L.A. Times Daily - Mar 10 2011

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Clues Answers
"Children of the Poor" author RIIS
"House" actor Omar EPPS
"Taking Woodstock" director LEE
"__ you paid me!" NOTIF
'70s-'80s televangelist show "The __ Club" PTL
7-Down athlete DOLPHIN
A and B, at times PLANS
Apollo 11 destination MOON
Be in the running VIE
Beyond repair TOTALED
Birthstone after opal TOPAZ
Broadcast AIRED
Bronco or Charger AUTO
Calrissian of "Star Wars" films LANDO
Center of Florida? EPCOT
Chip away at EATINTO
Come-__: lures ONS
Copies APES
Cops' favorite birds? CANARIES
Doctor's suggestion REST
Down SAD
Dubai big shot EMIR
Electronic storage density meas. BPI
Fifth wheel SPARE
Fills (up) GASES
First name in comics villains LEX
Gallery opening? ART
Galley tool OAR
Germs may lead to them IDEAS
Gets it SEES
Hold precious ADORE
Holdup note? LATEPASS
Home of a 4-Down MIAMI
Jack of "Barney Miller" SOO
Kitchen meas. TBSP
Kitchen tubes PENNE
Loads ATON
Most agree it should be reduced NATIONALDEBT
Mr. Peanut prop CANE
Clues Answers
Negotiation obstacle DEALBREAKER
NYPD broadcast APB
Old fallout source ATEST
One way to stand TALL
Orders from above EDICTS
Pageant prop TIARA
Paint choices HUES
Palindromic fashion model EMME
PDQ relative ASAP
Petrol unit LITRE
Place to play favorites, briefly OTB
Playground rejoinder AMTOO
Reason for the downfall of many kings? ACES
Recovery sites HOSPITALBEDS
Rollover subj. IRA
Rush find ORE
Say and mean AVER
Score direction after accelerando, perhaps ATEMPO
Screen door material MESH
Sen. Byrd's state WVA
Show age, in a way SAG
Skunk's weapon ODOR
Some are blind DATES
Speedy Gonzales assent SISI
State capital component, often SALESTAX
Street weapon, and a hint to the hidden theme in 17-, 23- and 48-Across SWITCHBLADE
Surgeon's patient, perhaps TREE
Sweet Sixteen initials NCAA
Tracy Turnblad's mom in "Hairspray" EDNA
Trading places EMPORIA
Turk's topper FEZ
Turn away AVERT
Vinegary prefix ACETO
Wasatch Mountains resort ALTA
Words of aggression TAKETHAT
Yeats's "__ and the Swan" LEDA
__ mater PIA
__ precedent SETA
__-secret TOP