L.A. Times Magazine - Dec 17 2006

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Clues Answers
"... bombs bursting ___" INAIR
"I do," for one VOW
"I-Rock" insert AMA
"Sorry" NOPE
"___ that just too bad" AINT
-vian preceder PERU
1960s U.N. chief UTHANT
35mm camera, initially SLR
A Wrinkle in Time author Madeleine LENGLE
Abbr. after a Bismarck politico's name RND
Actor Andrews DANA
Actress Jackson GLENDA
Add lanes to WIDEN
Add years to one's life AGE
Another helping MORE
Approach TACK
Army member? ANT
Bass ___ VIOL
Beach Boys hit, "I ___ Music" CANHEAR
Belgian violinist Eugene YSAYE
Big molecule DNA
Bluebeard's last wife FATIMA
Body of work OEUVRE
Body opening? ANTI
Boot bottom SOLE
Border (on) ABUT
Buddy PAL
Capek classic, War with the ___ NEWTS
Chocolate giant GODIVA
Circle overhead? HALO
Clip-___ ONS
Coil of yarn SKEIN
Comes down with GETS
Comic Phillips EMO
Crest rival GLEEM
Daughter of Picasso PALOMA
Dawn goddess EOS
Decompose ROT
Dentist's request RINSE
Dial or Tone, e.g. SOAP
Do a flour job SIFT
Doesn't go STAYS
E. follower COLI
Evasive COY
Fab opening PRE
Fan mag, to fans ZINE
Fisherman's name? GIL
Fleeting fashion FAD
Fluid in a well INK
Frenzied MANIC
Gene forms ALLELES
Gene in The Producers LEO
Get in the game PLAY
Greek letter RHO
Greek masterwork ILIAD
Hall of Famer Speaker TRIS
Hans, in Ireland SEAN
Happenings EVENTS
Hardly friendly ICY
Have one's fill EAT
Hero, perhaps RESCUER
Hurricane-monitoring agcy. NOAA
In the style of ALA
Is worth the effort PAYS
Island keepsake LEI
It climbs the walls IVY
It might be courageous ACT
Jason's vessel ARGO
King of TV et al. LARRYS
Kinsey star's first name LIAM
Kudzu cartoonist Marlette DOUG
Land unit ACRE
Clues Answers
Laptop key ESC
Lechers ROUES
Lennon Sisters discoverer WELK
Longing YEN
Memo opener FYI
Memo opener INRE
Mr. Barnum PHINEAS
Mysteriously wonderful MAGIC
Newsroom measures PICAS
Not hither YON
Not just a great i---, but a ___ ___ CAPITALIDEA
Not just a large s--, but a ___ ___ PRINCELYSUM
Not just a total a------, but a ___ ___ RANKAMATEUR
Not just at high s----, but at ___ ___ BREAKNECKSPEED
Not just extremely l------, but ___ ___ SORELYLACKING
Not just g-- ----- well, but ___ ___ ___ GOTALONGFAMOUSLY
Not just terrible p------, but ___ ___ ABJECTPOVERTY
Not just the plain t----, but the ___ ___ UNVARNISHEDTRUTH
Not just very c----, but ___ ___ ABUNDANTLYCLEAR
Not just very d-----, but ___ ___ EMINENTLYDOABLE
Not just w--- great, but ___ ___ WENTSWIMMINGLY
Oil-well firefighter Red ADAIR
On the ___ (at large) LAM
On-the-39 Down type FLEER
Passbook nos. ACCTS
Place STEAD
Place for polish NAIL
Pluto et al. GODS
Poker pile POT
Poster boy ADONIS
Praising work ODE
QB's pickup YDS
Quattro minus uno TRE
Red from embarrassment ABLUSH
Render unnecessary OBVIATE
River lurker EEL
Rummage through ROOTIN
Sans anxiety CALMLY
Second attempt RETRY
Simba or Nala LION
Singer Bobby VEE
Skeleton starter EXO
Skillet FRYPAN
Some laptops PCS
South Pacific Tony winner PINZA
Speaker's spot DAIS
Staff symbols CLEFS
Starting ASOF
Strip about a blonde teen LUANN
Suspicious LEERY
T or F, on exams ANS
Tact add-on ILE
Take a dive, perhaps SCUBA
Top-notch AONE
Transmitted SENT
Truman's win, e.g. UPSET
TV Tarzan Ron ELY
Under-car bar AXLE
Wall St. index: abbr. DJIA
Web site help, briefly FAQS
Wharton deg. MBA
Winter warmer QUILT
Wise advisor GURU
With reverence PIOUSLY
Work the land FARM
World book? ATLAS
X-ray units RADS
Yemen's chief port ADEN
You can get caught on it FILM
Zilch NONE
___ Dhabi ABU