L.A. Times Daily - Feb 24 2010

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Clues Answers
"East of Eden" director Kazan ELIA
"Ghostbusters" co-writer Harold RAMIS
"I don't want to hear the rest" SPAREME
"It will come __ surprise" ASNO
"Poison" shrub SUMAC
"__ Do You Love?": Bo Diddley classic WHO
*Benjamin Button portrayer BRADPITT
*Game that goes down to the wire NAILBITER
*Stable storage enclosure TACKROOM
*Wacko SCREWBALL
Affliction DISEASE
Altar boy ACOLYTE
Arias, e.g. SOLOS
Attach, perhaps with hardware that begins the answers to starred clues FASTEN
Bank acct. entry INT
Be scared to DARENOT
Belted constellation ORION
Beta follower GAMMA
Blossom visitor BEE
Burdensome ONEROUS
Cam's output PICS
Chinese currency YUAN
Clinton press secretary Dee Dee MYERS
Cobbler's concern SHOE
Commonly cluttered room ATTIC
Company featuring cavemen in its ads GEICO
Concert bonus ENCORE
Conservative IRA asset TNOTE
Corvette roof option TTOP
Cpls.' underlings PFCS
Dandruff site SCALP
Early metalworking period IRONAGE
Egg carton no. DOZ
Egyptian snakes ASPS
Fail to finish school DROPOUT
Fellini's realm CINEMA
Fenway Park city BOSTON
Forgetful moment LAPSE
Clues Answers
Former gen.'s status RETD
Great Plains terrain PRAIRIE
Hornet's home NEST
In unfamiliar territory, maybe LOST
Iraqi money DINAR
It's a wrap SARAN
Its creme may be eaten first OREO
Jai __ ALAI
Joy of "The View" BEHAR
Laugh from a Stooge NYUK
Letter-shaped hardware UBOLT
Lively "Texas" dances TWOSTEPS
Lowly worker PEON
Maiden name lead-in NEE
Mötley Crüe's two UMLAUTS
Medicinal amt. TSP
Mesmerized RAPT
More than chilly COLD
Mrs. Peel of "The Avengers" EMMA
No __: menu notice MSG
One-eighties UIES
Picnic spoiler RAIN
Plastic surgeon's offering, for short LIPO
Play thing PROP
Ren or Stimpy, e.g. TOON
Reward for merit BADGE
River through southern Russia URAL
Rock artist Frank ZAPPA
Site of the smallest bone in the body EAR
Sleep apnea sufferer, often SNORER
Spitz-type dog, for short POM
Sudden-braking result SKIDMARK
Sulu portrayer on "Star Trek" TAKEI
Symbol on several keys ARROW
The Hartford logo ELK
They save the day HEROES
Tolled RANG
Train sched. list STNS