L.A. Times Magazine - Dec 18 2005

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Clues Answers
"Cry ___ River" MEA
"Ditto" METOO
"Don't bother" NONEED
"I'm not stupid, y'know" DUH
"Rello, Reorge" utterer on The Jetsons ASTRO
"She's been like ___ me" AMOTHERTO
"Thanks, but no" ISHOULDNT
"Throw ___ out!" THEBUM
"Uncle!" IGIVE
"You ___ here first!" SAWIT
'umble 'ypocrite of fiction URIAH
1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby RAHAL
757 heading, perh. ENE
A bit overboard, ornamentally ROCOCO
A lock INTHEBAG
Abbr. after Sen. Warner's name RVA
Actor Delon ALAIN
Affected deeply GOT
Algerian port ORAN
Arabic for "very great" AKBAR
Arrival of a sort BIRTH
Artistic touch-ups DABS
Atari founder Bushnell NOLAN
Atlantic crossers, once SSTS
Attempt at online matchmaking EDATE
Band boosters AMPS
Bars legally ENJOINS
Baryshnikov's old company KIROV
Bearded grazer GNU
Bit of new news UPDATE
Bob's follower SLED
Bone head? OSTEO
Breckinridge, before the change MYRON
Broken piece SHARD
Bruce of King Kong (1933) CABOT
Cereal servings BOWLS
Christmasy area of L.A. HOLLYWOOD
Christmasy L.A. catchphrase LIGHTSCAMERAACTION
Christmasy L.A. denizens MOVIESTARS
Christmasy L.A. event for cast and crew WRAPPARTY
Christmasy L.A. freeway SANTAMONICA
Christmasy L.A. nickname THECITYOFANGELS
Christmasy nickname of 25 Across TINSELTOWN
Christmasy sections of L.A. film contracts PREAPPROVALCLAUSES
Clashers on the set EGOS
Clears the deck? MOPS
Collar NAB
Comedy duo, e.g. TEAM
Concluded ENDED
Cube dude RUBIK
Defense acronym NATO
Dict. listing SYN
Dips with zip SALSAS
Dismiss, in a way SNEERAT
Dr. Seuss's Hop ___ ONPOP
Drawer of "impossible drawings" ESCHER
Early word forms (anagram of MY TEA) ETYMA
Earned MADE
Equatable ONAPAR
Eye part UVEA
Fat or wax LIPID
Give off EMIT
Go by ELAPSE
Goldman and Thompson EMMAS
Grandmaster's octet PAWNS
Greek letters ALPHAS
Green situation LIE
Handkerchief material SILK
Headed for overtime TIED
Humane org. SPCA
Iditarod terminus NOME
Clues Answers
In recent days LATELY
Influences SWAYS
Israel's Moshe ARENS
Japanese beer brand ASAHI
John and Paul but not Ringo POPES
John or Paul or George but not Ringo SAINT
Karl in Patton OMAR
Keep from littering? SPAY
Keeper of the peas POD
Key near G AFLAT
Lana Turner was one IDAHOAN
Language that gave us "kiwi" MAORI
Lascivious types LETCHES
Like some arguments ORAL
Lou Grant's estranged wife EDIE
Love-scene setting in Some Like It Hot YACHT
Lovely, as Loren BELLA
Lyrical tributes ODES
M. Hulot portrayer TATI
Make ready to sail again RERIG
Mayberryesque RURAL
Meet by chance RUNINTO
Mideast gulf AQABA
Newman's follower OWN
NFL player PANTHER
Noodlehead TWIT
Nugget of news ITEM
Occasional frat wear TOGA
Patrick on the court EWING
Pepsi rival RCCOLA
Picayune SMALL
Pickup shtick? LINE
Pound contemporary ELIOT
Puppeteer Lewis SHARI
Raise reason, maybe MERIT
Reaction to puppies AWW
Really revealing TELLALL
Removes, as fat TRIMS
Repaired for now TAPED
Rick and Victor's love ILSA
Road rescue TOW
Royal Indian RAJA
Ruffled pride PIQUE
Rushing meas. YDS
Sailing ATSEA
Scarcity DEARTH
Sch. assembly hall AUD
Select few ELITE
Set up: abbr. ESTD
Shankar selection RAGA
Silver finish? WARE
Simple guitar chord: abbr. EMIN
Site of BYU PROVO
Smog, e.g. PALL
Smooch BUSS
Soft rock? MAGMA
Start of a famous palindrome AMANA
Starting-gate sound SNORT
Strongbox document DEED
Taster's choice? WINE
Tempered, as metal ANNEALED
That gal SHE
That guy HIM
The second sequel III
To have, to Hugo AVOIR
Tortoise foe HARE
TV title seen on a license plate LALAW
Typical taxi SEDAN
You might use it loosely TERM
___ and labor PARTS