L.A. Times Magazine - May 24 2009

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Clues Answers
"... ___ tell a lie" ASINTO
"A) I TEND TO SCOWL, and b) I do it less when I direct" CLINTEASTWOOD
"AH, I SPEAK A SWELL RIME (and I write okay, too)" WILLIAMSHAKESPEARE
"All in favor" word AYE
"Catch ___" (slang for to miss the water on a rowing stroke) ACRAB
"Don't be silly!" PISH
"I used to be in charge, but now you could say I'm ONLY A BRIT" TONYBLAIR
"Like ___ not" ITOR
"OH MAN, A JET is what I used to be" JOENAMATH
"Vive ___!" LEROI
3-D scan MRI
Acting may be the HAMMIEST GIG, but not when she does it MAGGIESMITH
Actress (and crossword fan) known for her APPEALING THEATRICS CHRISTINAAPPLEGATE
Actress Ward SELA
Ages ___ AGO
Apt. units RMS
At home, to un homme ALAMAISON
Babysitter's handful BRAT
Barracks VIP NCO
Become part of JOIN
Beethoven's birthplace BONN
Big D.C. lobby NRA
Blue-eyed cat SIAMESE
Boardroom VIP CEO
Bob Hope's real name LESLIE
Brownish gray TAUPE
Catchall abbr. MISC
Caterer's container URN
Cinema simian KONG
Classic cartoons, ___ Melodies MERRIE
Clutter-free NEAT
Cockney's abode OME
Company on the Web DOTCOM
Completely ATOZ
Criticize harshly RAILAT
Cruise stop PORT
Diva Sumac YMA
Do damage to MAR
Dundee damsel LASS
Egyptian cross ANKH
Faculty brass DEANS
Fiber-___ cable OPTIC
Flack's output HYPE
Flamenco guitarist Carlos MONTOYA
Floating correctly, as a ship INTRIM
Fogs, as a window STEAMSUP
Former Toyota CELICA
Fried rice tidbit PEA
Funny Charlotte RAE
Gathered dust SAT
Gaynor or Green MITZI
GPS abbr. SSE
Gravity has one LAW
Green piece? SOD
Gunky stuff CRUD
Harbor hauler SCOW
Harem keeper SULTAN
Have a bug AIL
He made a McFortune KROC
He'll help you ENJOY L.A. JAYLENO
He's Hank in "Touch of Evil" ORSON
Hear clearly GET
Hefty rival GLAD
Hi-___ monitor RES
His interviewing motto could have been "TRUST ME, SIR" TIMRUSSERT
His slogan could be "JEST, NOT WAR" JONSTEWART
Hostile bunch ENEMY
ID info: abbr. SSN
John, in Bath LOO
Joke writers GAGMEN
Clues Answers
Kool stuff TAR
Late track star's nickname FLOJO
Layabouts IDLERS
LEGENDARY MAMA in "The Da Vinci Code" (an anagram not mentioned in the original book) MARYMAGDALENE
Like Loki or Thor NORSE
Lion portrayer LAHR
Loser's cry RATS
Lots PILES
Low-fat, as beef LEAN
Make a bow TIE
Makes impure TAINTS
Mar.-to-Nov. period DST
Medium's claim ESP
Mr. Yale ELIHU
Ms. Coppola et al. SOFIAS
Much of "Deck the Halls" LAS
Netter Kournikova ANNA
Never been put on UNWORN
On ___ (busy) THEGO
Parking place GARAGE
Passover feast SEDER
PETA's E ETHICAL
Piglike mammal PECCARY
Poe tale container CASK
Pool service bane ALGAE
Possible solution IDEA
Powder puff stuff TALC
Pregame ritual TOSS
Priest of the East LAMA
Rabbitlike rodent AGOUTI
Rainbow, e.g. ARC
Relinquish CEDE
Residence-based INHOME
Revealing mannerism TELL
Run together? COMANAGE
Seasoned rice PILAF
Sermon preposition UNTO
SHE LIKE-A TOM (and Tom like-a her) KATIEHOLMES
She'll always have Paris ILSA
Shrimp dish SCAMPI
Singing effect TRILL
Slave-mutiny ship AMISTAD
Small brook RILL
Sparkling topper TIARA
Spillane's "___ Jury" ITHE
Steady succession STREAM
Strata LAYERS
Suitable APT
Sum again READD
Summer in la cité ETE
Sundial hour III
Tango maneuver DIP
Thai tongue LAO
The Nuclear ___ AGE
They pop on planes EARS
Tokyo's old name EDO
Trudge PLOD
Two-kind insert OFA
Unflashy STAID
Unhook DISENGAGE
Utah's lily SEGO
Verbal defiance LIP
Very soon now ANYDAY
Wander GAD
Wangle FINAGLE
Watcher of the skies FAA
Within earshot of NEAR
World book ATLAS
Write quickly JOT
___ facto IPSO