L.A. Times Daily - Dec 2 2009

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Clues Answers
"Take a hike!" SCRAM
"This just __ my day" ISNT
"__ Abner" LIL
*1955 Disney animated film featuring Darling Dear LADYANDTHETRAMP
*Big Apple show BROADWAYMUSICAL
*Nightly news show segment WEATHERFORECAST
Add color to DYE
Afternoon break NAP
Arm, e.g. LIMB
Author Nin ANAIS
Baltic country LATVIA
Beethoven's "Für __" ELISE
Bellyache CARP
Brass or pewter ALLOY
Breakfast corner NOOK
Candy in 12-piece dispensers PEZ
Chick of jazz COREA
Choice in a booth VOTE
Clichéd BANAL
Co. VIP PRES
Come down in buckets; also, when applied in sequence to the answers to starred clues, this puzzle's theme RAINCATSANDDOGS
Construction beam IBAR
Coors malt beverage ZIMA
Danger PERIL
Doctor's advice REST
Ease off LETUP
Equally divided EVEN
Evian, par exemple EAU
Exam for an aspiring D.A. LSAT
First-stringers ATEAM
Folk icon Seeger PETE
Frenzied MANIC
Get an __ effort AFOR
Ginger cookie SNAP
Gobbled up EATEN
Hall of Famer Robin of the Milwaukee Brewers YOUNT
Henner of "Taxi" MARILU
Home shopping channel QVC
Houston Aeros' org. AHL
Clues Answers
Ibsen's "__ Gabler" HEDDA
Important periods AGES
Israeli seaport HAIFA
It's a lock YALE
Jessica of "Sin City" ALBA
Light refrain TRALA
Long Island __ SOUND
Match starter SERVE
Merit EARN
Mice catchers OWLS
Mimicking bird MYNAH
Neighbor of Mary RHODA
Not windward ALEE
One of the Bobbsey twins NAN
One who'll be comin' round the mountain, in song SHE
Overplay a part EMOTE
Piano's 88 KEYS
Pisa place ITALY
Poker Flat chronicler Harte BRET
Prayer starter OLORD
Razor brand ATRA
Reduction plan DIET
Show about Capote TRU
Small hopper TOAD
Square after Connecticut Avenue JAIL
Steering device RUDDER
Teeming (with) RIFE
Tennis score LOVE
To the point, in law ADREM
Tons ALOAD
Two-time opponent of Ike ADLAI
Valuable violin, for short STRAD
Veiled consent? IDO
Wax remover QTIP
Witty Bombeck ERMA
Write, as music NOTATE
__ of Life JAWS
__-bitsy ITSY
__-cone SNO