L.A. Times Magazine - Apr 29 2007

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Clues Answers
"Don't be ___ on him" TOOHARD
"It was you!" AHA
"Most certainly" YES
"No man can ___" (contains a 9-letter theme answer) SERVETWOMASTERS
"Put ___ on it!" ALID
"Slippery" tree ELM
"Stand by Me" singer, ___ King BENE
"Take ___ from me" ATIP
1945 summit site YALTA
92 Down's loc. AFR
A ___ bit WEE
AA offshoot ALANON
According to PER
Admirer's signoff AFAN
Adversary FOE
Aft area REAR
An ___ triple RBI
Architect Saarinen EERO
Aspen rescue unit SKIPATROL
At any time EVER
Attempt TRY
August signs LEOS
Author Sinclair UPTON
Bakery lure AROMA
Ballet step PAS
Berle: "I wish I'd said that! "Gleason: "Don't worry, ___" YOUWILL
Bit of AAA info RTE
Born NEE
Brings in REAPS
Brit's eternity AEON
Broadcasting giant VIACOM
Bush or Kerry, e.g. YALIE
Busy retail area STRIP
Buzzing ASWARM
Bygone bird MOA
Campaign event DEBATE
Celebrate FETE
Chew ___ THEFAT
City on a fjord OSLO
Columnist Goodman ELLEN
Country group, Diamond ___ RIO
Cracks an "ironclad" contract, perhaps FINDSLOOPHOLES
Crave WANT
Current location? OCEAN
Damp at dawn DEWY
Do-Right's org. RCMP
Done for SUNK
Doorway sides JAMBS
Dr. Alzheimer ALOIS
Drive off REPEL
Em or jay follower CEE
Ex-Iranian ruler SHAH
Ex-Tunisian rulers DEYS
Exhausted, to a southerner? TARRED
Exhaustive ref. OED
Firing tool? AXE
Foil material TIN
Genesis son ABEL
Giant stand-out OTT
Golden rule preposition UNTO
Got an A+ on ACED
Green field LEA
Green-light alternatives REDORYELLOW
Greets, in a way WAVESHELLO
GRUMPY CANTANKEROUS
Hadrian's "hi" AVE
Hand-held harp LYRE
Harrison's nickname TIPPECANOE
Hayley's Oscar-winning dad JOHNMILLS
He's Ben, in Star Wars ALEC
How prices may rise STEEPLY
Clues Answers
Ida. neighbor ORE
Imperfectly made item BLEM
Is scathing toward RIPS
It became free of France in 1949 LAOS
Jack and Margery DAWS
John who toured with Joel ELTON
Kans. neighbor NEBR
Kids' guessing game ISPY
Leaning ATILT
Like C. Dickens ENG
Loser to DDE AES
Lucky number? FEW
Lyricist half of a famous duo WSGILBERT
Mineral that geologists hunger for? APATITE
Monumental meal FEAST
Mythical lion's home NEMEA
Natural mood alterer SEROTONIN
Newspaper extra INSERT
O'Connor's successor ALITO
Of CPOs and such NAV
Office VIP EXEC
Old letter opener SIRS
Playground staple SEESAW
Prayer start OLORD
Printemps follower ETE
Punishment imposer DISCIPLINER
Purveyors of British-style rockabilly SKIFFLEBANDS
Pushes past the guards, e.g. BUSTSIN
Rancor ILLWILL
Robin Hood chum, Allan-___ ADALE
Rooibos, for one TEA
Safari getaway NAIROBI
See 94 Across WSW
Self-applauding cry YAYME
Sergeant-___ ATARMS
Serious errors SINS
Ship greeters' look in Close Encounters of the Third Kind AWE
Show starter ACTI
Simile middle ASA
Sitcom diner MELS
Skim the clouds SOAR
Slangy fivers ABES
Slangy smellers SNOOTS
Soft-watch painter DALI
Spotted SEEN
Steve Martin's eyewear invention in The Jerk, the "___-Grab" OPTI
Tenn. hours? CST
The Bells ___ Mary's OFST
The Cards, on scoreboards STL
The Police, e.g. FORCE
The present mo.? DEC
The sun, to Sonorans ELSOL
The ___ the earth SALTOF
Theme of this puzzle (and a theme answer as well) WATERCRAFT
Tommy follower ROT
Tornado heading, perh. NNE
Transplants, in a way REPOTS
Tree decor BALLS
Type of picture (contains a 12-letter theme answer) BEFOREANDAFTER
Unfriendly COLD
Unrelated to battle NONWAR
Unsociable sort LONER
Vodka, ginger beer, and lime drink MOSCOWMULE
Warm comfort, in Psalms 119 ALAMPUNTOMYFEET
What "people" has SILENTO
When you're ready ATWILL
Wizards' org. NBA
Work with flour SIFT
Writer Anita LOOS
XXI times XXXI DCLI