L.A. Times Daily - May 18 2011

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Clues Answers
"J to tha L-O!" artist LOPEZ
"MMMBop" band HANSON
"The Raven" opener ONCE
"__ safe and warm if ...": "California Dreamin'" lyric IDBE
'70s-'80s Haitian president, familiarly BABYDOCDUVALIER
1958 Robert Mitchum drama THUNDERROAD
Ahmadinejad's land IRAN
Ambient music pioneer ENO
Ancient market AGORA
Arafat of the PLO YASIR
Author LeShan EDA
Bath fixtures, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 40- and 52-Across SHOWERHEADS
Beat the house WIN
Beauts LULUS
Black flies, notably BITERS
Brother of Raúl FIDEL
Buddhist sect ZEN
Campus hangout QUAD
Caustic solution LYE
Certain artery: Abbr. RTE
Charlemagne's realm: Abbr. HRE
Chesapeake Bay delicacies BLUECRABS
Chief exec PREZ
Cinco y tres OCHO
Clothes line? SEAM
Cuthbert of "24" ELISHA
Deli pockets PITAS
Dirty fare PORNO
Disco, for one ERA
Dorm room snack COLDPIZZA
Early spring shout APRILFOOL
Email forwarder's intro FYI
Empty __ NESTER
Ex-Yankee Pettitte ANDY
Faddish '90s disc POG
Film lioness ELSA
Frequently change positions JOBHOP
From the top ANEW
Frosted pastry ECLAIR
Clues Answers
GM had one in Nov. 2010 IPO
Hallmark.com offerings ECARDS
Idiot TWIT
Intractable beast ASS
Jerk SCHMO
Jury member PEER
Knitting project AFGHAN
Letters below DEF MNO
Like many eBay items USED
Like May through August, in a way RLESS
Low digits TOES
Major artery AORTA
Meteor tail? OID
Musical with the song "Midway Chase" BARNUM
Nixon confidant Rebozo BEBE
Norwegian Elkhound, for one SPITZ
Offshore eyesore, to some OILRIG
Old California fort ORD
Orangutan REDAPE
Page (through) LEAF
Patty Hearst's kidnappers: Abbr. SLA
Photographer Adams ANSEL
Pledge VOW
Prepare for online publication WEBIFY
Prepare to ambush LIEINWAIT
Pretentiously showy ARTY
Profs' aides TAS
Right __ OFWAY
Rocker Joan JETT
Roofing support RAFTER
Sea damaged by Soviet irrigation projects ARAL
Self-titled 1969 jazz album ELLA
Speedy Gonzales cry ARRIBA
Sports HASON
Sup EAT
Winter Palace resident TSAR
__ au vin COQ
__ room REC
__-kiri HARA