L.A. Times Daily - Dec 28 2013

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Clues Answers
"84, Charing Cross Road" novelist Hanff and others HELENES
"Such a shame" PITY
"Violator" band DEPECHEMODE
"__ Cheerleaders": 1977 comedy-horror film SATANS
1996 film with the tagline "YIKES! They've Landed!" MARSATTACKS
Agreeing words SOAMI
Arizona retirement community SUNCITY
Aspire to greatness AIMHIGH
Best kind of full house ACESOVER
Black-footed albatrosses GOONEYS
Bouncing off the walls HYPER
Caldwell's "__ Road" TOBACCO
Camera that uses 70mm film IMAX
Campus not far from LAX USC
Casual evening? NITE
Champing at the bit, and then some OVEREAGER
Convince otherwise DISSUADE
Corrections staff? EDITORS
Cry of approval OLE
Daily reading for many HOROSCOPE
Darius I's successor XERXES
Dealer in old clothing RAGMAN
Deco designer ERTE
DISDAIN CONTEMPT
Draft picks ALES
Exploit USE
Extol PRAISE
Follies REVUE
Frank Kennedy saved it from foreclosure TARA
Had a row OARED
Haul TOTE
Humanities degs MAS
Inedible orange OSAGE
It's a mess STY
Large amount SCAD
Clues Answers
Latin quarters? CASA
Laugh line? HEE
Like some office boxes INOUT
Moral lapse SIN
More disturbed UNEASIER
Most popular baby girl's name of 2011 and 2012 SOPHIA
New members INITIATES
Nitpick CAVIL
Nursery product word GRO
Ones on the way up ASCENDERS
Pounced on ASSAILED
Prairie predator COYOTE
Reacts to with an eye roll, perhaps SIGHSAT
Respect HOMAGE
Ring material ONION
Savory, e.g HERB
Shade provider? DYE
Short time? MIN
Skipjack, perhaps TUNA
Something to test THEORY
Soup holder CAN
Tex.-based carrier SWA
There may be tears in them DUCTS
They may be civil UNIONS
Tinny STANNIC
Track event GRANDPRIX
Track event RELAYRACE
Traffic blocker? NARC
Twisty character ESS
Use lofty words? SKYWRITE
Way more than a cold snap ICEAGE
Whence Icarus fled CRETE
Yellow-flowered medicinal plant SENNA
Zen awakening SATORI
__ acid NITRIC