L.A. Times Magazine - Oct 1 2005

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Clues Answers
"Balderdash!" BOSH
"Balderdash!" BOSH
"Light My Fire" et al. CLASSICROCK
"Light My Fire" et al. CLASSICROCK
"Put a sock in it!" QUIET
"Put a sock in it!" QUIET
"Say, boss, how about ___?" ARAISE
"Say, boss, how about ___?" ARAISE
"Time in a Bottle" singer JIMCROCE
"Time in a Bottle" singer JIMCROCE
"___ tree falls ..." IFA
"___ tree falls ..." IFA
1969 hit, "And When ___" IDIE
1969 hit, "And When ___" IDIE
2-to-1, e.g. RATIO
2-to-1, e.g. RATIO
Actress Christina RICCI
Actress Christina RICCI
Actress Sandra DEE
Actress Sandra DEE
Airport news DELAY
Airport news DELAY
As it ___ WERE
As it ___ WERE
Author Ambler ERIC
Author Ambler ERIC
Banks (on) RELIES
Banks (on) RELIES
Barracks VIP SGT
Barracks VIP SGT
Basketball Hall of Famer Unseld WES
Basketball Hall of Famer Unseld WES
Bid one club, e.g. OPEN
Bid one club, e.g. OPEN
Big commotion HOOHA
Big commotion HOOHA
Bitter-tasting ACRID
Bitter-tasting ACRID
Bok ___ CHOY
Bok ___ CHOY
Bookstore buys CDS
Bookstore buys CDS
Border order? TACO
Border order? TACO
Bradbury's ___ for Rocket RIS
Bradbury's ___ for Rocket RIS
Briskness NIP
Briskness NIP
Bullets AMMO
Bullets AMMO
Cabaret legend PIAF
Cabaret legend PIAF
Café order MOCHA
Café order MOCHA
Calm, sit-down encounters that usually don't involve, say, pythons and tarantulas--unless you're talking to 120 Across (whose name, by the way, is an anagram of this answer) INTERVIEWS
Calm, sit-down encounters that usually don't involve, say, pythons and tarantulas--unless you're talking to 120 Across (whose name, by the way, is an anagram of this answer) INTERVIEWS
Car or truck: abbr. VEH
Car or truck: abbr. VEH
Card game ECARTE
Card game ECARTE
Certain ties that bind VELCROCINCHSTRAPS
Certain ties that bind VELCROCINCHSTRAPS
Chimp in space ENOS
Chimp in space ENOS
Chinese concept TAO
Chinese concept TAO
Cinderella's deadline XII
Cinderella's deadline XII
Clam and onion DIPS
Clam and onion DIPS
Coin action TOSS
Coin action TOSS
Column type IONIC
Column type IONIC
Come out behind LOSE
Come out behind LOSE
Concludes ENDS
Concludes ENDS
Cookbook icon BETTYCROCKER
Cookbook icon BETTYCROCKER
Country swinger? GATE
Country swinger? GATE
Crash day, 1929: abbr. TUE
Crash day, 1929: abbr. TUE
Crash mo., 1929 OCT
Crash mo., 1929 OCT
Crosby's nickname, ___ Bingle DER
Crosby's nickname, ___ Bingle DER
Cuts grass again REMOWS
Cuts grass again REMOWS
Dean Martin's real name DINOCROCETTI
Dean Martin's real name DINOCROCETTI
Description of 120 Across (and you too, in this puzzle) CROCHUNTER
Description of 120 Across (and you too, in this puzzle) CROCHUNTER
Dixieland horn man HIRT
Dixieland horn man HIRT
Duped HAD
Duped HAD
Eternity EON
Eternity EON
Feels awful, perhaps ACHES
Feels awful, perhaps ACHES
Go Eat Worms! author STINE
Go Eat Worms! author STINE
Green ___ ACRES
Green ___ ACRES
Hatchery din PEEPS
Hatchery din PEEPS
Hawaiian fare POI
Hawaiian fare POI
Head over there? TETE
Head over there? TETE
Hypo units CCS
Hypo units CCS
Independence Day THEFOURTH
Independence Day THEFOURTH
Indiana team PACERS
Indiana team PACERS
Inhuman human FIEND
Inhuman human FIEND
Integrated circuits MICROCHIPS
Integrated circuits MICROCHIPS
Jesus of baseball ALOU
Jesus of baseball ALOU
Juin preceder MAI
Juin preceder MAI
Julie Andrews film, Darling ___ LILI
Julie Andrews film, Darling ___ LILI
Kabuki kin NOH
Kabuki kin NOH
Keeps a nest-egg SAVES
Keeps a nest-egg SAVES
Khaki-clad wildlife-lover of TV fame STEVEIRWIN
Khaki-clad wildlife-lover of TV fame STEVEIRWIN
