L.A. Times Daily - Jan 10 2006

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"Ah, me!" ALAS
"If all __ fails ..." ELSE
"Shoot!" ASK
Acted with fury RAGED
Addams Family cousin ITT
Anabaptists, e.g. SECT
Andean tuber OCA
Audibly indicates disapproval TSKTSKS
Aversion that goes both ways MUTUALDISLIKE
Bait holder HOOK
Bear's prediction DOWNMARKET
Big name in ratings NIELSEN
Blacker than black INKY
Cape Town's land: Abbr. RSA
Chargers in corridas TOROS
Corporate raider Carl ICAHN
Cosmetician Lauder ESTEE
Culled CHOSEN
Easy as __ PIE
Educator Maria MONTESSORI
Ester opening POLY
Exodus commemoration SEDER
Fallen space station MIR
Foot bottom SOLE
Game on felt POOL
Gang suffix STER
Get snippy with SASS
Giant of a Giant OTT
Go at a snail's pace INCH
Hardly a gentleman LOUT
Heal, as a bone SET
Heir, often SON
Hope (something) turns out well TRUSTTOFATE
Israeli weapon UZI
Jeanne d'Arc, for one STE
Kunta of "Roots" KINTE
Like a loud crowd AROAR
London area north of the Thames EASTEND
Lummoxes OAFS
Clues Answers
Magneto's superhero enemies XMEN
Make a counterbalancing wager HEDGEONESBETS
Miss Universe pageant attire GOWN
More airheaded DITSIER
New York City cardinal EGAN
Not Rx OTC
Not yet risen ABED
Notes before sols FAS
Oddballs CRAZIES
Overhead trains ELS
Part of a plot, perhaps ACRE
Perform with great skill EXCEL
Poi, essentially TARO
Popeye's __' Pea SWEE
Port-au-Prince's country HAITI
Pouty face MOUE
Prado hangings ARTE
Put the pedal to the metal RACED
Ratio punctuation COLON
Ride with ease COAST
Salinger title girl ESME
Scraggly horse NAG
Seashell seller, in a tongue twister SHE
Serious bacteria ECOLI
Shooting-up period GROWTHSPURT
Stopped a mugger, in a way MACED
Suffix with smack EROO
Sylvester, to Tweety TAT
Teacher's faves PETS
The auld sod EIRE
Train stop: Abbr. RRSTA
Tried to lose weight DIETED
Utah's Senator Hatch ORRIN
Was visibly afraid PALED
Wasp's weapon STINGER
Willowy and graceful LITHE
Witches HAGS
Word that can follow the first word of 17-, 27-, 43- and 56-Across FUND
__ Fail: Irish coronation stone LIA