L.A. Times Daily - Jan 12 2011

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Clues Answers
"If I Were a Rich Man" singer TEVYE
"Sonic the Hedgehog" developer SEGA
Assume a defensive position (and one way to highlight the puzzle theme found in the first and last letter pairs of 17-, 23- and 52-Across) CIRCLETHEWAGONS
Bambi's aunt ENA
Bamboozle SCAM
Bob Marley feature DREADS
Brooklyn's __ Field EBBETS
Building shelf LEDGE
Buried supply CACHE
Café cup TASSE
Cavs, on scoreboards CLE
Cheese or its town EDAM
Christian surname? DIOR
Clear ERASE
Company that uses Pegasus as a symbol MOBIL
Consignment shop transaction RESALE
Cuban dance RUMBA
Deep Throat's org. FBI
Derby town EPSOM
Elec. readout LCD
Ending with play or party GOER
Feminine suffix ENNE
Field unit EAR
Fords with racing stripes GTS
Frame for Roger Rabbit CEL
Frat "T" TAU
Get under control, in a way SEDATE
Gossipmonger YENTA
Haka dancers of New Zealand MAORI
Hard downpour HAIL
How oaths are taken ALOUD
Journalist Stewart or Joseph ALSOP
Kennel double talk? ARFARF
Knight games TILTS
Lake plant ALGA
Like most cardinals AVIAN
Made a quick stop RANIN
Madison's foil UNGER
Clues Answers
Match, as a raise SEE
Met favorites ARIAS
Mex. miss SRTA
Mideast "son of" IBN
More wise SAGER
Music biz sensation, perhaps TEEN
Nuclear org. created under HST AEC
One-named New Ager ENYA
Passed out in Vegas? DEALT
Pencil maze word ENTER
Persona non __ GRATA
River to the North Sea TYNE
Rosemary, for one HERB
Roundup RECAP
Sandals in Jamaica, e.g. CARIBBEANRESORT
Santana hit also covered by Tito Puente OYECOMOVA
Schoolyard claim DIBS
Shad delicacy ROE
Sharon's language HEBREW
She played Buffy SARAH
Sinatra's Gardner AVA
Some temps CLERICALS
Sound from Simba ROAR
Street of San José CALLE
Swelled head EGO
The Pawtucket Red Sox, e.g. TRIPLEAFARMTEAM
The Renault 5, in North America LECAR
Trig ratio SINE
Tuna at a luau AHI
When some suits don't wear suits DRESSDOWNFRIDAY
Where Rockefeller was gov. NYS
Where to see a lot of keys FLORIDA
Wide gulf ABYSM
Word of urgency NOW
Worked (up) HET
__ de espera: waiting room SALA
__ Grey tea EARL
__ to go RARIN