L.A. Times Daily - Dec 29 2006

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Clues Answers
"... over __ flock by night": Luke THEIR
"... __ is given": Isaiah ASON
"Can I get an honest opinion here?"? ANYONEFRANK
"Los Caprichos" painter GOYA
Accept, as a credit card HONOR
Adroit DEFT
Bay of Bengal country, once BURMA
Be sociable MIX
Buck up to the max ELATE
Burn a bit CHAR
Canine at city hall? MAYORSROVER
Carrier staff CREW
City partly on Mt. Carmel HAIFA
Cold, dry wind of France MISTRAL
Commuter option RAIL
Covered up BURIED
Crank up REV
Detective's skill LOGIC
Do fondue DIP
Dope INFO
Dug in ATE
Edible tubes ZITI
Electrical units OHMS
Exultant shouts HOORAYS
First word in Oregon's motto ALIS
Gathering dust IDLE
Golfer's target PIN
Heater GAT
Held fast ADHERED
Hesitation fillers ERS
Informal greetings (that were used to create this puzzle's theme) YOS
Insubordination DEFIANCE
Insurance gps. HMOS
Irritable TESTY
It involves shivering AGUE
It's no good when it's up JIG
Its blossoms are used to make a Korean wine AZALEA
Jazz groupings SETS
Kind of collection PEZ
Clues Answers
LAX datum ARR
Leak source, perhaps MOLE
Lignite, for one COAL
Like ALA
Like much professional wrestling? BEYONDTHERULES
Like one leg of a triathlon SWUM
Major character in the bestseller "Disney War" EISNER
Makeover series, briefly QUEEREYE
Minx HUSSY
More zippy SPRIER
New Deal agcy. FHA
Non-PC purchase IMAC
Novelist Seton ANYA
Old security device MOAT
Passive-aggressive expression POUT
Phillies' div. NLEAST
Pittance, slangily HAY
Quality unit STAR
Race starter? ADAM
Rattle FAZE
Roles, idiomatically HATS
Rubber-stamp OKAY
Run through USEUP
Scrub SCOUR
Soft drink company formed in New Orleans in 1890 BARQS
Solder or pewter ALLOY
State capital before Lincoln OMAHA
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, e.g. TRIO
Things GEAR
Think piece ESSAY
Throws off EMITS
Top APEX
Tribute in verse ODE
U.K. record label EMI
Will figure HEIR
Worked with platters? SPUN
Workplace designer's carpet choice? RAYONFOROFFICE
Writer Didion JOAN
Writer known for twists OHENRY