L.A. Times Daily - Jan 1 2009

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Clues Answers
"Goldberg Variations" composer BACH
"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy" speaker IAGO
"This is my best effort" ITRY
1840s abolitionist group LIBERTYPARTY
7 for N, e.g. ATNO
Accident cause, perhaps SKID
Annoying sort GADFLY
Any of five that begin this puzzle's longest answers BOWL
Apt.'s master, e.g. BDRM
Banjoist Scruggs EARL
Bay State airport LOGAN
Benefactor of a sort SUGARDADDY
Blue books? PORNO
By-the-fireside drink COCOA
Corn syrup brand KARO
Croft of video games LARA
Deadlock DRAW
Der Spiegel article EIN
Exerciser's target FLAB
Explosive experiment NTEST
Fall flat BOMB
Family group CLAN
Fiber source BRAN
Former name of the province whose capital is Bloemfontein ORANGEFREESTATE
Freshen AIROUT
Frosting thickener AGAR
Gambler's input ANTE
Helpful OFUSE
Hinterlands possessive HISN
Hood in the 'hood? DORAG
Hwy. mishap respondents EMTS
Improvise NOODLE
Insolvent banking giant, familiarly WAMU
Italy's La __ SCALA
Juillet's follower AOUT
Junior Olympic Games org. AAU
Letters near zero, at times OPER
Light bulb unit LUMEN
Clues Answers
Like 30-Down ADULT
Makes a bust SCULPTS
Mall sections ATRIA
Mobile watcher TOT
Neighbor of China LAOS
Nick Tortelli's ex, on "Cheers" CARLA
Nodding DROWSY
Not permanent ADHOC
One of Caesar's assassins CASCA
One of the official languages of the Northwest Territories CREE
Painter's medium OIL
Paris possessive MON
Pic, commercially FOTO
Reddish pigment ROSEMADDER
Retail come-on SALE
Roxane's lover CYRANO
Saroyan title character ARAM
Shiite leader IMAM
Ska precursor CALYPSO
Skater Slutskaya IRINA
Spanish sherry city, formerly XERES
Sport WEAR
Supportive cheer OLE
Synagogue quorum MINYAN
Thirtysomethings et al. GENX
Tribe related to the Missouri OTOE
True BONAFIDE
Turn out to be ENDUP
Uncomplicate to a fault DUMBDOWN
Venerate ADORE
Villain's end? OUS
Wash, in a way SWAB
Web attachment? CAM
Wee hour ONE
Witch trials VIP COTTONMATHER
Wrap session creation BOW
XIII x L DCL
Yearns for pines?: Abbr. SYN