L.A. Times Daily - Apr 17 2007

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Clues Answers
"Shh!" KEEPQUIET
"Thus __ the Lord" SAITH
1953 Ladd classic SHANE
Apple beverage CIDER
Assumed family name in punk rock RAMONE
Away from the breeze ALEE
Ayatollah's land IRAN
Banded chalcedony ONYX
Best of the best ELITE
Bikini blast ATEST
Blackjack option DOUBLEDOWN
Brouhaha ADO
Calais count COMTE
Campfire treat SMORE
Carefree existence SIMPLELIFE
Chews the scenery EMOTES
Classic grape soda NEHI
Commit perjury LIE
Cornerstone abbr. EST
Darn again RESEW
Delta's business AIRTRAVEL
Dunderhead, in Dover NIT
E.T. of TV ALF
Eugene of "American Pie" LEVY
Excellent AONE
Exhausted, as one's strength SAPPED
Forgo the reception ELOPE
Fruity cooler ADE
Garden intruder WEED
Get a different actor for RECAST
Hearth tool POKER
Hit hard, Biblically SMOTE
Home of the NFL's Rams STL
Hook cohort SMEE
In seclusion ALONE
It can be common in grammar class NOUN
It may be tall TALE
Keep control of REIN
Kitchen add-on? ETTE
Clues Answers
Lets off steam VENTS
Lets up ABATES
Like 14-Across MINED
Like neon and xenon INERT
Mail drop, e.g. SLOT
Man of steel? ROBOT
Met melody ARIA
Midshipmen's sch. USNA
Nectar flavor PEAR
Nile reptile ASP
Not as many FEWER
Not available INUSE
Odd mannerism QUIRK
Online novel EBOOK
Org. with an Acid Rain Program EPA
Outdoor eateries CAFES
Peace symbol DOVE
Play or rest follower AREA
Poled vessel RAFT
Polish birthplace of pianist Artur Rubinstein LODZ
Queues LINES
Regarding ABOUT
Salad veggie RADISH
Show some muscle FLEX
Sierra __: African republic LEONE
Skip over, as TV ads ZAP
Skywalker's dad VADER
Stratford's river AVON
Take up a hem, say ALTER
Takes care of TENDS
Toothpaste container TUBE
Trail trek HIKE
Unrefined finds ORES
Unsuccessful types LOSERS
Victoria, for one LAKE
Visionary, and a hint to what each word in 18- and 55-Across and 3- and 33-Down is AHEADOFONESTIME
Way out there AFAR
Weight-loss program DIET
Woman in distress? DAMSEL