L.A. Times Daily - May 11 2009

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Clues Answers
"Bam!" chef EMERIL
"Bill Nye the Science Guy" airer PBS
"Charlotte's Web" author EBWHITE
"Editorially speaking," in e-mail IMHO
"It's freezing!" BRR
"Sign me up!" IMIN
"The Virginian" actor Joel, 1946 MCCREA
66, e.g.: Abbr. RTE
About, in legal memos INRE
Alabama team nickname CRIMSONTIDE
Anticipates AWAITS
Ark builder NOAH
Attack vigorously ASSAIL
Author Morrison TONI
Bird served "under glass" PHEASANT
Boston NBAer, briefly CELT
Brontë heroine EYRE
Brush fire operation, briefly EVAC
Chapeau HAT
Coffee break time TEN
Comic book artist INKER
DDE's WWII command ETO
Discontinued ENDED
Draw forth EVOKE
Fed. stipend SSI
Foremost part FRONT
Foundation BASIS
Funny sketches SKITS
Heated crime? ARSON
High schooler TEEN
House that sucks you dry, so to speak MONEYPIT
Ice cream flavor honoring a Grateful Dead icon CHERRYGARCIA
Johnny Carson's sidekick EDMCMAHON
Karaoke singer's need, for short MIC
Lee seen in freezers SARA
Leg joint KNEE
Like a happy dog's tail AWAG
Clues Answers
Like many a nasty remark SNIDE
Lowest 56-Across members BASSI
Lust, gluttony, greed, etc. CARDINALSINS
Madison is its cap. WISC
Make, as a living EARN
Malady AILMENT
Matador's opponent TORO
Momma's mate POPPA
Multi-room accommodations SUITES
Multitude HORDE
Noble's partner BARNES
Old California fort ORD
Old wives' tale MYTH
Opal suffix ESCE
Overused expression CLICHE
Quarterback's throw PASS
Raps on the door KNOCKS
Rouge and blanc, on la carte VINS
Roughly ORSO
Rum-soaked cake BABA
Show proof of EVINCE
Singing group CHOIR
Soap star Susan LUCCI
Sports contest GAME
Staircase part STEP
Stratagem TACTIC
Strong wood OAK
Suffix with chlor- IDE
Tennis great Andre AGASSI
Tennis star for whom a stadium is named ASHE
The starts of this puzzle's three longest answers are shades of it RED
Tool in a haystack PITCHFORK
Toy (with) TRIFLE
Trident-shaped Greek letter PSI
Where telecommuters work ATHOME
You might have to pay one to get cash ATMFEE
__ kwon do TAE