L.A. Times Daily - Oct 28 2013

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"Falstaff" was his last opera VERDI
"Is anybody here?" HELLO
6'3", 5'4", etc.: Abbr HTS
Alley prowlers TOMS
Applaud CLAP
Apple music players IPODS
Arabian leader EMIR
Athenian walkway STOA
Bedframe part SLAT
Carton-cushioning unit STYROFOAMPEANUT
Catchall option in a survey question OTHER
Caveman Alley OOP
Chuck who broke the sound barrier YEAGER
Close associates COMPADRES
Computer storage medium MEMORYCHIP
Crumbly Italian cheese ASIAGO
Cyclades island IOS
Discern DESCRY
Earth chopper HOE
Facebook notes, briefly IMS
Feats like the Yankees' 1998, '99 and 2000 World Series wins THREEPEATS
Fitzgerald of jazz ELLA
Forget where one put, as keys MISLAY
French vineyard CRU
Function USE
Golf great Ballesteros SEVE
Irene of "Fame" CARA
Jamie of "M*A*S*H" FARR
Kadett automaker OPEL
Kids' imitation game SIMONSAYS
Lao Tzu's "path" TAO
Latin being ESSE
Latin love word AMAS
Male sibs BROS
Mischievous trick DIDO
Mrs. Eisenhower MAMIE
Multiple Grammy-winning cellist YOYOMA
Muslim pilgrim's destination MECCA
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Notes after dos RES
Nothing to write home about SOSO
Novel on a small screen, perhaps EBOOK
Opposite of NNW SSE
Orator's place DAIS
Otherwise ELSE
Part of USDA: Abbr AGR
Pedro's eye OJO
Persian rulers SHAHS
Play a part ACT
Pop singer Spector who fronted a '60s girl group named for her RONNIE
Preparing to use, as a hose UNCOILING
Put back to zero RESET
Quick-on-the-uptake type, in slang SMARTCOOKIE
Quran religion ISLAM
Relatives KIN
River of Grenoble ISERE
Roadside assistance org AAA
RR stop STA
Showy authority figure WHIPCRACKER
Sicilian volcano ETNA
Slangy prefix meaning "ultra" UBER
Snide smile SNEER
Summoned as a witness SUBPOENAED
Take by force WREST
Tampa Bay NFLer BUC
Tax pro: Abbr CPA
Tense pre-deadline period ... or when to eat the ends of 17-, 24-, 37- and 46-Across? CRUNCHTIME
They're related to the severity of the crimes JAILTERMS
Tombstone lawman Wyatt EARP
Underlying reason CAUSE
Up-tempo Caribbean dance MAMBO
Used-up pencils NUBS
Vietnam neighbor LAOS
Vintner's prefix OEN
Vivacity ELAN
When repeated, island near Tahiti BORA
Wipe clean ERASE