L.A. Times Daily - Sep 13 2009

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Clues Answers
"As a matter of fact," informally YKNOW
"Blue" TV squad NYPD
"Boston Public" actress Sharon LEAL
"Closer to Fine" folk-rock duo INDIGOGIRLS
"Get Smart" evil agency KAOS
"How Can You __ Broken Heart?": Bee Gees hit MENDA
"If at first you don't succeed" course of action PLANB
"It's him __": lover's ultimatum ORME
"L.A. Law" costar DEY
"Like that'll ever happen!" DREAMON
"Ugh!" YECH
12th century year MCII
1930s-'40s singer/actress Durbin DEANNA
A million to one, say LONGODDS
A-Team muscleman MRT
Adjusts, as sagging socks HIKESUP
Ages like iron RUSTS
Aggressive Greek god ARES
Anne's home, in a 1908 Montgomery classic GREENGABLES
Annual dance PROM
Aristocratic BLUEBLOODED
Auctioneer's shout SOLD
Bad marks DEES
Bedding material LINEN
Big name in criticism EBERT
Bite hard CHOMP
Bright stars NOVAS
Brother of Moses AARON
Case for tweezers and such ETUI
Certain Slav SERB
Charged particles IONS
Check for accuracy VET
Chef's high-temperature technique SEARING
Chicago site of many connections OHARE
Chinese leader PREMIER
Civil War's Robt. __ ELEE
Columnist Bombeck ERMA
Conjurer's word PRESTO
Correct, as text REVISE
Cousin of the xylophone MARIMBA
Coward, slangily YELLOWBELLY
Cranny's partner NOOK
Decaf pioneer SANKA
Domingo forte ARIA
Economist Janeway ELIOT
Evening parties SOIREES
Fake footprint at the murder scene, e.g. REDHERRING
Finishes, as a lawn EDGES
First name in B-29 lore ENOLA
Fishing mishaps SNAGS
Fitness franchise primarily for women CURVES
Foal's father SIRE
Frees (of) RIDS
Gets the lead out? MINES
Gift of the garrulous GAB
Gigi's goodbyes ADIEUS
Go round and round ROTATE
Goodyear's home AKRON
Guttural interruption AHEM
Having one sharp, musically ING
He succeeded Fidel RAUL
Helmsley and others LEONAS
Highlands rejections NAES
Honda, to Toyota RIVAL
Hood's weapon? ARROW
Hoover Dam's lake MEAD
Horror writer Barker CLIVE
Hybrid big cat LIGER
Island east of Java TIMOR
It may have a code AREA
Italian noble family ESTE
Clues Answers
James Bond's domain SPYDOM
Jazz trombonist Kid __ ORY
Keep getting Mad, say RENEW
Kiss drummer Peter CRISS
Knock off CEASE
Lacking auditory feedback ECHOLESS
Lawn intruder WEED
Like a dismal day DREARY
Like most pop hits SUNG
Like no news? GOOD
Limp-watch artist DALI
Locker room group TEAM
Lollapalooza DILLY
Long time follower? NOSEE
Make a home (in) RESIDE
Marathoner's woe CRAMP
Meal on a stick KABOB
Mnemonic for this puzzle's theme ROYGBIV
More boring STODGIER
More ill-mannered RUDER
Mythical matchmaker AMOR
Nasty exam BEAR
Net business ETAIL
New kid on the block, e.g. ARRIVAL
Nursery rhyme loser? BOPEEP
Old dynasts TSARS
One of a world majority ASIAN
Paperless tests ORALS
Pay attention in class LEARN
Politically motivated spending PORK
Ponytailed pal of Lucy Van Pelt, in "Peanuts" VIOLETGRAY
Popeye's dad Poopdeck __ PAPPY
Put PLACE
Real est. ad count BRS
Related to the lower back SACRAL
Rub off ERASE
Santa's favorite snack cakes? HOHOS
Scrooge's cry BAH
Seaman's song CHANTEY
Sharp comment BARB
Shows up APPEARS
Site of a bread line? BAKERY
Slider's goal BASE
Soap-on-__ AROPE
Southwestern home ADOBE
Specter on the Hill ARLEN
Stare GAPE
Statutes LAWS
Story starter? ESS
Struggle to make, with "out" EKE
Stuffed shirt SNOB
Symbol of happiness LARK
Tante's spouse ONCLE
Tea type ORANGEPEKOE
Third son of King David ABSALOM
Thornfield Hall governess EYRE
Toys "R" Us purchases TRIKES
Turn GOBAD
Twin of Jacob ESAU
Unadorned BARE
Vacation area SEACOAST
Veggie drawers CRISPERS
Warmongers HAWKS
Willy of "Free Willy" ORCA
Wittenberg's river ELBE
Woody in films ALLEN
Words of triumph IWIN
Wrong move ERROR
__ Fagan, Billie Holiday's birth name ELEANORA
__ land: unreality LALA
__-garde AVANT