L.A. Times Magazine - Nov 20 2005

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Clues Answers
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" word VINTAGE
"Happy Motoring" company of yore ESSO
"Hold your horses" WAIT
"If you get my drift" WINKWINKNUDGENUDGE
"Nothing comes ___" TOMIND
"Peace, peace is what ___" (Matthew Arnold) ISEEK
"Quiet!" NONOISE
"System" starter ECO
"Thanks ___!" EVERSO
"This ___ my day" ISNT
"Toodle-oo!" TATA
"We ___ please" AIMTO
"___ her in a club down in old Soho ..." (from "Lola," by the Kinks) IMET
"___ risky" ITS
1960s jacket style NEHRU
1978 musical, The ___ WIZ
5 & 10, for ex. NOS
Actress Kudrow LISA
B&B cousins INNS
Barrel of laughs RIOT
Big bird EMU
Broken ___ (divided) INTWO
Car of yore REO
Car-door feature WINDUPWINDOW
Casablanca escapee ILSA
Chews on a bone GNAWS
Close to NEAR
Clue HINT
Cock of ___ THEWALK
Comes to a conclusion ENDS
Completes a comic strip INKSIN
Country singer Hall TOMT
Crack shot ACE
Declare openly AVOW
Demanding STERN
Designer Pucci EMILIO
Draw closer to GAINON
Dummy DOPE
Females with pigtails? SOWS
Finery REGALIA
First name in Notre Dame lore ARA
Fishing-hole query ANYLUCK
Furious IRATE
Greek marketplaces AGORAS
H.S. proficiency test GED
Hard to pin down EVASIVE
Have to have NEED
Henry Winkler, for example ACTOR
Heyerdahl classic, ___-Tiki KON
Hole goal PAR
Hospital section WARD
Howitzer, for one CANNON
Humbert's obsession LOLITA
Hurricane's birthplace OCEAN
Idyllic getaway, often ISLE
Implore ENTREAT
Indian princess RANI
Indicated "I'm in" ANTEED
Indication of things to some STRAWINTHEWIND
Inherent quality NATURE
Island of fjords: abbr. ICEL
Japanese beer brand ASAHI
Josh TEASE
Like the Vikings NORSE
Clues Answers
Make bootees KNIT
Make over REDO
Materializes EMERGES
Midas's downfall GREED
Mon. ___ Fri. THR
Most common gulf in crossword puzzles ADEN
Most vulpine SLYEST
Moviemaking facet EDITING
Muscle SINEW
Name of the ranch in Giant REATA
Napa Valley and Bor-deaux, France, e.g. WINEGROWINGREGIONS
New Orleans trumpeter HIRT
North, for one POLE
Noted "sexpert" DRRUTH
Of a European volcano ETNEAN
Of an African river NILOTIC
Old oath EGAD
Old Pontiacs GTOS
Olympic weapon EPEE
Opposed (to) AVERSE
Oscar-nominated film of 2004, with The AVIATOR
Panache ELAN
Paydirt ORE
Phonograph part NEEDLE
Photog's original NEG
Poetry sections STANZAS
Pool item? GENE
Possesses OWNS
Producer of stamps or credit cards, e.g. ISSUER
Psychology movement that began in Germany GESTALT
Ralph's pal et al. EDS
Removing, in a way WINNOWINGOUT
Sans deletions UNCUT
Scent AROMA
Schubert's birthplace VIENNA
Seattle suburb (anagram of U WALK IT) TUKWILA
Seen by millions ONTV
Sgts., e.g. NCOS
Skylit courtyards ATRIA
Snack in a shell TACO
Songwriter-actor whose first name is also the first four letters of his last name KRIS
Soulmate of a Beatle ONO
Sp. miss SRTA
Spanish galleon's cargo ORO
Start of a child's song TWINKLETWINKLE
Steps on a scale? TONES
Stop sign inventor William ENO
Suitor SWAIN
Surgery ctrs. ORS
Temperature extremes LOWS
Three-part TRI
Torte topper ICER
Tours of duty STINTS
TV's ___/Tuck NIP
Two-time PGA champ TREVINO
Vacation rental VILLA
Vegas game KENO
Vice ___ VERSA
What each theme answer in this puzzle illustrates AWINWINSITUATION
Winter fall SNOW
With "ball," a carnival game SKEE
Word before or after "pack" RAT
___ secrecy SWORNTO