Kia sedan RIO
Kia sedan RIO
Kings' org. NHL
Kings' org. NHL
L.B.'s studio MGM
L.B.'s studio MGM
Least cordial ICIEST
Least cordial ICIEST
Letters after "Latvian," once SSR
Letters after "Latvian," once SSR
Like Beethoven's 2nd IND
Like Beethoven's 2nd IND
Linen-closet pile SHEETS
Linen-closet pile SHEETS
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Long Island town ISLIP
Long Island town ISLIP
Macaroni type ZITI
Macaroni type ZITI
Make, as mayo WHIP
Make, as mayo WHIP
Mandrake, e.g. ROOT
Mandrake, e.g. ROOT
Marty penner's first name PADDY
Marty penner's first name PADDY
Material meas. YDS
Material meas. YDS
Mil. designation meaning "currently serving" ONEC
Mil. designation meaning "currently serving" ONEC
Moist and chilly DANK
Moist and chilly DANK
Monotonous people DRONERS
Monotonous people DRONERS
Niagara's veil MIST
Niagara's veil MIST
Nimble AGILE
Nimble AGILE
No later than TIL
No later than TIL
Not totally shut AJAR
Not totally shut AJAR
Of child care PEDIATRIC
Of child care PEDIATRIC
Oil grp. OPEC
Oil grp. OPEC
One dimension WIDTH
One dimension WIDTH
One of a Disney septet DOC
One of a Disney septet DOC
Orwell attended it ETON
Orwell attended it ETON
Other song on a 45 BSIDE
Other song on a 45 BSIDE
Outspoken VOCAL
Outspoken VOCAL
Ouzo flavoring ANISEED
Ouzo flavoring ANISEED
Part of a mock laugh HAR
Part of a mock laugh HAR
Pen pal's comment? OINK
Pen pal's comment? OINK
Piece of cake? TIER
Piece of cake? TIER
Pipe problem DRIP
Pipe problem DRIP
Placebo, e.g. PILL
Placebo, e.g. PILL
Plows into RAMS
Plows into RAMS
Preservation prefix ECO
Preservation prefix ECO
Reason to plow SNOW
Reason to plow SNOW
Refusal, to Rommel NEIN
Refusal, to Rommel NEIN
Rhododendron relative AZALEA
Rhododendron relative AZALEA
Roe source SHAD
Roe source SHAD
Roger follower WILCO
Roger follower WILCO
Say W-H-E-N? SPELL
Say W-H-E-N? SPELL
Says, in teenspeak GOES
Says, in teenspeak GOES
Senile one DOTARD
Senile one DOTARD
Showy spring flowers CROCUSES
Showy spring flowers CROCUSES
Singer Vikki CARR
Singer Vikki CARR
Snapshot PHOTO
Snapshot PHOTO
Snerd word DUH
Snerd word DUH
Sorrento so long CIAO
Sorrento so long CIAO
Spanish stewpot OLLA
Spanish stewpot OLLA
Sphere starter ATMO
Sphere starter ATMO
Stage crew? ACTORS
Stage crew? ACTORS
Start of an island IWO
Start of an island IWO
Stylish CHIC
Stylish CHIC
Swiss hero TELL
Swiss hero TELL
Take ___ (doze) ANAP
Take ___ (doze) ANAP
Tater eyes BUDS
Tater eyes BUDS
Terpsichore, e.g. MUSE
Terpsichore, e.g. MUSE
The father in As I Lay Dying ANSE
The father in As I Lay Dying ANSE
The Immoralist author GIDE
The Immoralist author GIDE
The Marshall Plan, e.g. USAID
The Marshall Plan, e.g. USAID
The policy bus. INS
The policy bus. INS
Three or four AFEW
Three or four AFEW
Tiger's target HOLE
Tiger's target HOLE
Toy (with) TRIFLE
Toy (with) TRIFLE
Tucson party FIESTA
Tucson party FIESTA
Tuneful quality LILT
Tuneful quality LILT
Type of fuel, ___ alcohol METHYL
Type of fuel, ___ alcohol METHYL
Type of IRA SEP
Type of IRA SEP
Vichy water EAU
Vichy water EAU
Violent volcano SPEWER
Violent volcano SPEWER
Wallis's guy: abbr. EDW
Wallis's guy: abbr. EDW
Warm gifts CROCHETEDSWEATERS
Warm gifts CROCHETEDSWEATERS
Way off? EXIT
Way off? EXIT
Ways around the Windy City ELS
Ways around the Windy City ELS
What, to Dumas QUOI
What, to Dumas QUOI
Where Bountiful is UTAH
Where Bountiful is UTAH
Wide, ornamental ruffle FLOUNCE
Wide, ornamental ruffle FLOUNCE
Wise SAPIENT
Wise SAPIENT
___ buco OSSO
___ buco OSSO
___ school PREP
___ school PREP
___ soup PEA
___ soup PEA