L.A. Times Daily - Mar 10 2009

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Clues Answers
"Buddenbrooks" novelist Thomas MANN
"That's a __!": director's cry WRAP
"Up and __!" ATEM
100-yard dash, e.g. RACE
1975 #1 hit for Labelle LADYMARMALADE
Air traveler's choice AISLE
Animal housing ZOO
Anne Rice vampire LESTAT
Big Island port HILO
Bust's opposite BOOM
Christian chant ALLELUIA
Cinematic clownfish NEMO
Closings ENDS
Collector's goal SET
Common sonata finale CODA
Communion symbols WAFERS
Dept. of Labor division OSHA
Eponymous mathematician Karl GAUSS
Felipe's uncle TIO
French farewell ADIEU
Fuss TODO
Get used (to) ACCUSTOM
Giant who wore #4 OTT
Grommet's cousin EYELET
Hood's gun GAT
Imitate APE
It may be followed by a nap PLAYTIME
Legislative bigwigs WHIPS
Like a "fauxlex" watch ERSATZ
Like Pollyanna's optimism INCURABLE
Like some easy questions YESNO
Loud laugh YUK
Mackintosh, e.g. COAT
Many an ex-lib NEOCON
Math test question, briefly PROB
Messiah SAVIOR
Clues Answers
Move it HIE
Multipurpose ointment PETROLEUMJELLY
Nevada gambling mecca RENO
Not at all good-humored ORNERY
Office note MEMO
Old Roman Republic leader CONSUL
Once, long ago ERST
Parade sight FLOAT
Ph.D. candidate's hurdle ORALEXAM
Poetic "before" ERE
Pond floaters LILYPADS
Prayer beads ROSARY
Pretty woman LOOKER
Processes during checkout, as a credit card SWIPES
Prod SPUR
Quarantined ISOLATED
Rev.'s speech SER
Rules of sentence structure SYNTAX
Sanctuaries for flora PLANTPRESERVES
Seat belt, for one RESTRAINT
Second word of the song "The Sound of Music" HILLS
Serious SOBER
Shellacking ROUT
Sick ILL
Soaks (up), as with a paper towel SOPS
Surgery beam LASER
Syracuse University team ORANGE
The Darlings' dog NANA
The next United States one will be in 2010 CENSUS
Tips over UPENDS
Wading bird EGRET
Wash. Huskies' conf. PACTEN
Website offering streaming TV video HULU
Winter Palace residents TSARS
__ account: never ONNO
__ Bartlet, "The West Wing" president JED