L.A. Times Magazine - Oct 5 2008

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Clues Answers
"An intellectual ___! The mind boggles!" (line from 1951's "The Thing") CARROT
"Be More Cynical" comic MAHER
"Ben-Hur" co-star Stephen et al. BOYDS
"I'm not a bad duck; I'm just ___" MALLARDJUSTED
"Now I'm not ___" SOSURE
"Shiny Happy People" band REM
"So why on earth should ___?" (line from "A Hard Day's Night") IMOAN
"We ___ family ..." ARE
"___ boy!" ATTA
34th U.S. pres. DDE
8 Down drink CIDER
AL team, on scoreboards BOS
Alan's Fed successor BEN
Ballet or film, e.g. ARTFORM
Barker on a case ASTA
Be the master of RULE
Bible verb HAST
Bond villain's first name ERNST
Botanical balm ALOE
Brass, for one ALLOY
Butterfly catcher NET
Byron poem, "When ___ Parted" WETWO
Cartoon skunk PEPE
Caught in ___ ALIE
Chess ploy, for short SAC
Choose OPT
Christiania, today OSLO
Church dignitary PRELATE
Clothes dryer? AIR
Comment to a "Star Wars" character after getting him out of a jam? YOUOWEMEONEKENOBI
Covers some ground? SODS
Current measurer AMMETER
Dance of the 1960s FRUG
Dash of seasoning? MRS
Defense org. NORAD
Depilatory brand NAIR
Diaphanous SHEER
Dinero for Diego PESO
Disney dog, "the ___" TRAMP
Do a job that's paid by the yard MOW
Does a bank job ROBS
Eruption fallout ASH
Exiting cry GERONIMO
Fast fish DARTERS
Fife, for one: abbr. DEP
Fill-in SUB
Glittery rock GEODE
Good name for a dentist? PHIL
Good students LEARNERS
Grasp SEE
Guess SURMISE
Half a writ HABEAS
Hank Williams Jr. tune, "She ___" HADME
Harbinger OMEN
High-class tie ASCOT
Highest NTH
House approval YEA
Hydrant hookup HOSE
It's below Tenn. ALA
Less frequent RARER
Less ventilated STUFFIER
Like Fran Drescher's voice NASAL
Like some knives SERRATED
Like some screenplays ADAPTED
Literally, "same name" HOMONYM
Little jerk TIC
Llama herder of old INCA
Long haul TREK
Clues Answers
Low-ranking USN types JGS
Luggage IDs TAGS
Lunchbox staple APPLE
Man with a mission? FRIAR
Maxim SAW
Mountain lake TARN
Musical stroller? MARIACHI
Naked exemplar JAYBIRD
Nasser was its pres. UAR
Neatened up GROOMED
Neil's slob OSCAR
Newbery Medal winner Scott ODELL
On ___ (under tight control) ALEASH
One way to stand ERECT
Optional rte. ALT
Overthrow TOPPLE
Part of ESP SENSORY
Pavlov and Alzheimer's thing, generally NEUROSCIENCE
Peach and cherry, e.g. PIES
Philly NPR station that produces "Fresh Air" WHYY
Place to pick lox DELI
Prehist. predator TREX
Prepare for takeoff TAXI
Pressure opener ACU
Prof. Tolkien JRR
Puck sells them POTS
Recycling receptacle BIN
Reluctant reply MUSTI
River rental CANOE
Rx writers MDS
Sean's persona after Puff Daddy PDIDDY
See 57 Across TART
See 61 Across ACCOUNTEDFOR
Semester testers EXAMS
Sharp feller? AXE
Sign on an ice cream shop? REMEMBERTHEALAMODE
Sporty import SAAB
Spot en el mar ISLA
Stage a comeback RALLY
Striker's item DEMAND
Stumblebum OAF
Take a ___ at STAB
Take ___ from one's book APAGE
That way, once YON
The B&O et al. RRS
The yoke's on them OXEN
Trade talk ARGOT
Two-edged swords RAPIERS
Unemotional STOIC
Unladylike laugh SNORT
Unseat OUST
Urbane DEBONAIR
V8 juice ingredient BEET
Vampire feature FANG
Vehicle of choice for transporting suspects? THEFORDEXTRADITION
Via wagering ONABET
Wall-to-wall coverage CARPETS
Weight room units REPS
Weightlessness, to first-timers ODDSENSATION
What even Paris's dad became when Helen of Troy was kidnapped? APRIAMSUSPECT
What goes on in Sue's books? GRAFTONCORRUPTION
Wide lace collars named after Charlemagne's mom BERTHAS
With 3 Down, a toaster treat POP
With 70 Across, what Nostradamus always said during roll call (to the constant irritation of his teachers)? PRESCIENTAND
Word in an ABBA musical MIA
Word on a coin CENT
Zero evidence NOTRACE
___ double-take DOA