L.A. Times Daily - Jan 21 2011

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Clues Answers
"Billy Budd," e.g. NOVELLA
"Casey's Top 40" host KASEM
"Lolita" star Sue LYON
11th-century date MVI
Agent inspired by Chan MOTO
Aim high ASPIRE
Bad Ems attraction SPA
Bit of plankton ALGA
Blubber LARD
C-3PO worshiper EWOK
Cape Cod feature GABLE
Cargo on the Edmund Fitzgerald when it sank in Lake Superior IRONORE
Certain lounge frequenter VIP
Chapeau's perch TETE
Chest muscles, briefly PECS
Comet competitor AJAX
Commotion ADO
Crankcase reservoir OILPAN
Cutty __: historic clipper ship SARK
Dismally damp DANK
DuPont's Fiber A, now ORLON
Egyptian viper ASP
Elicit a :-) from AMUSE
Embezzle SKIM
Emulate 2-Down BOX
Exotic guided tour SAFARI
F equivalent ESHARP
Fighter who was a dove ALI
Flop DOG
Give a leg up AID
Heavenly food on the nightstand? BEDSIDEMANNA
Heavy metal mimic? HARDROCKMYNA
Insect that can mimic a leaf KATYDID
Lassitude ENNUI
Like a thorough update NEWSY
Like ESP? SIXTH
Like, with "to" AKIN
Long-odds track wager EXACTA
Mantel piece URN
Clues Answers
Medicinal plants ALOES
Minor crying wolf? PUP
Napoleonic Wars marshal NEY
Nat or Card NLER
Nickname for a pharmaceuticals czar? PILLPAPA
OAS member ECUA
Object of a kicking game TINCAN
Oldest musketeer ATHOS
One bearing down EIDER
One shooting the bull? VET
Peevish, as a puss SOUR
Plantation near Twelve Oaks TARA
Pram occupant's wear NAPPY
Prince William's alma mater ETON
Recipient of an annual baseball award since 1983 MANAGER
Ricochet CAROM
Rodeo prop RIATA
Ruinous LETHAL
Sailor's pocket bread? SALTPITA
SFO listing ETA
Sharp Italian cheese ROMANO
Showman Ziegfeld FLO
Slightly gapped AJAR
Soak up some rays TAN
Sparkling wine city ASTI
Stalk STEM
State of matter GAS
State of matter PLASMA
Subway co. in a 1959 song MTA
Surfing-induced torpor? BEACHCOMA
Tough test ORDEAL
Valentine trim LACE
Wee bit SMIDGEN
Where to see government programs CSPAN
Williams of ''Happy Days'' ANSON
Worn symbol of support ARMBAND
Zadora of "Hairspray" PIA
Zookeeper's main squeeze? BOA
__ avis RARA