L.A. Times Daily - Aug 3 2008

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Clues Answers
"Dies __" IRAE
"Done!" FINIS
"Golf Begins at Forty" author SNEAD
"Monster" actor DERN
"The Highwayman" poet NOYES
"Toy Story" studio PIXAR
"__ built a railroad ..." ONCEI
"__ Cross": 1949 Lancaster film CRISS
16-yr.-old's desire, usually: Abbr. LIC
1960s-'70s White House monogram RMN
66-Down cause, maybe BLACKPEPPER
Abraham's wife SARAH
Afgh. neighbor PAK
Agree with ECHO
Airs, perhaps MUSIC
Alternative to oils ACRYLICS
Arizona's Agua __ National Monument FRIA
Arkansas city OZARK
Art world concerns FORGERIES
Benefits SAKES
Beyond ACROSS
Big name in Rastafarianism HAILE
Bigwig VIP
Blessing preceder? ACHOO
Breakfast table container MILKPITCHER
Building support IBEAM
Butt-head's buddy BEAVIS
Carry along TOTE
Census datum AGE
Chart holder EASEL
Chemical suffix IDE
Chevy celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008 IMPALA
Cinco y dos SIETE
Company founded by Ingvar Kamprad IKEA
Cowardly Lion portrayer LAHR
Croat neighbor SERB
Darjeeling crops TEAS
Date maker PALM
Diver's choice TUCKPOSITION
Dollar competitor AVIS
Dress nattily PREEN
Easy __ ASPIE
Economical THRIFTY
Eldest of baseball's Alou brothers FELIPE
Ernst contemporary ARP
Eucharist plate PATEN
Eyelashes CILIA
Favored PET
Finnish telecommunications giant NOKIA
Fluid buildup EDEMA
Foolish SAPPY
Forms puddles POOLS
French satellite launcher ARIANE
Friskiness metaphor OATS
Game with 108 cards UNO
Gamecocks' rivals, briefly VOLS
Get-writing link ITIN
Greenland coin KRONE
Growing enterprise FARM
Gucci rival FENDI
Hanks's "Sleepless in Seattle" costar RYAN
Hard to reach ALOOF
HBO rival TMC
Helps to attain "win-win" MEDIATES
Historical periods ERAS
Hopper et al. HEDDAS
Hostess who inspired "Call Me Madam" MESTA
In a dilemma TORN
In disarray MESSY
Insect stage IMAGO
Inuit transportation tool KAYAKPADDLE
Clues Answers
It doesn't reach the knee MINI
Kind of dating CARBON
Latin 101 word ESSE
Legendary Georgia Tech coach Bobby DODD
Liberal AMPLE
Like hash meat DICED
Look for answers ASK
Lotion additive ALOE
Lowest enlisted rank BUCKPRIVATE
Madison Ave. type ADMAN
Maker of 103-Across, e.g. FABRICATOR
MC's need MIC
Mid sixth-century date DLIII
Ming of the NBA YAO
More skilled APTER
Needle in a ceremony ROAST
Newspaper giant HEARST
NFL stat YDS
NJ-based supermarket chain AANDP
Not hoard SPEND
Not in use IDLE
Nutritional needs MINERALS
Oater omen NOOSE
Obligations DEBTS
Old printing machine DITTO
One might be given a 10 PEAKPERFORMANCE
One often looking down SNOB
Panache, e.g. EZINE
Pawnee ally OTOE
Perfect service ACE
Plumed wader EGRET
Poet's "prior to" ERE
Preferences LIKES
Puritanical statute BLUELAW
Pythons, e.g. BOAS
Rat FINK
Recordholder before Ichiro for most hits in a season SISLER
Reed site MARSH
Resigns, at a high level ABDICATES
Sacred writings TORAHS
San Francisco Bay landmark CANDLESTICKPARK
Serpent's tail? INE
Shoe company founded in Bredebro, Denmark ECCO
Shortest way around the track INSIDELANE
Singers' refrains LALAS
Soft foods PAPS
Some watch readouts LCDS
Spirited horse STEED
Splash against LAPAT
Stop STEM
Surprise hit, maybe BSIDE
Swiss novelist Madame de __ STAEL
Symbols of might OAKTREES
Syrian, probably ARAB
They have IDs USERS
Tom, for one MALE
Tools for 91-Across IRONS
Toy piano sound PLINK
Trade things? TOOLS
Trailer for a privileged few SNEAKPREVIEW
Tuba note PAH
Type size PICA
Until now SOFAR
Use, as a cot LIEON
Went down SANK
When Hamlet's father's ghost appears ACTI
Win, as a job LAND
Woodland deity SATYR
[intentionally as is] SIC
__ instant INAN
__ Romana PAX