L.A. Times Daily - Aug 18 2010

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Clues Answers
"Alley __" OOP
"Come to think of it ..." SAY
"Powerful you have become, the dark side I sense in you" speaker YODA
"The Facts of Life" actress Charlotte RAE
"You've Got Mail" co-star RYAN
"__ lost!" GET
13th-century date MCCI
Academy freshman PLEBE
Airline to Tel Aviv ELAL
Bad guy ENEMY
Be rude in a crowd ELBOW
Before surgery, briefly PREOP
Big Apple awards OBIES
Blue ribbon-worthy BEST
Card carrier MEMBER
Clown for the camera MUG
Community word OURS
Corrida combatant ELTORO
Course taught bilingually: Abbr. ESL
Crockett's last stand ALAMO
Cryptographers' creations CODES
Currency pros MONEYCHANGERS
Designer Wang VERA
Do in SLAY
Dorothy Gale's state: Abbr. KAN
Dual-purpose room shape ELL
Enjoyed a blue plate special ATE
For all to hear ALOUD
Form 1040 IDs SSNS
Fruity pastry TART
Gave the boot AXED
Go downhill fast? SKI
Gridiron gains: Abbr. YDS
Hammer-wielding god THOR
Handicappers' methods: Abbr. SYSTS
Helmsley dubbed "Queen of Mean" LEONA
Hookups to many electronic devices POWERADAPTORS
Clues Answers
Insurance investigators CLAIMSADJUSTERS
Islands VIP KAHUNA
Jacob Riis et al. SOCIALREFORMERS
Just __: minimal amount ADAB
Line dance CONGA
Ltr. holder ENV
Mimi's "mine" AMOI
Not as easy to come by RARER
Oft-numbered rtes. STS
Op-ed piece, e.g. ESSAY
Orange-roofed eateries, for short HOJOS
Overcharge, slangily SOAK
Parks in '50s news ROSA
Part of H.R.H. HER
Pellet gobbler of old games PACMAN
Poem of lament ELEGY
Postgame summary RECAP
Pounce on LEAPAT
Practice grid game SCRIMMAGE
Pub pint ALE
Raptor's gripper TALON
Rite site ALTAR
Shrewd CAGEY
Solar wind particle ION
Some den boxes CABLECONVERTERS
Sound from a wowed crowd OOH
Specks in la mer ILES
Surrounded by AMONGST
Swiftly APACE
They aren't champs LOSERS
Threw overboard DEEPSIXED
Timeline divs. YRS
Vanishing sounds POOFS
What to do after making your metaphorical bed LIEINIT
With sincerity TRULY
Yale or Harvard IVY
__ Kadabra: foe of the Flash ABRA