L.A. Times Daily - Aug 14 2009

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Clues Answers
"Beat it!" SCAT
"Forget it!" (and a clue to this puzzle's theme) NOWAY
"Grand" brand of ice cream EDYS
"Law of the Lash" star LARUE
"Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist" essayist ELIA
"__ I forget ..." BEFORE
"__ the mornin'!" TOPO
"__ the Week": 1930s record label HITOF
According to PER
Alleviate a tie-up? FREETRAFFIC
Argumentative retort ARESO
Asks to be excused, with "off" BEGS
Athletic LITHE
Bandit one hopes to take money from? SLOT
Baseball Hall of Famer Combs EARLE
Beam of support IBAR
Bucolic setting LEA
Cainites, e.g. SECT
Church-owned Lone Star State inst. SMU
Common pickup capacity ONETON
Davenport site IOWA
Destroyer destroyer UBOAT
Embodiment of a footrace? RUNMODEL
Euphoria at Pebble Beach? PACIFICCOASTHIGH
Feds GMEN
Fictional braggart HARE
Foul line indicators POLES
Goose egg ZERO
Govt. obligation TBOND
Hamlets: Abbr. TNS
Honor for Connery KNIGHTHOOD
Irish-born actor Milo OSHEA
It's usually taken in stores VISA
Jawaharlal's daughter INDIRA
Latin ballroom dances RUMBAS
Lines of thought? EEGS
Little guy SHAVER
Long sentence LIFE
Midshipman's prog., perhaps NROTC
Mine tram bit LUMP
Clues Answers
Mirth GLEE
Mountainside debris SCREE
Musical tempo modifier MOLTO
Nietzsche's "never" NIE
Noted pairs guardian NOAH
O.T. book NEH
Odessa native TEXAN
Oil source PEANUT
Old dagger SNEE
OPEC units BBLS
Partly built residence, perhaps? HALFHOUSE
Periscope lens kept as a souvenir? SUBTOKEN
Pick up NEATEN
Planet ending ARIUM
Play on a wide stage? BROADSHOW
Plum, e.g.: Abbr. PROF
Quebec's Festival d'__ ETE
Rash source, maybe SUMAC
Reddish brown ROAN
Seat of Dallas County, Alabama SELMA
Shot at a D.C. bar? CAPITALBELT
Sierra Club concern: Abbr. ECOL
Silents star Pitts ZASU
Slip cover? DRESS
Some trumpeters SWANS
Son of Rebekah ESAU
Spike preceder, in volleyball SET
Submit taxes on an impulse? EFILE
Sweet, nutty pie MAPLEPECAN
Term of royal respect SIRE
Terrific GREAT
Thrill ELATE
Throw from the saddle UNSEAT
Ticks off IRES
Toast topping PATE
Top spot APEX
Univ. sites BLDGS
Whacks OFFS
__ Martin ASTON