L.A. Times Magazine - Apr 2 2006

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Clues Answers
"I try to keep my sadness ___" (from "Tears of a Clown") HID
"It's ___ pleasure!" AREAL
"This ___ my day!" ISNT
"When pigs fly!" NEVER
"___ loser!" IMA
12 Across, e.g. DIPS
Adams who wed Ernie EDIE
Affliction from carrying the king's ingots? GOLDSHOULDER
Applications USES
Area near L.A. where the king likes to hang out? PALACEVERDES
As an alternative INSTEAD
Back-of-the-car item REARTIRE
Baltic capital RIGA
Baseball's Bando SAL
Beat WHIP
Before, to Voltaire AVANT
Belgian lettuce? EUROS
Bisque morsel CLAM
Book ___ ENDS
Brando's birthplace OMAHA
Bull session? RODEO
Busy as ___ ABEE
Cell messenger RNA
Chutzpah NERVE
City near San Diego LAJOLLA
Composer's first name IGOR
Connecticut collegian ELI
Cost of pitching a product ADRATE
Crush into bits GRIND
D.C. type POL
Deems necessary SEESFIT
Digit that may be big TOE
DMV doc. LIC
Do community service, perhaps ATONE
Exercise units REPS
Extra, extra dry ARID
Fine strings, briefly STRADS
Fixated on, perhaps EYING
Fool ASS
Footwear brand KEDS
Ford's predecessor AGNEW
Frankfurt's river ODER
Free of knots UNTIE
French name YVES
Full of attitude SASSY
Gluck's ___ ed Euridice ORFEO
Golden Calf, e.g. IDOL
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, formerly ___ MANNS
Greek letters PSIS
Greek portico STOA
Hawaii, bef. '59 TERR
His Majesty's reaction to being called a do-nothing king? NINETYDECREES
Hypotenuse, e.g. SIDE
Illuminated LIT
It's played on Sunday ORGAN
Jay's family LENOS
Jewelry department brand SEIKO
Lana contemporary IDA
Lawn-repair square SOD
Letter hugs OOO
Like some balls ... of dust? UNDERTHRONE
Like the boonies RURAL
Likeness IMAGE
Love poetry Muse ERATO
Lulu PIP
Lunchbox sweet OREO
Main attraction STAR
Makes disappear ERASES
Mansion resident, perh. GOV
McCarthy crony COHN
Meth finish ANE
Clues Answers
Mike Mussina stat ERA
Moniker creator NAMER
Moves, in Realtor lingo RELOS
New Zealand parrot KEA
Of celebrations FESTAL
On ATOP
Opposite of sans AVEC
Org. in rights cases ACLU
Oscars telecast producer Gil CATES
Peppery bowlfuls SALSAS
Piece of china PLATE
Plans AGENDAS
Poker night marker IOU
Pool tool RACK
Powerful stuff TNT
Public spectacle SCENE
Puncture preceder ACU
QU filler RST
Red river LAVA
Regal headwear TIARA
Rehearsal request LINE
Rice ___ PILAF
Role for Brosnan STEELE
Rolling Stone founder Wenner JANN
Roomy ride SEDAN
See 22 Down ACHE
Serious microbes ECOLI
She's a funny Dame EDNA
Shiraz resident IRANIAN
Short show, often ONEACT
Sleuth's cry OHO
Smiles back, e.g. RESPONDS
Some castles ROOKS
Soothing stuff BALM
Soup with sushi MISO
Space GAP
Speak hoarsely RASP
Spoils supper, maybe SNACKS
Squirm WRITHE
Start of the king's favorite parlor trick? PICKAGUARDANYGUARD
Stop starter? NON
Sultanate resident OMANI
Summer Games org. IOC
Surround, as a castle BESIEGE
Take back RESCIND
The hustler in The Hustler EDDIE
The Promise author POTOK
Tidies NEATENS
Time between flights LAYOVER
Tokyo's old name EDO
Trellis pattern LATTICE
Troubles AILS
Values highly ESTEEMS
Vivacity BRIO
Vulcanlike LOGICAL
Wall Street's ___ Brothers LEHMAN
Watchdog warning GRR
What the king and his gem-encrusted staff were? INSCEPTERABLE
What the king buys when he visits Egypt? THEPURPLEROBESOFCAIRO
What the king desires to sire? ALITTLEHEIR
What the royal jewelers did yesterday? COVEREDALOTOFCROWN
Where Ibsen's theater was OSLO
With 19 Down, otalgia EAR
With wester, a wind SOU
You stay here HOTEL
You ___ ANDME
Zip, to Zapata NADA
___ d'etat COUP
___ income NET
___ Lodge ECONO
___ polloi HOI