L.A. Times Daily - Jul 27 2009

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"... __ saw Elba" EREI
"Animal Farm" author George ORWELL
"The Thin Man" dog ASTA
"Yada, yada, yada ..." ETCETC
Actress Mary-Kate or Ashley OLSEN
Alpo or Pedigree DOGFOOD
Annual period YEAR
Bad thing to yell in a crowded theater FIRE
Be a ratfink TELL
Best kind of situation NOLOSE
Big name in gloves ISOTONER
Borax haulers, in classic ads TWENTYMULETEAM
Castaway's home ISLE
CBS sitcom since 2003 TWOANDAHALFMEN
Celebrity chef Bobby FLAY
Charlie of 57-Across SHEEN
Chew the fat GAB
Chimney duct FLUE
Clickable PC image ICON
Confucian "path" TAO
Covered with thick, icky liquid SLIMY
Cowboy's topper TENGALLONHAT
Darkroom images, for short NEGS
E-mail button SEND
Eager lip sounds SMACKS
Etiquette author Post EMILY
False appearance PRETENSE
Far from certain IFFY
Forty winks CATNAP
Getting the job done, briefly TCB
Hitchhikers' digits THUMBS
Hosiery hue ECRU
Inferior cigar STOGIE
It's to the far right on freeways SLOWLANE
Kim of "L.A. Confidential" BASINGER
LAPD alerts APBS
Lash of old oaters LARUE
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New Wave band __ Boingo OINGO
Non-Rx OTC
Not much ATAD
Party invitee's buy GIFT
Pig __ poke INA
Place for mascara EYELASH
Poker game where one might stand pat FIVECARDDRAW
President Obama BARACK
Provo's state UTAH
Quarterback Brett with a record 464 TD passes FAVRE
Racetrack border RAIL
Radioer's "Back to you" OVER
Sal of "Exodus" MINEO
Salon colorists DYERS
Sam's Club competitor COSTCO
Santa staffer ELF
Sculptures, oils, etc. ART
Settled on a branch, as a bird ALIT
Sock-in-the-gut responses, in comics OOFS
Some West Indian religious cultists VOODOOS
Sonny and Cher song, e.g. DUET
Sport __: versatile vehicle UTE
Switch positions ONS
That, in Tijuana ESA
Thingamajig GISMO
Trailblazer Daniel BOONE
TV's Nick at __ NITE
Twistable cookie OREO
Unpaid credit card bills, e.g. DEBT
Whack, as a fly SWAT
Where pirates prey OPENSEA
Without ice NEAT
Witty Bombeck ERMA
Words of understanding IGETIT
Yanks' third baseman, familiarly AROD
__ bargain: court deal PLEA
__ of the tongue ASLIP