L.A. Times Daily - Dec 16 2014

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Clues Answers
"Dallas" matriarch Miss __ ELLIE
"It's the __ I can do" LEAST
"Kiss Me, __" KATE
"That was close!" PHEW
"__ Rae" NORMA
*Actor Sydney of "Casablanca" GREENSTREET
*Break for fuel GASSTOP
*Danger after a heavy rainfall FLASHFLOOD
*Talent show hosted by Ed McMahon STARSEARCH
Activist Guevara CHE
Arty NYC locale SOHO
Asparagus serving SPEAR
Boiling mad ENRAGED
Boot bottoms SOLES
Break down, as a sentence PARSE
Brought up REARED
Bug in a program, say ERROR
Bustle ADO
Conical dwelling TEPEE
Consume EAT
Crazy way to go APE
Curtain holder ROD
DDE's WWII command ETO
Dilapidated building, e.g EYESORE
Dummy Mortimer SNERD
Exxon, previously ESSO
Folded eggs dish OMELET
Folklore monster OGRE
Forgetful, maybe SENILE
Furry swimmer OTTER
Get on in years AGE
Go for groceries SHOP
Golfer's peg TEE
Greek "i" IOTA
Gym cushion MAT
Handy ADEPT
Hem and __ HAW
Hidden loot STASH
Hole-boring tool AUGER
Clues Answers
Homeowners' documents DEEDS
Jules who created Captain Nemo VERNE
Kitchen appliance STOVE
Largest city in Belarus MINSK
Like a fifth tire SPARE
Like some outlet store mdse IRR
Maiden name indicator NEE
Perform better than OUTDO
Pioneering ISP AOL
Political convention setting ARENA
Protected, at sea ALEE
Quick intake of breath GASP
Reg STD
Ripped TORE
Sealy rival SERTA
Shade provider TREE
Ship's pronoun HER
Shower offering GIFT
Slander ASPERSE
Sports analyst Hershiser OREL
Sports page numbers STATS
Superman's symbol ESS
Takes advantage of USES
Takes to jail ARRESTS
Tender-hearted SOFT
Things that shouldn't be done NONOS
Three, in Bologna TRE
Throbbed PULSED
Tiny skin opening PORE
Tomato concentrate PASTE
Took to jail RANIN
Trickles (through) SEEPS
TV host Pennington and Hall of Famer Cobb TYS
Understand (and a hint to both parts of this puzzle's answers to starred clues) SEETHELIGHT
Waiter's carrying aid TRAY
Word with horse or track SHOE
Youngest Jetson ELROY
Zambia neighbor: Abbr ANG
__ excuse for: hardly the best example of APOOR