L.A. Times Daily - Oct 24 2012

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Clues Answers
"A Day Without Rain" New Ager ENYA
"The Addams Family" adjective OOKY
"The Chosen" novelist Chaim POTOK
*"Ditto!" BACKATYA
*"I can answer your questions" ASKAWAY
*"Wheel of Fortune" host PATSAJAK
*1955 Communist defense treaty WARSAWPACT
*Momentarily forget DRAWABLANK
*Space cadet's home? LALALAND
2004 remake starring Jude Law ALFIE
Black Hills terr DAK
Brains SMARTS
Breathable gases AIR
Car at a long light, say IDLER
Cheerful UPBEAT
County in eastern Ireland KILDARE
Culture medium AGAR
Daddy-o POP
Dictator Amin IDI
Director's cry PLACES
Done for the first time MAIDEN
Dumpster fill REFUSE
Egyptian snake ASP
Everglades birds EGRETS
Extremists, for short RADS
Fabricate MAKE
Firefighter Red ADAIR
Flamenco shout OLE
Flattering deception SNOWJOB
Florida export ORANGE
Fr. miss MLLE
Friction reducer OIL
Gaming console with a fitness component WII
Goes down in the west SETS
Had an inkling SENSED
Hasenpfeffer, for one STEW
Herbal brew REDTEA
Inland Asian sea ARAL
Clues Answers
Israeli diplomat Abba EBAN
Jam thickener PECTIN
Lehár operetta "The Merry __" WIDOW
Like many a reply env PPD
Like the best bonds, and a hint to the answers to starred clues AAARATED
Low-tech missile PEA
Made an appearance SHOWED
Map reader's aid KEY
Marsupial sometimes called a bear KOALA
Morning janglers ALARMS
Namibia neighbor: Abbr ANG
New Age physician HOLIST
Old Russian dynast TSAR
Opposite of neo- PALEO
Painter Monet CLAUDE
Peoria hrs CST
Print maker PAW
Pulitzer playwright Rice ELMER
R&B's __ Hill DRU
Rested LAIN
Reunion attendees KIN
Score tempo ALLEGRO
Sew up END
Shoreline indentation BAY
Sink, as a snooker ball POT
Small gifts TOKENS
Special __: military force OPS
Team captain's concern MORALE
Teeth-cleaning step RINSE
The tiniest bit ONEIOTA
Title writer in a John Irving novel TSGARP
Trusty mounts STEEDS
Venus de Milo's lack ARMS
When one might have a late lunch ATTWO
Wine barrel wood OAK
Zeno's home ELEA
__ de deux PAS
__ Moines DES