L.A. Times Daily - Aug 11 2009

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Clues Answers
"Benevolent" fellow ELK
"My Little __": 1950s Gale Storm sitcom MARGIE
"NUMB3RS" network CBS
"The War of the Worlds" enemy MARS
Actor __ Luke who played Chan's Number One Son in old films KEYE
Atmospheric layer OZONE
Back-of-the-book listings ENDNOTES
Baseball play that may be "suicide" SQUEEZEPLAY
Big name in blenders OSTER
Brit's raincoat MAC
Bygone British Airways plane, briefly SST
Canseco of baseball fame JOSE
Capone feature SCAR
Car radio button SEEK
Champagne-producing city REIMS
Chop up MINCE
Chops up DICES
CIA operative AGT
Co. that merged into Verizon GTE
Common autograph site PLASTERCAST
Congo, formerly ZAIRE
DDE's alma mater USMA
Director's directive ACTION
Diving ducks SMEWS
Don of talk radio IMUS
Eyeball-bending genre OPART
Follow ENSUE
Gives a ticket to CITES
Grads of 31-Down LTS
Grammy-winning country singer Ronnie MILSAP
Greek played by Anthony Quinn ZORBA
Held protectively, as an infant CRADLED
Henhouse raider FOX
Here-there link NOR
Homemade radio CRYSTALSET
Introductory drawing class ARTI
Jewelry box item PIN
Last part FINALSTAGE
Lhasa __ APSO
Clues Answers
Like chronicles of the past HISTORIC
Louis who wrote Western novels LAMOUR
Mah-__ JONGG
Mail Boxes ___ ETC
Mike Doonesbury's daughter, in comics ALEX
Mil. training inst. OCS
Moravians, e.g. CZECHS
Nag PESTER
North Carolina athlete TARHEEL
Nutrition letters RDA
Off one's rocker INSANE
Office copy XEROX
One-named Deco artist ERTE
Patty Hearst's SLA alias TANIA
Polygraph flunker, probably LIAR
Pres. advisory team NSC
Primped PREENED
Printing slip-ups ERRATA
Quartet before S OPQR
Quite small WEE
Say "Howdy!" to GREET
Sci-fi staples ETS
Screen material MESH
Seashore fliers ERNS
Settings for weddings ALTARS
Ship-related: Abbr. NAUT
Skin layer DERMA
Small waves RIPPLES
Smooth transition SEGUE
Sophisticated SUAVE
Source of Rockefeller's wealth OIL
Stick around STAY
Suffix with civil IZE
Terminate, as an insurance policy LAPSE
Test one's metal ASSAY
The "D" in FDR DELANO
Ticker CLOCK
Turntable needles STYLI
Villain's forte EVIL