTER
Frenzied woman MAENAD
Grass house HUT
Greek islander CRETAN
Immortal coaching name KNUTE
Clues Answers
Instrument with a pear-shaped body LUTE
Jurist in '90s news ITO
Kett of comics ETTA
Land at the Forum? TERRA
Lincoln's st. NEB
Merge spiritually (with) BEONE
Middle management? DIET
NBC weekend show SNL
New York canal ERIE
Not at all nerdy HIP
Notre Dame squad, familiarly IRISH
Once more ANEW
One of the "Love Train" singers OJAY
Paris pair DEUX
Pass out cards DEAL
Penlight batteries AAS
Perform horribly STINK
Person, place or thing NOUN
Poetic dusk EEN
Pursue stealthily STALK
Second-largest U.S. island in area KODIAK
Seine, e.g. NET
Sharer's word OUR
Sicilian volcano ETNA
Silkworm's protection COCOON
Some TV screens LCDS
South African villages KRAALS
Spanish diacritics TILDES
Suffix with Caesar EAN
Terrier type SKYE
Towed off the road, say AIDED
Uncertain DOUBTFUL
Understand GET
Window part SASH
Word that can precede the first word of the answers to starred clues WIND
Words spoken before the Senate ETTU
__ Beach: resort near Santa Ana LAGUNA
__ Field: historic Brooklyn park EBBETS