L.A. Times Daily - Sep 6 2011

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Clues Answers
"It's unnecessary" NONEED
"Star Wars" mastermind LUCAS
*Cold War symbol IRONCURTAIN
*Quaint means of communication? PENANDPAPER
*To whom "Howdy, stranger" is often said OUTOFTOWNER
*Typical Valentino roles LATINLOVERS
*Was in charge of HEADEDUP
Audiophile's setup STEREO
Aussie runner EMU
Bothers persistently NAGSAT
Car radiator need COOLANT
Carpet type SHAG
Cat's pause? NAP
Centers of attention FOCI
Cheesecake on a wall PINUP
Chinese menu assurance NOMSG
Columbus in N.Y.C. or DuPont in D.C CIR
Conveyed, as water through a main PIPED
Corp. money VIPs CFOS
Crane component BOOM
Declared STATED
English channel, briefly BBC
Enter GOIN
Fiasco DEBACLE
For fear that LEST
Former CBS News anchor Couric KATIE
Free (of) RID
Full sets of chromosomes GENOMES
Girlish hairstyle (and what the starts of the answers to starred clues are?) PIGTAILS
Grape grower's prefix OENO
Hoax FRAUD
Hopping mad IRATE
It's up when you're angry DANDER
Itch scratchers NAILS
Kickoff aid TEE
Letter flourish SERIF
Like vows SOLEMN
List-ending abbr ETAL
Clues Answers
Little devil IMP
Logger's tool AXE
Med school subj ANAT
Microsturgeons? ROE
More than right, in triangles OBTUSE
Mozart's "Cosi fan __" TUTTE
Musical ability EAR
Nuclear pioneer Enrico FERMI
Org. for piece lovers? NRA
Picnic crasher ANT
Pint-size PEEWEE
Place for Pop-Tarts TOASTER
Poem of praise ODE
Poses (for) MODELS
Potpie piece from a pod PEA
Race circuits LAPS
Response ANSWER
Run out, as a subscription LAPSE
Safe and sound UNHURT
Santa __ racetrack ANITA
Shakespearean verse SONNET
Spots on TV ADS
Stuff to be smelted ORE
Suffix with musket EER
Summer brew ICETEA
Swing by for a visit STOPOFF
Taking the place (of) INLIEU
Talked a blue streak RANON
They may be self-sealing: Abbr ENVS
Threepio's buddy ARTOO
Tuck's partner NIP
Was aware KNEW
Western treaty gp OAS
What keeps bloomers up? STEMS
Wheel attachment AXLE
Wheel covers HUBCAPS
Word with marked or masked MAN
__ Mountains: Eurasian border range URAL