L.A. Times Sunday - Jan 31 2010

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Clues Answers
"Camp show" org. USO
"Casablanca" role, Ilsa ___ LUND
"Convoy" star's first name KRIS
"Darn it" preceder GOSH
"Dream on!" NOWAY
"Fighting" NCAA team ILLINI
"For openers ..." TOSTARTWITH
"I ___ tell" WONT
"It's Now ___" ORNEVER
"Kill Bill" weapon SWORD
"Nova" subj. SCI
"Sounds great" COOL
"Twitch," minus every other letter TIC
"___ insist!" NOI
* "But only if you ___ me exactly what happened" ... SHOWANDTELL
* "Maybe you'll both be let out early ___" ... FORGOODBEHAVIOR
* And that did it--they immediately started crying. I said, "Well, I hope you've ___" ... LEARNEDYOURLESSON
* But neither would talk. So I said, "I'm going to ___" ... COUNTTOTEN
* I could tell right away that she was ___ ... HOOKEDONPHONICS
* I laid out the evidence; they could see that I'd done ___ ... MYHOMEWORK
* I narrowed it down to two suspects. Naturally, they both ___ ... LOOKEDINNOCENT
* Let's call them ___ ... DICKANDJANE
* They agreed. And that's when the ___ began. THE END (Hint: Because of a single variable letter, this clue has three different appropriate answers. Write in whichever one(s) you like. See 116 Down.) FINGERPOINTING
*And he--well, let's just say that he was ___ ... INACLASSBYHIMSELF
2001 and 2010, for ex. YRS
Able one's assertion ICAN
Ace of diamonds Ryan NOLAN
Actor with actor brothers ALEC
Actress Stone SHARON
Air-leak sound SSS
Arena level TIER
Arm bones ULNAS
At a snail's pace SLOW
Barn bundle BALE
Be in a different form? ARE
Before you know it SOON
Berry and Burns KENS
BlackBerry delivery EMAIL
Brassy group HORNS
Burger beef ANGUS
Capital on the Aare BERN
Chinese principle TAO
Chocolate shop lure AROMA
Cloud chamber bit ION
Coal miner COLLIER
Coffee-spill result STAIN
Colorful eye part IRIS
Con's opposite PRO
Cry of recognition AHA
Democrat Dellums RON
Dogpatch name YOKUM
Earthquake origins FOCI
Easily trashed, e.g. DELETABLE
Embark on ___ career ASOLO
Extinct 12-footer MOA
Famed sidekick TONTO
Fix dishonestly RIG
Flying wedge sound HONK
Folk singer Griffith NANCI
Food Network figure CHEF
Frigg's husband ODIN
Genie's gift WISH
Glenn Miller milieu DANCEHALL
GM's electric car VOLT
Goes ballistic ERUPTS
Goes up against TAKESON
Golf great SNEAD
Greek letters RHOS
Hamburg's river ELBE
Hope-Crosby flick, "Road ___" TORIO
How misers act SELFISHLY
Clues Answers
Hydrox finish IDE
In ___ (lined up) AROW
Island near Java BALI
It's an Aleutian ADAK
Jewelers' lenses LOUPES
Job opening SLOT
Job safety org. OSHA
Katrina aftermath org. FEMA
KFC side dish SLAW
Kung ___ chicken PAO
Lackluster SOSO
Last two words in the title of an epic 1962 western WASWON
Like poems of praise ODIC
Lingerie items BRAS
List details ITEMS
London district SOHO
Long-time Indiana senator LUGAR
Manifesto co-author ENGELS
Market action that remains in effect until filled or canceled OPENORDER
Nobel decliner ___ Tho LEDUC
Nor, for one: abbr. CONJ
Noticeably filled (with) SHOTTHROUGH
NYC airport, on tickets LGA
Okra features PODS
Old college cry RAH
One way to choose BYLOT
One who may bug you GADFLY
Org. of cadets ROTC
Pal, to Pascal AMI
Partakes of HAS
Pianist Gilels EMIL
Pioneering cartoonist NAST
Pool problem ALGAE
Premature EARLY
Prep for a trip PACK
Present opening? OMNI
Promising letters IOU
Pulled the trigger FIRED
Punishment for some kids NOTV
Reach ATTAIN
Reagan's "Star Wars" prog. SDI
Relations KIN
Research-funding org. NSF
Rocket stage BOOSTER
Roth follower IRA
Saints' org. NFC
Saudi neighbor OMANI
Sculler's prop OAR
Seattle-to-Vegas dir. SSE
Second-string squad BTEAM
See 60 Across SAM
Sis or bro SIB
Some linemen ENDS
Space balls ORBS
Start of a crime novel by Sue Grafton, whose kindergarten-sounding titles inspired this puzzle. (This clue has three possible answers. See 113 Across.) OIS
Struck a stance POSED
Stumblebums CLODS
Sugar-free, perhaps DIET
Surgery sites, briefly ORS
Swan lover of myth LEDA
Switch ending EROO
Takes in or lets out ALTERS
Takes shape FORMS
Terra follower COTTA
Toyota rival NISSAN
Ultrasecret org. NSA
Untrue NOTSO
Wolf's home? CNN
Words before "merry" ANDBE
Words to a traitor ETTU
___ to win it INIT