L.A. Times Daily - Feb 5 2010

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Clues Answers
"Bewitched" role TABITHA
"Do I dare to __ peach?": Eliot EATA
"Murder, __ Wrote" SHE
"__ forgiven" ALLIS
*Arthur in a dress BEA
*Ball honorees BELLES
*Brit. award OBE
*Danseur noble's partner BALLERINA
*First family member ABEL
*Old street corner singer BALLADEER
*Receptacle for choice slips BALLOTBOX
*Southwestern horseman CABALLERO
63-Across hdg. ENE
65-Across's "Bravo!" OLE
Abbr. that shortens text ETAL
Actress Barkin ELLEN
Aleutian island ATKA
Author Leonard ELMORE
Bard's "below" NEATH
Besiege STORM
Bill for shots BARTAB
Carefree diversions LARKS
Caught on video TAPED
Chops finely MINCES
Con SHAM
Course with x's ALGEBRA
Cover letter letters ENC
Cpl.'s superior SGT
Culinary author Rombauer IRMA
D.C. fundraisers PACS
Demonstrate effectiveness, and a literal hint to the puzzle theme found in the answers to starred clues BEONTHEBALL
Diamond stat ERA
Director De Mille CECIL
Drift ROAM
Drink from a bag TEA
Eastern principle TAO
Emma's "Sense and Sensibility" role ELINOR
Eucharist plate PATEN
European auto OPEL
Clues Answers
Express gratitude to THANK
Extra large? OBESE
Farm dweller ANT
Fidel's friend CHE
Finsteraarhorn, e.g. ALP
Gossip columnist Cassini IGOR
Hangdog ABASHED
Inclination BENT
Keys ISLETS
Lie TELLAFIB
Lip soother BALM
Microscopic organism AMEBA
Middle x TAC
Mine entrance ADIT
Muppet who testified before Congress ELMO
Musher's wear PARKA
Musical ability EAR
Near-exhaustion metaphor LASTLEGS
One taking a little off the top? AGENT
Orkan sign-off word NANU
Other, in Spain OTRA
Park, in NYC AVE
Provençal cuisine delicacies MORELS
Publisher often seen in PJs HEF
Radar guns, e.g. SENSORS
Repeated nursery rhyme opener BAA
Risky undertaking VENTURE
Ritzy DELUXE
Root for CHEERON
Ruby and others REDS
San Luis __, California OBISPO
Spry AGILE
Start of many a story ONCE
Street going downhill? PICABO
Summa __ laude CUM
Three-part nos. SSNS
Valuable rock ORE
West who said "To err is human, but it feels divine" MAE
__ St Ives: Cornwall museum TATE