L.A. Times Daily - Oct 4 2009

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Clues Answers
"That's a shame" TOOBAD
"__ lied" SOI
1/60 of a dram MINIM
Abate LESSEN
Accept, as a marriage proposal SAYYESTO
Actress Joanne DRU
Ad with a credit card bill, e.g. INSERT
Ad writer's award CLIO
All Saints' Day mo. NOV
Another name for biotin VITAMINH
Artist friend of Max Ernst MANRAY
Attractions not to be missed MUSTSEES
Away from the wind ALEE
Baden-Baden et al. SPAS
Being, in old Rome ESSE
Call to Bo-peep BAA
Campus recruiters, briefly ROTC
CD-__ ROM
Certain Prot. EPIS
Cheering cry RAH
Chem., for one SCI
Chews out BERATES
Chicago-to-Louisville dir. SSE
Chou En-__ LAI
Clean a spill MOPUP
Come clean, with "up" FESS
Comic Izzard EDDIE
Command to Spot SIT
Continue after a setback, as one's life GETONWITH
Croquet striker MALLET
Demonstrate EVINCE
Dieter's word LITE
Diminishes WANES
Ding, but not dong DENT
Done ENDED
Dramatist Rice ELMER
Drip from a bad pipe LEAKOUT
Dull finishes MATTES
Dwell RESIDE
Eatery traditionally modeled after a rail car DINER
Elevator on the links? TEE
Emotional strife ANGST
Explorer Ericson LEIF
Failed suddenly, in slang TANKED
Film about a computer supervisor? LORDOFTHEFILES
Film about a home run derby? DAYOFTHECLOUTS
Film about a soft-hearted creature? TENDERISTHETHING
Film about Broadway beginners? WESTSIDETYROS
Film about gardening options? PLACESINTHEEARTH
Film about Los Angeles losing its NFL team? AFAREWELLTORAMS
Film about Santa enjoying his holiday cigar? ACHRISTMASCLARO
Filmmaker Riefenstahl LENI
First rescue boat ARK
Fishing spot PIER
Flat-topped rise MESA
Forest feature TREE
Formerly, formerly ERST
Frequently, in verse OFT
Gangsters' guns GATS
Glaswegian gal LASS
Govt. loan insurer FHA
Grand, perhaps PIANO
Hairy Addams cousin ITT
Hall of Fame NFL coach Ewbank WEEB
Harley or Honda BIKE
Harry Potter's pal RON
He followed FDR HST
Heat measure CALORIE
High-pitched FLUTY
Incline TILT
Indiana senator Bayh EVAN
Clues Answers
Jack-in-the-pulpit family ARUM
Kennel home CAGE
Landlocked Afr. land ETH
LAX listings ETDS
Light gray ASH
Like a movie seat with a coat on it TAKEN
Like music composed for a libretto OPERATIC
Listless MOPEY
Little hooters OWLETS
Long tale SAGA
Long time out COMA
Losing BEHIND
Low SAD
Maintain ALLEGE
Make __: match the scorecard, in golf APAR
Most frail FEEBLEST
Music with many subgenres ROCK
Name on an armored truck BRINKS
Nice notion? IDEE
Not pos. NEG
Oater ride HORSE
Of service UTILE
Off the boat ONLAND
Ore cars TRAMS
Pick, with "for" OPT
Picture-taking word ending CAM
Pleasant forecast FAIR
Poem of praise ODE
Poker action RAISE
Pol. letters until 1991 SSR
Politico Kefauver ESTES
Port in Yemen ADEN
Pre-meal drink APERITIF
Pretended to have written earlier, as a letter BACKDATED
Publisher Chandler OTIS
Quarterback Manning ELI
Religious factions SECTS
Rose oil ATTAR
Round Table title SIR
S&L offering IRA
Salt Lake City Olympics year MMII
Scary film staple MONSTER
Second Greek letter BETA
Setbacks LAPSES
Short time out NAP
Small surgical knife LANCET
Snares TRAPS
Some NFL linemen RTS
Something to do with a business associate? LUNCH
Speak lovingly COO
Star in Perseus ALGOL
Studio sign ONAIR
Suffix with Caesar EAN
Summary PRECIS
Sydney's state: Abbr. NSW
Syrup source MAPLE
Take away forcibly WREST
Tale involving Greek gods, e.g. MYTH
Tallahassee sch. FSU
Things in locks OARS
Tiny parasites MITES
Trojans' sch. USC
Two pages LEAF
Type in ENTER
Used-car datum MILEAGE
Very proper sorts PRUDES
Window over a door TRANSOM
Winter fall SLEET
Wreck completely TOTAL
__ Major: Great Dog constellation CANIS
__ of Wight ISLE