L.A. Times Daily - Dec 14 2006

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"Criminal Minds" airer CBS
"In your dreams" ASIF
"Murder, She Wrote" setting __ Cove CABOT
Ajar, in poems OPE
Alabama protest city SELMA
Ancient consultant ORACLE
As a result, in logic ERGO
Athlete of the Year awarder: Abbr. USOC
Attorney General, e.g. CABINETPOSITION
Bar in court ESTOP
Beef source STEER
Billie Holiday contemporary CARMENMCRAE
Brit. military award DSO
Capital of Ghana ACCRA
Caress PET
Circumference AMBIT
Circus performer TRAINEDELEPHANT
City near Fresno, or its county MADERA
Closing combo in a ring, perhaps ONETWO
Cooking amt. TSP
Crash respondents: Abbr. EMTS
Creator of the characters M and Q IAN
Dating WITH
Deceptive move FEINT
Defense org.? ABA
Delicate FRAIL
Diamond square BASE
Duel tool EPEE
Former U.K. carrier BOAC
General's address SIR
Gibson of tennis ALTHEA
Good dishes CHINASET
Hospital record CHART
Hunk's physique BOD
Iranian coin DINAR
It merged with GE in 1986 RCA
It's drawn in pubs ALE
Jay-Z's genre RAP
John __ Lennon ONO
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Just out of the box NEW
Lays down the lawn SODS
Long-distance letters ATT
Lose money on "Jeopardy!," e.g. ERR
Many churchgoers: Abbr. CATHS
Milan's La __ SCALA
Mob member RIOTER
No longer fast EAT
Obvious CLEARCUT
Oddball KOOK
Old comics character still associated with shoes BUSTERBROWN
Once before? ERST
Overcharge, slangily SOAK
Patriots' gp. AFC
Pay dirt ORE
PBS benefactor NEA
Phone line acronym WATS
Possessed of the requisite skills ABLE
Prepare for a rainy day SAVE
Purpose USE
Rambler maker NASH
Sack lead-in KNAP
Salsa scoopers NACHOS
Schedule opening TIMESLOT
Show disdain SNEER
Society page word NEE
Solvent also called ethyl carbamate URETHANE
Some garment sizes LONGS
Stadium cheer RAH
Sticking point CRAW
String player's stroke UPBOW
Take care of loose ends MOPUP
The Beatles' "__ Loser" IMA
This puzzle's title, which unites the beginnings of 17-, 22-, 56- and 63-Across COMMUTERSCHOICE
Through VIA
Vague amount SOME
Wet forecast SNOW
Where kips are spent LAOS
Workout consequence ACHE