L.A. Times Daily - Oct 10 2009

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Clues Answers
"... on my honor" SOHELPME
"Cogito ergo sum" philosopher DESCARTES
"Love Don't Cost a Thing" singer, familiarly JLO
"Poison" plant SUMAC
Actress Téa LEONI
African language group BANTU
Agreements PACTS
Amoebalike movie alien THEBLOB
Big truck name MACK
Bird down under EMU
Blackmailer in "David Copperfield" URIAHHEEP
Booming voice quality RESONANCE
Came to a close ENDED
Chatters GABS
City south of Fort Worth WACO
Closest pal, in texting shorthand BFF
CNBC interviewees CEOS
Consider DEEM
Cutting remark BARB
Darth's daughter LEIA
Dreaded mosquito AEDES
Equitable JUST
Exuberant modern compliment YOUROCK
Fail to mention OMIT
Fed who tracks down money launderers TMAN
Fit together INTERMESH
Flannel shirt pattern PLAID
Foliage-eating pest GYPSYMOTH
Football boot that takes unexpected bounces SQUIBKICK
Former Ger. currency DMS
Goneril's father LEAR
Grinch creator SEUSS
Gypsum painting surface GESSO
Hero at the Battle of Cabra, 1079 ELCID
Highland refusal NAE
It's pressed on the campaign trail, with "the" FLESH
Clues Answers
Jailbird CON
Jezebel's deity BAAL
Long-sentence punctuation SEMICOLON
Looks toward FACES
Lush's sound HIC
Luther opponent Johann __ ECK
Marsh hazard QUICKSAND
Memorable period ERA
NASDAQ debut IPO
Newsman Huntley CHET
Old military topper with a turned-up brim COCKEDHAT
Place to build SITE
Plains bovine BISON
Poke fun at TEASE
Pretax sums, e.g. SUBTOTALS
Product sold below cost to attract customers LOSSLEADER
Prof's aides TAS
Repugnance DISTASTE
Resistance unit OHM
Rows on pianos KEYBOARDS
Rubberneck GAPE
Seventh planeta URANO
Shooter GUN
Shrub with fluffy grayish flower clusters SMOKEBUSH
Soviet news agency TASS
They reach very large audiences MASSMEDIA
Timid types WIMPS
Title gladiator played by Kirk Douglas SPARTACUS
Trains overhead ELS
Wall Street down time? BEARMARKET
West Texas city ELPASO
Western alliance: Abbr. OAS
Word before Age or cage GILDED
Yale Bowl cheerers ELIS
Yucatán years ANOS
__ Carlo MONTE