The A.V Club - Oct 20 2010

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Clues Answers
'America's Drive-In' chain SONIC
'Close to the Edge' band YES
'I hear ya, sister' AMEN
'Smallville' actress Durance ERICA
'Stay (I Missed You)' singer LISALOEB
'___ date!' ITSA
Beefcake calendar brand SPEEDO
Bickering over who gets to fire the doomsday weapon? (Illinois) LASERDISCORD
Biomedical research agcy. NIH
Blend ADMIX
Bonkers NUTSO
Boy in a noted futuristic cartoon ELROY
British slammer GAOL
Britney's 'I'm a ___ 4 U' SLAVE
Brooks of 'Spaceballs' MEL
Classic musical arcade game, for short DDR
Clerk for Homer APU
College essay problems, despite spell check TYPOS
Convenience store treat ICEE
Cooks down, as a sauce REDUCES
Critic who recently lost his voice EBERT
Danish footwear brand ECCO
Democratic contest to replace an Andy Griffith character? (Georgia) MATLOCKELECTION
Dinner ringer BELL
Early adopter of Auto-Tune CHER
Ever since ASOF
Former Stanza maker NISSAN
Game piece, generically MAN
Go to the salon, perhaps TAN
Hairy animals MAMMALS
Harris who's played with Gram, Dolly, and Bob, among others EMMYLOU
Homie DOG
How companies might try to expand GLOBALLY
Informal race-starting words ANDGO
Insult DIS
Island garland LEI
Label for Smokey Robinson, once TAMLA
Lacto-___ vegetarian (in-flight meal spec) OVO
Letter in advance? SOFTC
Clues Answers
Luxury fashion letters YSL
Maker of woks and kettles EKCO
Makes sense, as a whole ADDSUP
Man-mouse link ORA
Material for some artificial humans STRAW
Mine materials ORES
Nog mo. DEC
Of legend MYTHIC
Official substitute PROXY
One who goes to the can for going to the can too often? (California) EXLAXCONVICT
Pele's first name EDSON
Photog's degree, perhaps MFA
Playground retort MAKEME
Post office poster letters AKA
Potato-like root TARO
Prefix with tourism ECO
Primal man? ADAM
Reason to celebrate on the green EAGLE
Remainder REST
Right turn from Nord OST
Rope-a-dope boxer ALI
Roth ___ IRA
Ruby, e.g. GEM
Rx regulator FDA
Salvage holiday paper like your grandmother? (New Jersey) OLDSCHOOLREWRAP
See 71-Across CODES
Shiner SUN
Slugger who has paintings of himself as a centaur above his own bed AROD
Stained, in a way DYED
Took a position SIDED
Two twos, say APAIR
Unagi EEL
Vichyssoise server LADLE
WC LOO
With 26-Down, luggage tag letters added to this puzzle's theme answers AIRPORT
Year in the reign of Empress Sarah Palinbot IV MMCI
Zoroastrian descendant IRANI
___ culpa (my bad) MEA
___ girl (classic ditzy type) VALLEY