L.A. Times Magazine - Mar 2 2008

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Clues Answers
"And they ceased, and there was ___" (Luke 8:24) ACALM
"Domestic goddess" comedienne BARR
"Finish your food!" EATUP
"He's ___ again!" ATIT
"No way!" IWONTDOIT
"Not on ___!" ADARE
"Now ___ back to me" READIT
"Rodeo" composer* COPLAND
"Romantic" intro ISNTIT
"You're All ___ Get By" INEEDTO
"___ the ramparts ..." OER
1978 musical, The ___ WIZ
A question of authority? WHOSAYS
A team may draw this, in sportscaster-speak* FIRSTBLOOD
A word to the unwelcome SHOO
Action film that would complete the five-film set of a certain well-known actor's five-letter movies. Can you spot the unusual letter pattern among the existing four films (at 61, 63, 64, and 68 Across) and then figure out what the remaining film would have to be called to fit the pattern? (The title of the would-be film is a common word whose slang meaning, aptly enough, is "kill" or "die.") The pattern works only if the would-be film comes second in the five-film list. CROAK
Actor Bert LAHR
Actress D'Orsay FIFI
Actress Dunne IRENE
Actress Garr TERI
Actress Tippi HEDREN
Adrian portrayer TALIA
Aggravate IRK
Altar declaration VOW
Ancient board game (anagram of TEENS) SENET
At a previous time EARLIER
Author Harper LEE
Biblical outcast EVE
Bk. before Esth. NEH
Blind as ___ ABAT
Born NEE
Bright color from a box REDCRAYON
Capt. saluters LTS
Cause for celebration* VICTORY
Cheap substitute of sorts* RHINESTONE
Chelation-therapy compound EDTA
Chihuly's medium GLASS
Cologne cry ACH
Compass pt. ESE
Corp. execs VPS
Crosby and Vallee, e.g. CROONERS
Cry from the wrongly accused LIAR
Cyclotron bit ION
Delay a person? STALLONE
Deliverer's words HERETIS
Do needlework STITCH
Drinks slowly SIPS
Duck down HIDE
Excavated DUG
Excessive* OVERTHETOP
Family room DEN
FDR prog. NRA
Felt sorry for PITIED
Finish line END
Five-letter film #1* ROCKY
Five-letter film #3* OSCAR
Five-letter film #4* COBRA
Five-letter film #5* RAMBO
Foot prefix PEDO
Former Ford minivans AEROSTARS
French street RUE
Funny Margaret CHO
German road BAHN
Golden ___ AGE
Gownlike garment TUNIC
Gray, in a way ASHY
Gum flavor SPEARMINT
Half a Heyerdahl title AKU
Have a yen for WANT
Health org. CDC
Clues Answers
Hitmen* ASSASSINS
Ilsa's love RICK
In favor of PRO
In vitro subjects OVA
Indy's "500" MILES
Ipanema's city RIO
Jim Stafford hit, "Spiders ___" ANDSNAKES
Kabuki cousin NOH
Links org. PGA
Little rascal IMP
Lvcky nvmber VII
Marty portrayer ERNEST
Mason, for ex. ATTY
Mauna ___ LOA
Memorize (lines) LEARN
Mini-surge in business BOOMLET
More devious SLYER
Mystery writer Marsh NGAIO
Natural soother ALOE
Navy noncom CPO
Nay sayers ANTIS
Not working OFF
Nuclear research city OAKRIDGE
Philly player EAGLE
Popular rental CAR
Postal machine SORTER
Potter portrayer RADCLIFFE
Pound THROB
Pseudo-fat OLESTRA
Pt. of SPCA SOC
Qatari, for one ARAB
QU filler RST
Race (an engine) REV
Relinquish CEDE
Scarf down INHALE
Sets apart ISOLATES
Shootout site OKCORRAL
Shutout spoilers RUNS
Skier's transport TBAR
Skip, as a dance SITOUT
Sleuth Wolfe NERO
Some doters on babies AUNTS
Sports-bar staples TVS
Stanley yells it STELLA
Stick (to) ADHERE
Straightens (up) TIDIES
Studio sign ONAIR
Suspenseful finish* CLIFFHANGER
Swiftly APACE
Table linen NAPERY
Take a shot at GOFOR
Tease RAGON
Tennis great ASHE
They play at Chez Shea METS
Throat feature TONSIL
Thunder god THOR
TiVo forerunner VCR
Tony winner Caldwell ZOE
Toshiba rival SANYO
Total Fitness company BALLY
Truck stop fare HASH
Vampire's undoing* DAYLIGHT
Wee-hours folks* NIGHTHAWKS
Wet MOISTEN
William Tell, for one ARCHER
Wine adjective DRY
Yule-rejecting word BAH
___ approval SEALOF
___ pickle INA
___ violet AFRICAN