L.A. Times Daily - Aug 17 2008

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Clues Answers
"American Beauty" actress BENING
"Delete slapstick sketch"? ZANYTHINGGOES
"Life is just __ ..." ABOWL
"Sexy Eyes" pop group DRHOOK
"The Missile Crisis" author Abel ELIE
"To Kill a Mockingbird" clown? BOZORADLEY
"__ cost you!" ITLL
"__ who?!" SEZ
1/12 of a gro. DOZ
Actor Oliver PLATT
Actress Berger SENTA
Ad-libbed ad PLUG
Aleutian city or its island ATKA
Ali the woodcutter BABA
Ancestry BLOOD
Andrews and Edwards: Abbr. AFBS
Athletic support RAHS
Author Lin __ YUTANG
Auto racer Luyendyk ARIE
Babysitter, at times NANA
Ballroom dance CHACHA
Baroque composer Padre Antonio __ SOLER
Be snippy GETFRESH
Become GROW
Belg. language FLEM
Ben-Gay target ACHE
Big cheese BOSS
Big period ERA
Cable movie channnel STARZ
Castigate SNIPEAT
City founded by Puritans BOSTON
Clearasil commercial model? THEZITGIRL
College near Albany SIENA
Colorful Congresswoman's memoir? ABZUGSLIFE
Common Latino newspaper name ELSOL
Cotton sheets BATTS
Cross shape TAU
Dash PIZAZZ
Depression DALE
Didn't leave the house SATHOME
Distant AFAR
Do a marathon in Egypt? RUNAROUNDSUEZ
Emphatic denial IDONOT
Fabric rib WALE
False start? PSEUDO
Fanatic ZEALOT
First name in architecture EERO
Fish out of water MISFIT
Flagg's confusing challenge? FANNIEMAZE
Free LETOUT
Fresno campus: Abbr. CSU
German article EINE
Get hitched TIETHEKNOT
Giant opening? SOFTG
Golden __ AGERS
Hairy HIRSUTE
Has a bit of TRIES
Hide-hair link NOR
High home AERIE
Horn blast BLARE
In a bit ANON
In front of BEFORE
In the loop AWARE
It counts NEATNESS
It precedes di or da, in a Beatles song OBLA
It's extracted ORE
Kimono wearer GEISHA
Landing parties? FLYINS
Leveled RAZED
Leveled EVENED
Clues Answers
Light wts. OZS
Like a certain textbook mkt. ELHI
Like the Pantheon DOMED
Line above the equator: Abbr. NLAT
Loses intentionally DIETS
Medical tube STENT
Mil. no-show AWOL
Milo of "Ulysses" OSHEA
Mink kin STOAT
Missing from NOTAT
More chilling EERIER
Musician's better half? SIDEA
Mythical symbol of purity UNICORN
Night sch. awards GEDS
Novelist O'Brien et al. EDNAS
Old TV host Edwards RALPH
On the move ASTIR
PC hookup LAN
Philosopher Lao-__ TZU
Pigeon tail? TOED
Pitched thing TENT
Pound's passing? THEENDOFANEZRA
Praiseful hymn PAEAN
Prefix with -syncratic IDIO
Province of southern China HUNAN
Punch a legendary pianist? HITLISZT
Put down LAY
Quill accessory INKPOT
R&B artist Redding OTIS
Rabble RAFF
Remote hiding place? SOFA
River past Orenburg URAL
Rubberneck GAPE
Second place? TENS
See the light? AWAKEN
Sentimental SOUPY
Shield BADGE
Short range ATOB
Show one's talent for a jazz great? PLAYHARDTOGETZ
Shrimp kin PRAWN
Side Lincoln is on OBVERSE
Simple sci-fi race ELOI
Simpson of fashion ADELE
Singer Vic DAMONE
Sister of Thalia ERATO
Skip over, in a replay ZAP
Solvent AFLOAT
Speaker of baseball TRIS
Spiced beverage TODDY
Square feature RIGHTANGLE
Stout server? ALEWIFE
Strand TRESS
Strong arms UZIS
Stun DAZE
Tater Tots maker OREIDA
Tax form ID SSN
The gold, in Guadalajara ELORO
Theoretically ONPAPER
Thunderstruck AMAZED
Totals RUNSTO
Vaccine developer SALK
View from Nantucket: Abbr. ATL
Wear down ERODE
Weather RIDEOUT
What the suspicious smell ARAT
Wild bunch MOB
Winter Palace? CZARSEAT
Wombs UTERI
Women's shoe style TSTRAP
__ nous ENTRE