L.A. Times Daily - May 24 2008

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Clues Answers
"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" memoirist Dave EGGERS
"Be careful what you wish for" gift POISONEDCHALICE
"Pure as the driven slush," in Bankhead's words UNCHASTE
"The Cotton Club" actor GERE
"The quickest way of ending __ is to lose it": Orwell AWAR
1973 Grammy-winning jazz pianist TATUM
1985 Malkovich film ELENI
2003 Masters champ MIKEWEIR
All, in scores TUTTI
Almost a ringer LEANER
Argentine "Hey!" that became a noted nickname CHE
Banned fruit spray ALAR
Body shop? SPA
Boor CHURL
By surprise ABACK
Chevy SUV TAHOE
Corp. VIPs CFOS
Cut back ECONOMIZE
Derisive SNIDE
Dior creations ALINES
Discard TOSS
Doctrinal offshoots SECTS
Eccentric in the soap parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" FERNWOODFLASHER
English cooler GAOL
Even things ATONE
Golden, to Gauguin DOR
Graced with a number SERENADED
Hindu duty DHARMA
Homie's accolade PHAT
In the month preceding this one ULTIMO
It's across the Strait of Otranto from It. ALB
Kerfuffle STIR
Key of Prokofiev's first piano concerto DFLAT
Kind of weight loss METABOLIC
Like 19-Across FLARED
Lost cause GONER
Clues Answers
Louis XIV, to himself? ETAT
McGovern's 1972 running mate before Shriver EAGLETON
Medit. land ISR
Mil. category NCO
Mojito (Cuban cocktail) flavorings LIMES
Muhammad's daughter LAILA
Name in 1990s court news KAELIN
Nonexpert LAY
Often decorated architectural feature FRIEZE
Outlaw Kelly NED
Part of e.g. GRATIA
Pasta choice RIGATONI
PC "brains" CPUS
Phil or D'back NLER
Race TEAR
Razzle-dazzle ECLAT
Religious wear SKULLCAPS
Remove DOFF
Run-down hotels FLEABAGS
Scams HOSES
Scratch CLAW
Sharp punch AWL
Sing a lullaby, say CROON
Spaghetti, perhaps SIDEORDER
Stable element? HAY
Stereotypical country song TALEOFWOE
Stud sites LOBES
Table adornment TEACLOTH
Tandoori bread NAN
Topped OUTDID
Track placement BET
Trait source GENE
Tranquility REPOSE
Walled Fr. city on the English Channel STMALO
Was sore ACHED
__ about ONOR