L.A. Times Daily - Nov 8 2016

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Clues Answers
"Any more bright __?" IDEAS
"Family Matters" nerd URKEL
"In what way?" HOWSO
"Metamorphoses" poet OVID
"Oops, almost forgot" OHYEAH
"__ Rose": "The Music Man" song LIDA
*Handsome guy or gorgeous gal DREAMBOAT
*Old West transport STAGECOACH
*Temporary group for a specific job TASKFORCE
*Trailways, for one BUSLINE
23-Across, e.g ALE
48-Across ancestor VCR
A great deal LOTS
Annoys persistently BADGERS
Author John le __ CARRE
Avoid, with "off" STAVE
Big fuss ADO
Bouquet __: chef's tasty bundle GARNI
British brew with a red triangle in its logo BASS
Camp bed BUNK
Captain Marvel's magic word SHAZAM
Catnip or coriander HERB
Charlatans FAKERS
Consumed EATEN
Deeply expressive SOULFUL
DVR pioneer TIVO
Elected pols INS
Emphatic denial IAMNOT
Felt sorry about RUED
Flies off the shelf SELLS
Former "Idol" judge Paula ABDUL
Furniture with a lock, maybe DESK
Golden rule word UNTO
Good—and bad—dietary substances FATS
Having financial freedom ... and, literally, what the last words of the answers to starred clues comprise SETFORLIFE
Impulses URGES
Jiffy Lube supply OIL
Kenton of jazz STAN
Kindle read, briefly ZINE
Clues Answers
Lean TILT
Like much whiskey AGED
Loosen, as laces UNDO
Loses on purpose? DIETS
Making a cake, say BAKING
Many August babies LEOS
Martial arts-based fitness routine TAEBO
Metro regions URBS
Molecule part ATOM
Nickname for José PEPE
North Carolina campus ELON
Note equivalent to E FFLAT
Novelist Wharton EDITH
Old music halls ODEA
Olympic symbol TORCH
One sent back down the river? EXCON
Out of control WILD
Pennysaver contents ADS
Personal trainer's target FLAB
Pielike brunch serving QUICHE
Place of safety HAVEN
Play a part ACT
Prepare for takeoff TAXI
Race with batons RELAY
Retail complex MALL
Road in old Rome ITER
Russian river URAL
Shoe polish targets SCUFFS
Sporty '80s Pontiac FIERO
Swab again REMOP
Throw in the towel QUIT
Took a tumble FELL
Toss of a coin FLIP
Verdi princess AIDA
Wagner princess ISOLDE
Water in the Seine EAU
Words to a black sheep BAABAA
Workable, as an alternative VIABLE
__ Fáil: Irish "stone of destiny" LIA