L.A. Times Sunday - Dec 13 2009

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Clues Answers
"... of Orient ___" ARE
"Awesome!" WHOA
"El Paso" singer Robbins MARTY
"Friend ___?" ORFOE
"It's A Wonderful Life" lead character, ___ Bailey GEORGE
"Nope" UHUH
"Quiet now" HUSH
"___ much!" TOO
"___ the Chief" HAILTO
A cHOice individual? THOMASHOBSON
Action climax, often CHASE
Actor Carroll LEOG
Actress Lena OLIN
Akin: abbr. REL
Ambience AURA
As late as TIL
At sea LOST
At the drop of ___ AHAT
Audience shout AUTHORAUTHOR
Axolotl's cousin EFT
Bar owner on "The Simpsons" MOE
Bard's before ERE
Big shot HEADHONCHO
Bit of December mail CARD
Black or green stuff TEA
Blakey of jazz ART
Bone to pick BEEF
Bones OSSA
Brief personal history? BIO
British gun STEN
Bus. boss CEO
Caught in ___ ALIE
Chute and sHOot, e.g. HOMOPHONES
Classic Hanks line in "Saving Private Ryan," "___ this" EARN
Colorful fish OPAH
Compass pt. ESE
Confrontation RUNIN
Continue GOON
Credo ETHIC
Day-___ GLO
Demond's 1970s co-star REDD
Detest ABHOR
Do (something) tHOroughly GOWHOLEHOG
Doesn't ignore HEEDS
Easy win ROMP
Egyptian goddess ISIS
Emanation of a sort ODOR
Extinct bird DODO
Extremely popular HUGE
Exult annoyingly GLOAT
Fade, as a snowman MELT
Fairy-tale character OGRE
Feathery accessory BOA
First-year types FROSH
Forget OMIT
Franz's "pump you up" pal on "SNL" HANS
Ft. or yd., e.g. MEAS
Garland co-star's role, 1939 LION
Garland co-star, 1939 LAHR
German industrial center RUHR
Go back RENEGE
Gold container, perhaps ORE
Got the pot WON
Grammy-winning country star of the 1980s, K.T. ___ OSLIN
Greek letter PHI
Guitar part NECK
Half a ring DONG
Hindu title SRI
Hot car's destination CHOPSHOP
Huck or Tom, e.g. LAD
IdaHO's "Niagara of the West" SHOSHONEFALLS
Impress deeply ETCH
Clues Answers
It's luminous witHOut heat PHOSPHORUS
Lake rental CANOE
Large opening? MACRO
Like some cHOres HOUSEHOLD
Magnate's nickname ARI
Marco Polo's heading EAST
Mfr.'s recommended amt. SRP
Milky-white stone OPAL
Mr. Rubik ERNO
Not fooled by ONTO
Nursery rhyme girl BOPEEP
Ornament's place? HOOD
Overthrow first, e.g. ERR
Oxford honoree RHODESSCHOLAR
Paper name, briefly TRIB
Parcel unit ACRE
Part of a ship PROW
Part of A.D. ANNO
Part of UCLA LOS
Patriotic soc. DAR
Pharaoh's symbol ASP
Piercing sites EARS
Pilot's announcement: abbr. ETA
Plant pest APHID
Plant with sHOwy flowers HOLLYHOCK
Porta-pooch? LAPDOG
Prefix for the square root of this clue OCTO
Property claims LIENS
Prose pros EDITORS
QB's try: abbr. ATT
Reindeer tootsies HOOVES
Rick and Victor's love ILSA
Roman poet OVID
Satisfied sounds AHS
See 108 Across HOLIDAYS
Singer Jim CROCE
Some intro? CHROMO
Stephen Foster tune, "___ Carry Me 'Long" OHBOYS
Stocking stuffer? COAL
Sweet finish OSE
Team's win-loss status: abbr. REC
Terminal term ANODE
Terry, e.g. CLOTH
That boat HER
The iron giant in "The Iron Giant" ROBOT
They may mature in one yr. TBILLS
Tick, for one MITE
Trouncing ROUT
Type of spray MACE
Type of violet PANSY
Unification Church head MOON
Uproar TODO
Vine-shaded area ARBOR
Walla Walla's winter hrs. PST
Wassailing place PUB
Went by sleigh RODE
Western alliance NATO
What a big weather-map arrow might indicate COOLAIR
Where Ruth is BIBLE
Whitman's HOund CHOCOHOLIC
Wine factor YEAR
Wine factor AGE
With 111 Across, a seasonal tHOught HOMEFORTHE
Wonka's creator DAHL
Worse verse? DOGGEREL
Wreath sites, often DOORS
WWII arena: abbr. ETO
Zenith APEX
___ degree TOA
___ Hashana ROSH
___ tax EXCISE
___ the collar HOTUNDER