L.A. Times Daily - Jun 24 2008

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Clues Answers
"Black gold" gp. OPEC
"Bon voyage" occasion DEPARTURE
"Filthy" money LUCRE
"That's the spot!" AAH
"The Republic" author PLATO
"There __ stupid questions ..." ARENO
"__ Miz" LES
"__ the night before ..." TWAS
Album's first half SIDEA
Architect Jones INIGO
Beatnik's "Understood" IDIG
Black Panthers cofounder Bobby SEALE
Bolshevik leader LENIN
Cabinet department with a windmill on its seal ENERGY
Convention center event EXPO
Creme-filled cookie OREO
Cultural prefix AGRI
Despot Amin IDI
Draft beasts OXEN
Enjoy some downtime RELAX
Fiber-yielding plant FLAX
Five-rayed seabed dweller STARFISH
Forearm bone ULNA
Forest grazer DEER
Hammer or sickle TOOL
Indian pita relative NAN
Infamous Houston company ENRON
Inquire about, as someone's health ASKAFTER
Kenny G's horn SAX
List-ending abbr. ETAL
Lumberjack AXER
Make less wordy, say EDIT
Margaret Thatcher, politically TORY
Mezzo Marilyn HORNE
Mournful toll KNELL
Mug for the camera SMILE
Nasty MEAN
Needle-toothed swimmer GAR
Clues Answers
Nile reptiles ASPS
Not achieved, as goals UNMET
Opponent ENEMY
Optimistic ROSY
Pact partner ALLY
Parade deluge CONFETTI
Pessimist NAYSAYER
Philly school PENN
Pipe with a 90-degree bend ELL
Pool maintenance bane ALGAE
Positions at Pebble Beach LIES
Print maker? FOOT
Proud way to stand TALL
Quantity of food eaten INTAKE
Quite a ways away AFAR
See 20-, 40- and 55-Across FILED
Sound of shock GASP
Spat TIFF
Spring for drinks TREAT
Stage accessory PROP
Stationery hue ECRU
Statistician's fodder DATA
Subject for discussion TOPIC
Support at a gallery EASEL
Thespian's quest ROLE
They may need stroking EGOS
They're 30-Down by manicurists LONGFINGERNAILS
They're 30-Down by prosecutors CRIMINALCHARGES
They're 30-Down by wage earners FEDERALTAXFORMS
Tot's first word, often MAMA
Two-masted vessel YAWL
U.K. lexicon OED
Underworld ferryman's post STYX
Urgent occurrence EMERGENCY
Verdi's princess AIDA
Walk woozily REEL
When bats come out DUSK
Wish were here MISS