L.A. Times Daily - Dec 12 2011

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Clues Answers
"Besides that ..." ALSO
"Burnt" crayon color SIENNA
"Little" Dickens girl NELL
"The Chronicles of Narnia" lion ASLAN
"Tomorrow" title singer ANNIE
"___ the Greek" ZORBA
1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof SPYS
Activist Nellie BLY
Addams family nickname TISH
Admin. aide ASST
African antelope ELAND
Ancient Greek region that was home to Heraclitus IONIA
Apple heart CORE
Banana covering PEEL
Blog piece ENTRY
Born and __ BRED
Bottle tops CAPS
Brewpub choices ALES
Bridge positions EASTS
Buffalo Sabres' org NHL
Checkpoint "Hold it!" HALT
Difficult HARD
Doctor's self-employment, and a hint to the starts of the five longest across answers PRIVATEPRACTICE
Downside of reading in poor light EYESTRAIN
Drive-thru cleanings CARWASHES
Egyptian cross ANKH
Freelance writers' encls SASES
Handle, as a baton TWIRL
Harbor landing PIER
Hawkish PROWAR
Hearing-related AURAL
Helps illegally ABETS
Hen, vis-Г -vis eggs LAYER
High spirits BRIO
Hold tightly GRASP
Hombre's title SENOR
Howard Hughes's airline TWA
Improvises like Armstrong SCATS
Clues Answers
Kick out EJECT
Like "la" in Fr. or Sp FEM
Like many lifelike museum displays WAX
Little-known information ARCANA
Low-crime section of town SAFEAREA
Lower California, familiarly BAJA
Magic wand wielder FAIRY
Make ___: rake it in AMINT
Mlles., in Spain SRTAS
Montezuma subject AZTEC
Mother Goose baddie OGRE
Muscular woe ACHE
Newly hatched pigeon SQUAB
Not so many FEWER
Ocean State sch URI
Olympic skater Cohen SASHA
One with no hope GONER
Opposite of WSW ENE
PC go-to type TECHIE
Prefix meaning "billion" GIGA
Prepares, as cocktails MIXES
Quarterback Manning ELI
Rain gutters run under them EAVES
Range for indoor comfort ROOMTEMPERATURE
River to the Rhine AAR
Scale, as Everest CLIMB
Sighs of relief AHS
Sign anew, as a contract REINK
Sine __ non: essential QUA
Soldier of Seoul ROK
Solid baseball hit LINEDRIVE
Staunch political group member PARTYHACK
System of belief CREDO
Thirty feet TENYARDS
Turkish title AGA
Use the ballot VOTE
Welcomes to the penthouse HASUP
Zoo swinger APE