L.A. Times Daily - Jul 18 2006

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Clues Answers
"Gentle __" BEN
"No need to explain" IGETIT
"Norma __" RAE
"The Tough-Minded Optimist" author PEALE
Accept, as a credit card HONOR
Army trainee CADET
Astronaut M. __ Carpenter SCOTT
Became vaguely aware of SENSED
Big fuss ADO
Bring in REAP
Canned heat STERNO
Charged particle ION
Chicago district, with "the" LOOP
Chicken strips TENDERS
Cold feet FEAR
Creme-filled snack OREO
Curved sword SABER
Dog in "Garfield" ODIE
Doughnut-shaped TORIC
Exposed BARED
Faucet problem DRIP
Good-sized ensemble OCTET
Gull or pelican SEABIRD
Highlands language CELTIC
Irish homeland EIRE
It's tough to break one HABIT
Judicial decision DECREE
Karate blow CHOP
Lab measuring tube PIPET
Lawnmower maker TORO
Lewd looks LEERS
Like Gen. Wesley Clark RET
Lima variety BUTTERBEAN
Many of Uranus's are named after Shakespearean characters MOONS
Military instructional group CADRE
Million or billion finisher AIRE
More than just ask BEG
Neb. neighbor KAN
Clues Answers
Newsy bit ITEM
Not tune out LISTEN
One of a kid's temporary 20 MILKTOOTH
OPEC measure BBL
Oven user BAKER
Pageantry POMP
Pay for a hand ANTE
Peel of "The Avengers" EMMA
Pekoe vessel TEAPOT
Polished off ATE
Portland-to-Spokane dir. ENE
Potato press RICER
Preix with wife or way MID
Prepare (oneself) for a jolt BRACE
Proverbial haystack hider NEEDLE
Put in prison EMBAR
Really cold ARCTIC
River bottoms BEDS
Set a match to LIT
Sexy photographs, informally CHEESECAKE
Shipping inquiry TRACER
Sloping entrance RAMP
Soapboxes, at times ROSTRA
Some are split PEAS
Some French vowels, phonetically NASALS
Stepped down RESIGNED
Subject of study AREA
Tom, Dick or Harry, usually NICKNAME
Tool in a Communist emblem SICKLE
Tram loads ORES
Trim, as a tree PRUNE
True story component FACT
Turkish titles AGHAS
UFO crew ALIENS
Vanilla-flavored drink CREAMSODA
Witnessed SEEN
Work hard MOIL
Wound on a bobbin SPOOLED