L.A. Times Daily - Aug 31 2009

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Clues Answers
"Fill 'er up" filler GAS
"Grrr!" is one SNARL
"I have the answer!" AHA
"Moonstruck" Oscar winner CHER
"Pick a __, any ..." CARD
12-mo. periods YRS
:-), e.g. EMOTICON
Apple beverage CIDER
Barbie's boyfriend KEN
Building site giants CRANES
Chaney of film LON
Choose not to vote ABSTAIN
Christina Crawford's "__ Dearest" MOMMIE
Concurrence ACCORD
Cubes in a freezer ICE
Cyclotron bit ION
Danny of "Lethal Weapon" films GLOVER
Dewy MOIST
Equipment GEAR
Eve's first home EDEN
Fib LIE
Finish second, in a race PLACE
Floored it SPED
Holier-than-thou type PRIG
Improve, as skills HONE
Inventor Howe ELIAS
Investigation PROBE
It's enough for Luigi BASTA
Joplin piano piece RAG
Just in the __ of time NICK
Kept in reserve SAVED
Knight's protection ARMOR
Lamb's mom EWE
Land in the Seine ILE
Like "mice" and "men": Abbr. PLU
Like a disreputable hotel SEEDY
Like oboe music REEDY
Like the person in a diet ad "after" picture LEANER
Little green men, briefly ETS
Clues Answers
Live (at) RESIDE
Magic act, for one SHOW
Magician's deception SLEIGHTOFHAND
Magician's deception SMOKEANDMIRRORS
Magician's deception OPTICALILLUSION
Many an Idaho potato RUSSET
Natives of Ankara TURKS
Naval jails BRIGS
Occupied BUSY
Old salt TAR
Palme __: Cannes film prize DOR
Payable DUE
Pic PHOTO
Read, as a bar code SCAN
Really smart people BRAINS
Says "2 x 2 = 5," say ERRS
See 38-Down END
Select, with "for" OPT
Shoestrings LACES
Southern breakfast side GRITS
Spanish fleet ARMADA
Square dance leader CALLER
Subsequent to AFTER
Surgery reminder SCAR
Take in or let out ALTER
Take the family to a restaurant EATOUT
Takeoff approx. ETD
Texas symbol LONESTAR
The Gay Nineties, e.g. ERA
Very brief briefs THONGS
Wilder or Hackman GENE
Witch trials town SALEM
With 28-Down, novel conclusion THE
Wrapped garments seen in Agra culture SARIS
WWW address URL
Ye __ Tea Shoppe OLDE
Young guy LAD
__ IRA ROTH
__ room: play area REC