L.A. Times Sunday - Dec 10 2006

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Clues Answers
"--- you knockin'..." IHEAR
"Like falling off ---" ALOG
"Swing Time" star ASTAIRE
"Tias", to Thomas AUNTS
"Very funny" HAHA
--- 'clock scholar ATENO
--- Lee cakes SARA
2006 in Spain ANO
A Jackson not of the 5 LATOYA
Abandoned ship DERELICT
Acid in proteins AMINO
Action figures? ODDS
Ailments ILLS
Amber wine's inaccurate assertion? IAMAREDMADEIRA
Aquarium TANK
Arms race initials SDI
Attend Groton PREP
Average guy? NORM
Baba au --- RHUM
Bannister or Ryun MILER
Bar staple ICE
Be on the ticket RUN
Brian of old Hollywood AHERNE
Bring a smile to AMUSE
Bring to bay TAME
Bubbly territory chart update? CHAMPAGNEMAPCHANGE
Caveat about a curacao? CAUTIONRECOINTREAU
Chaucer taleteller REEVE
Coffee grind DRIP
Contemplate an anise liqueur? PONDERPERNOD
Contract condition PROVISO
Cronies COHORTS
Curl producer PERM
Disco strobe, e.g. SPHERE
Disney mermaid ARIEL
Diva Maria CALLAS
Doubler in division AMEBA
Drive-through lane marking ENTER
Dumpy digs HOVEL
Electric band? ACDC
Enlisted personnel? HIRED
Exhaust opposite INTAKE
Fetes and fiestas DOS
Fiery gem OPAL
First first name? AARON
First name in 1950s TV DESI
Frigid finish AIRE
Gnu feature BEARD
Grade or gram opener CENTI
Grand Canyon transport BURRO
Green insect-eater MANTIS
Greene of "Bonanza" LORNE
Griffin of game shows MERV
Grifter's forte SCAM
Grouse and snipe BIRDS
Grundy born on Monday SOLOMON
Hector's home TROY
Heir lines WILL
Hong Kong neighbor MACAO
I love, to Luis TEAMO
In the thick of AMID
Invocation for a wine fit for the gods? CABERNETBENECTAR
It's played at the ballpark ORGAN
James I's line STUARTS
Jeter or Jacobi DEREK
Key card issuer HOTEL
Keyboard bar SPACER
Clues Answers
Kilt feature PLEAT
Lab devices ETNAS
Lauren line CHAPS
Letter from Greece LAMBDA
Limerick locale EIRE
Lip --- SYNC
Literary classes GENRES
Lives through ENDURES
Made a fast stop? ATE
Man staying on one color BISHOP
Mare's nest? STABLE
Mason or Como PERRY
Mouthpiece's tongue? LEGALESE
Music biz org. BMI
Musical King Cole NAT
NASA affirmative AOK
No --- (Chinese menu abbr.) MSG
Old quiz-show category MINERAL
One learning the ropes TRAINEE
One of a keyboard's four ARROW
Organ pieces STOPS
Ox tail? IDE
Pamphlet TRACT
Pepper grinder MILL
Pharaoh's cross ANKH
Picnic crasher ANT
Portrait on an AD 64 coin NERO
Pre-Persia Persian MEDE
Press coverage INK
Pro bono UNPAID
Quire group? REAM
Ravine GULCH
Reason to say "1, 2, 3..." TEST
Red cabbage? RUBLE
Rioja and rouge WINES
Roll-call calls NAYS
Roscoe or gat HEATER
Russian name meaning holy OLGA
Sahara agave liquor brand? CAMELSMESCAL
Sang like Merman BELTED
Sean of "All the King's Men" PENN
Set a price on ASK
Sinful WICKED
Sml. metric units MMS
Snowman's eyes COALS
Staff members AIDES
States as fact AVERS
Stetson and stovepipe HATS
Stimulate WHET
Stir up ROIL
Stockpile AMASS
Street of blues fame BEALE
Surface EMERGE
Teed off DROVE
The drier it is, the stronger MARTINI
The many favoring a flavored potable? SLOEGINLEGIONS
Turning Leaf bottler GALLO
Tuscan river ARNO
Uta of the stage HAGEN
Van Gogh bro THEO
Vienna-based cartel OPEC
Went to seed? SOWED
What mee krob is THAI
Where a Laker may live INLA
Whiskey spritz SODA
White wine CHABLIS
Work on a skirt HEM