L.A. Times Daily - Jan 4 2010

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Clues Answers
"Apollo 13" gp. NASA
"For Pete's __!" SAKE
"You, over there!" HEY
*Analytical write-up CASESTUDY
*Cops' sickout BLUEFLU
*Iced tea garnish LEMONPEEL
*Karate and aikido MARTIALARTS
*Sound and practical judgment COMMONSENSE
1950s White House nickname IKE
1970s Mary Tyler Moore costar EDASNER
A kind of it begins the answers to starred clues LAW
Barely passing grade DPLUS
Bluegrass instrument BANJO
Capote, familiarly TRU
Clay pigeon sport SKEET
Crowd to capacity JAMPACK
Destined FATED
Drifter NOMAD
Dry as __ ABONE
E-mails SENDS
Event for special customers PRESALE
Fellow LAD
Fiery felony ARSON
Flavor-enhancing additive MSG
Food preparers' headgear HAIRNETS
Fourth-yr. collegians SRS
Garden intruders WEEDS
German dessert STRUDEL
Give it a whirl TRY
Half-baked twice? DONE
Hard to please PICKY
Homer chronicled its destruction TROY
Honshu metropolis OSAKA
It might be half-baked IDEA
It's two more than an eagle PAR
Jacket closer SNAP
Klutz OAF
Lenders' charges RATES
Letters before a 15-Across AKA
Clues Answers
Like a day with blue skies CLEAR
Like some lettuce REDLEAF
Lofty lair AERIE
Misleading moniker ALIAS
Modify AMEND
Mojave hills DUNES
More boorish RUDER
Nebraska native OTO
Nine-digit IDs SSNS
Obligation DUTY
One on foot, in signs PED
Opposite of WNW ESE
Outback sprinter EMU
Part of a univ. URL EDU
Peach or beech TREE
Pigeon patter COOS
Pirates roam them SEAS
Place to fish from PIER
Present, as one's case STATE
Protein-rich legume SOYBEAN
Purpose USE
Quit worrying RESTEASY
Ready in the keg ONTAP
Show fallibility ERR
Skilled ADEPT
Small size PETITE
Sound like a pig OINK
Talks back to SASSES
Tampa NFLers BUCS
Tearoom biscuit SCONE
Trio in a nursery rhyme tub MEN
University VIP DEAN
V-formation fliers GEESE
Verboten act NONO
Visitor from the stars ALIEN
Wipe clean ERASE
WWII threat UBOAT
Zero NIL
__ Cruces, New Mexico LAS