L.A. Times Daily - Dec 16 2012

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Clues Answers
"Dead parrot" sketch actor CLEESE
"Inside the NBA" analyst ONEAL
"Let me think ..." HMM
"Shall we?" reply LETS
"Telephone Line" gp ELO
"That's refreshing!" AHH
"The Highwayman" daughter BESS
"Under the Redwoods" author HARTE
"What a Piece of Work Is Man" musical HAIR
"__ girl!" ATTA
"__ Kitchen": Gordon Ramsay show HELLS
'Tis the season YULE
1952 Olympics city OSLO
1979 Afghanistan invader: Abbr USSR
Ambulance bandage TOURNIQUET
AMD rival INTEL
Annoyance HASSLE
Arafat's org. until 2004 PLO
Army unit ANT
Assign stars to RATE
Baker's verb SIFT
Ballad's end? EER
Beethoven's nine: Abbr SYMS
Bird that migrates from the Arctic to Antarctica TERN
Breaks ground HOES
British Invasion genre named for Liverpool's river MERSEYBEAT
Bro who cracks insensitive jokes? TASTELESSBUD
Capital affected by typhoons TAIPEI
Cheerleaders' repertoire YELLS
Chores done altruistically? SELFLESSCLEANING
City NW of Santa Barbara, to locals SLO
Classic Pearl Jam album TEN
Clumsy types OAFS
Comprehensive, gradewise ELHI
Concert receipts GATE
Cong. member SEN
Controversial high school health lesson SAFESEX
Corner pieces ROOKS
Coward's path? GUTLESSCOURSE
Cruel school assistant? HEARTLESSMONITOR
Cub with records SOSA
Cute cases ETUIS
Driver's economy meas MPG
Egyptian __: spotted cat MAU
Examined, as a joint CASED
Explorer Tasman ABEL
Exposes LAYSBARE
Facts and figures DATA
Farming prefix AGRO
Febrero preceder ENERO
First family before the Wilsons TAFTS
First name in comics villains LEX
Foe of Saruman, in Tolkien ENT
Fulfill an urgent desire HITTHESPOT
General __ chicken TSOS
German sunrise direction OST
Grasp SEE
Group decision-making challenge EGO
Held power RULED
Honkers GEESE
Imitates Daffy LISPS
In high spirits GAY
In __: truly ESSE
Is connected HASPULL
Its "Concise" version has more than 1,700 pgs OED
Jam cause, maybe TOLL
Kitten's plaything YARN
Lao Tzu principle TAO
Latin trio word AMAS
Least violent GENTLEST
Letters for a British princess HRH
Like a good guess CLOSE
Clues Answers
Like fresh lettuce CRISP
Like much lore ORAL
Like tongue-against-roof-of-the-mouth consonants PALATAL
London's __ Modern TATE
Love ADORE
Magic, on scoreboards ORL
Makes a call STOPSIN
Makes happy ELATES
Mao __-tung TSE
Meat GIST
Mexican change PESOS
Muslim theologians MULLAHS
Naive Romeo? ARTLESSLOVER
Necklace gem PEARL
Nevada casino city RENO
Nine-circles literary locale INFERNO
No trouble at all EASE
Noir hero TEC
Not true UNFAITHFUL
NYC airport LGA
Oboe component REED
Old MGM rival RKO
Oncle's mate TANTE
One-legged ballet pose ARABESQUE
Oolong or souchong TEA
Orchestra section VIOLINS
Oregon's Douglas fir, e.g STATETREE
Orkan sign-off half NANU
Patchy horse PINTO
PC core CPU
Pixie whose dust lacks potency? TOOTHLESSFAIRY
Playground retort ARETOO
Polite reply NOMAAM
Powerful god TITAN
Psalm 23 comforter ROD
Put a handle on NAME
Put away INGEST
QB's coups TDS
Reputed Dead Sea Scrolls transcribers ESSENES
Rickey Henderson, notably STEALER
Roman naturalist PLINY
RSA ruling party ANC
Ryder Cup team USA
Saharan region SAHEL
Sailing, say ASEA
Sargasso swimmer EEL
Sci-fi people ELOI
Secret supply STASH
Shia holy man IMAM
Short CURT
Showy bloom LILY
Sicilian high point ETNA
Sissy's Oscar-winning role LORETTA
Skewed ASLANT
Sleeping watchman, say? POINTLESSGUARD
Small bills ONES
Space age toon dog ASTRO
Spork, for one UTENSIL
Stairway to heaven? TOPLESSFLIGHT
Subway opposites ELS
Surg. branch ORTH
Tennis legend ASHE
Theta preceder ETA
Throaty sound RASP
Uncertain LEERY
Uncommon size EEE
Use color-coded cans, say RECYCLE
Vague time frame indicator ERE
Vatican masterpiece PIETA
White hat, in oaters HERO
__ Reader: eclectic magazine UTNE
__ Tin Tin RIN