L.A. Times Daily - Dec 20 2005

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Clues Answers
"Scram!" SHOO
"Shh!" HUSH
"Silkwood" star Meryl STREEP
"The War of the Worlds" author HGWELLS
"Treasure Island" monogram RLS
A/C units BTUS
Actress Dianne WIEST
Age or special interest follower GROUP
Ancient Jewish sect of Qumran ESSENES
AOL and MSN ISPS
Atkins diet no-nos CARBS
Audiophile's setup STEREO
Ballerina Pavlova ANNA
Bananas, so to speak INSANE
Biblical "handwriting on the wall" word MENE
Bickering ATIT
Big Ten school IOWA
Blunt blade EPEE
Burro bellow BRAY
Cara or Castle IRENE
Caravan stops OASES
Castro's country CUBA
Cincinnati team REDS
Cinema spectacular EYEPOPPER
Covers with wet earth MUDS
Desired guests ALIST
Dickens's villainous Heep URIAH
Dracula's alter ego BAT
Edge-of-your-seat picture HEARTSTOPPER
Feminist politico Abzug BELLA
Flock female EWE
Flying movie monster of the '50s RODAN
French female friend AMIE
Graceful horse ARAB
Gullible type SAP
Half a tuba sound PAH
Hanoi holidays TETS
Homer Simpson's father ABE
Islands garlands LEIS
Clues Answers
Laugh-riot film THIGHSLAPPER
Lively SPIRITED
Look closely PEER
Make over REDO
Mangy dogs CURS
Mock words of understanding AHSO
More plentiful AMPLER
More standoffish ICIER
Movie musical with a catchy beat TOETAPPER
Native Nebraskan OTOE
Nicholas II, for one TSAR
Nightwear, briefly PJS
One __ customer TOA
Oscar winner Sorvino MIRA
Overgrown wastelands HEATHS
PDQ, in memos ASAP
Prog. code used to create Web pages HTML
Put away, as a sword SHEATHE
Real est. units APTS
Rebound basket TIPIN
Rock blaster AMP
S-shaped molding OGEE
Salon colors DYES
Semi fuel DIESEL
Setting for TV's "House" HOSPITAL
Shade of green JADE
Showy flower IRIS
Skirt style ALINE
Slope RISE
Snap course EASYA
Standard Windows typeface ARIAL
Tend to a turkey BASTE
Turnpike no-no UTURN
Uncertain NOTSURE
Up-and-down toy YOYO
Wall St. exec's degree MBA
Weights not charged for TARES
Words of understanding ISEE
__-yoga HATHA