L.A. Times Daily - Nov 9 2009

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Clues Answers
"Cats" poet's monogram TSE
"Law & Order" gp. NYPD
"Let's call __ day!" ITA
"__ So Fine": 1963 #1 hit HES
3:1 or 7:2, e.g. RATIO
Affluent WELLTODO
Alan of "M*A*S*H" ALDA
Ancient moralist AESOP
Appears to be SEEMS
Attorney's abbr. ESQ
Audible dance style TAP
Average SOSO
Barbecue equipment brand WEBER
Bread bits CRUMBS
Camera type, for short SLR
Cavity fillers' org. ADA
Cell "messenger," briefly RNA
Cesar Millan dog-training apparatus ILLUSIONCOLLAR
Charlatan FAKER
Chevy muscle car CAMARO
Classic chocolate drink brand YOOHOO
Covered with marsh vegetation SEDGY
Critic Reed REX
Criticize in a witty way ZING
Crooner Mel TORME
Despair's opposite HOPE
Easy to understand CLEAR
Fill, as with padding STUFF
Finish END
Fink RAT
Foot-long stick, often RULER
Gators' kin CROCS
Gobble down EAT
Half-baked, as ideas CRAZY
Hard to move LEADEN
Helen of Troy's mother LEDA
Hwy. RTE
Improvise lines ADLIB
Clues Answers
Imus's medium RADIO
Is EXISTS
Jagged rock CRAG
Job listing initials EEO
Just right IDEAL
Knight fight JOUST
Maine college town ORONO
Meditative sect ZEN
Miley Cyrus, for one TEENIDOL
Military training acad. OCS
Native Nebraskan OTOE
Northern diving bird AUK
November birthstone TOPAZ
On fire ABLAZE
OneZip bag maker HEFTY
Pacific island on which a memorable WWII photo was taken IWOJIMA
Packaging foam prefix STYRO
Picket line crossers SCABS
Pub orders BREWS
Puts on, as a show STAGES
Quick trip that's "run" ERRAND
Ready-for-the-worst status REDALERT
Reeling from a blow WOOZY
Sends a duplicate to, for short CCS
Sly inquiry TRICKQUESTION
Sphere ORB
Steak order RARE
Strong wind GALE
Styling goo HAIRGEL
Sudden and precipitous downturn TAILSPIN
Tended SAWTO
Thurman who played June in "Henry & June" UMA
Tibetan priest LAMA
Toy that might answer "It is decidedly so" MAGICEIGHTBALL
W. Hemisphere defense gp. OAS
Where many vows are exchanged ALTAR
Wild blue yonder SKY
Yours, in Paris ATOI