L.A. Times Daily - Jul 3 2006

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Clues Answers
"A Death in the Family" author James AGEE
"Black Lagoon" menace of film CREATURE
"Sorry to say" ALAS
"__ about that!" HOW
"__ my lips!" READ
Advance slowly INCH
Allow to deteriorate NEGLECT
Analyze, as ore ASSAY
Ancient empire whose capital was Nineveh ASSYRIA
Archipelago part ISLE
Big Aussie birds EMUS
Blameworthy CULPABLE
Burn-soothing plant ALOE
Came to earth ALIT
Camera's eye LENS
Cardiff natives WELSH
Chicken Little, notably ALARMIST
Curved molding OGEE
Director Preminger OTTO
Earned, as money MADE
Earthenware pots OLLAS
Eleven o'clock TV fare NEWS
Favorite hangout HAUNT
Fiddling tyrant NERO
Field covers TARPS
Fireplace shelf MANTEL
Flat-topped rise MESA
Fleming who created Bond IAN
Fox's conclusion, in an Aesop fable SOURGRAPES
Gin-and-grapefruit-juice cocktails SALTYDOGS
Glistened SHONE
Greek i's IOTAS
Green film on bronze PATINA
Ground breaker HOE
Hang loose LOLL
Hispaniola republic HAITI
Imitative APISH
It's hard to swallow BITTERPILL
Italian forerunner of the euro LIRA
Clues Answers
Lashed out at ASSAILED
Little rascals IMPS
Lobster's feeler PALP
Major body arteries AORTAS
Map within a map INSET
Miss the mark ERR
Mom's mate POP
Mountain lake TARN
Mule's sire ASS
Nikita's negative NYET
Not be a hog SHARE
Not together APART
One and __: soul mate ONLY
Organic compound ENOL
Past due LATE
Plus item ASSET
Polish off EAT
Political belief system IDEOLOGY
Porter, at a bar ALE
Prima donna's song ARIA
Put on DON
Raggedy doll ANN
Regret RUE
Relinquished CEDED
Remarkable times ERAS
Roddy of "Planet of the Apes" films MCDOWALL
Rough shelter LEANTO
Scandinavian capital OSLO
Small Chinese dog, for short PEKE
Soft-soap SWEETTALK
Stat! : MD :: __! : CEO ASAP
Teacher's favorites PETS
Teary-eyed MISTY
Up to now YET
Wan ASHEN
Whittle down PARE
Window alternative, on a flight AISLE
Worst in the league LAST