L.A. Times Daily - Aug 13 2008

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Clues Answers
"A German Requiem" composer BRAHMS
"Das Lied von der Erde" composer MAHLER
*Big band venue DANCEHALL
*Big trouble HOTWATER
*College exam handout BLUEBOOK
*Package-mailing option PARCELPOST
*Town green feature PARKBENCH
*Word processor function SPELLCHECK
A house martin nests under it EAVE
ABA member ATT
Accused DEFENDANT
Actress Thompson SADA
Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald NATE
Beach volleyball team, e.g. DUO
Chumps FOOLS
Compton's, for one: Abbr. ENC
Country settled by freed American slaves LIBERIA
Cutting edge BLADE
Delicious TASTY
Detective TRACER
Device with shuttles LOOM
E-mail command SEND
Fashion issue ELLE
Friend of Fran and Ollie KUKLA
Hands across the water? CREW
Harem room ODA
Highest in rank, among animals ALPHA
Hollow response? ECHO
In __ land LALA
Inseparable ONE
Island on the Kalohi Channel LANAI
It borders It. AUS
It's a good thing ASSET
It's what's happening EVENT
Keep from hurting NUMB
Kind of surgery LASER
La MГ©diterranГ©e, e.g. MER
Laughing RIANT
Litter cry MEW
Clues Answers
Many mention baby Jesus NOELS
Milk by-product WHEY
Musical symbol REST
Officiates, in a way REFS
Oft-twangy genre, briefly CANDW
Orbital point APOGEE
Pah lead-in OOM
Patriotic women's org. DAR
Pay REMIT
Phony HOKEY
Pie fruit APPLE
Pool measurement DEPTH
Prefix with sol AERO
Rama, to Vishnu AVATAR
React to a trapeze act OOHANDAAH
Reason for slowing down CURVE
Rose part STEM
Safe place? HOTEL
Seafood order SCROD
Shakespearean sprite ARIEL
Shoelace tip AGLET
Short flight HOP
Sign of summer LEO
Some titled women DAMES
Somme summer ETE
Starbucks order LATTE
Sticks up ROBS
Succeed, dietwise LOSE
Summer hire TEMP
Support group that deals with co-dependence ALANON
Sympathetic sounds AWS
Take another shot at RETRY
Top group ATEAM
U.K. distances KMS
Verdi work OPERA
Volcanic residue ASH
Way off AFAR
Where the action is ARENA
Word that can follow the ends of answers to starred clues MARK