L.A. Times Daily - Sep 7 2007

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"Here Comes Santa Claus" co-songwriter AUTRY
"The Fountainhead" architect ROARK
"The Godfather" composer Nino ROTA
2004 Dow 30 addition VERIZON
54-Down mate EWE
55-Down mate RAM
A lot OFTEN
Al and Dick, lately VEEPS
Associate CONSORT
Auto repair company since 1971 CARX
Base boss UMPIRE
Beavers, perhaps HATS
Brainstormers' cries AHAS
Brew SUDS
Capt.'s heading NNE
Choice list MENU
Connecting, on signs THRU
Contemporary of Ernst ARP
Cougar, e.g., briefly MERC
Cries out for NEEDS
Dench of the screen JUDI
Dispensed, with "out" METED
Doesn't give a choice COERCES
End of the quip GETCHANGE
Enthusiastic about INTO
Fish dish SUSHI
Florist's staple FERN
Gangster movie effect RATATAT
Get in the game ANTE
Hard thump CLUNK
IRS data SSNS
Isn't used SITS
It may be picked out ORE
It paid about 50-1 at the 2007 Kentucky Derby EXACTA
It's not good to be left in it LURCH
It's usually a yellow light FOGLAMP
Its flag features a six-pointed star: Abbr. ISR
LAX postings ETAS
Make malteds, e.g. JERK
Clues Answers
Mimieux of "The Time Machine" YVETTE
MLB semifinal NLCS
None too comfortable QUEASY
Not as friendly ICIER
Not blind AWARE
On-the-sly event TRYST
One may be donated ORGAN
Pay REMIT
Phonic lead-in DYS
Plain SAVANNA
Printing choice FONT
Program source CDROM
Proper type PRISS
Quip, part 2 HIMAPENNYFOR
Quip, part 3 HIS
Quip, part 4 THOUGHTSYOUD
Regulator of some traffic: Abbr. FAA
Roam GAD
Short turns? REVS
Six-pack components ABS
Some chairs, briefly CEOS
Spewed out EGESTED
Sport __ UTE
Start of a quip about a poor investment IFYOUGAVE
Stews SIMMERS
Take advantage of a sellout, in a way SCALP
Tatami, for one MAT
Teamster's pair OXEN
They're stereotypically green ETS
Three-nation pact of the '90s NAFTA
Tic-tac-toe loser OXO
Tiny globe BEAD
Trip over the mountains TREK
Tunes (out) ZONES
Union jack? DUES
Unit SQUAD
Up to the point that UNTIL
___ Bo TAE