L.A. Times Magazine - Jan 13 2008

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Clues Answers
"At the gym I usually toss up ___ ball before I leave--it's my specialty" ALASTAIR
"Do we want a buzzer or ___ better idea?" ISABELLA
"I can sing this ___ major but it won't sound too good" CAROLINE
"I like only the ___ peppers" MILDRED
"I love to detail pickup trucks but I will ___ without a down payment" DONOVAN
"I ___ ... that's about the extent of my kitchen skills" CANDICE
"If it's black, I lose, but I ___ comes up" WINIFRED
"Is a ___ way to spend an evening? Let's kiss and make up" TIFFANY
"On your 'welcome' ___ is missing" MATTHEW
"One more payment will make the ___" CARMINE
"She likes to ___ old coffee before making a new pot" HEATHER
"So, what do you do ___ and relaxation around here?" FORREST
"Starpeace" musician ONO
"Sure, you're innocent. Now up against the ___!" WALLACE
"Why does Ma let ___ her like that?" PATRICK
"Yep, it's my horse; it has my ___ it" BRANDON
"___ letter H in your name, right?" THERESA
AA program unit STEP
Actor Jared LETO
Arcade pioneer ATARI
Back in style RETRO
Bar ejectee, perhaps SOT
Barbershop sounds SNIPS
Barbie topper TIARA
Bay bird STORK
Been told (of) HEARD
Big bash GALA
Bob's successor DREW
Bottom line SUM
Compadres AMIGOS
Contract conditions TERMS
Cousin of age ERA
Crowd sound ROAR
Crude container BARREL
Dave Clark number FIVE
Deadly hisser ASP
Digestion-related PEPTIC
Director's first name ELIA
Doesn't give up? KEEPS
Dog accessory COLLAR
Drum site EAR
Early versions DRAFTS
Equinox mo. MAR
Erstwhile carrier TWA
ET on TV ALF
Even now STILL
Ex-Chief Justice Stone HARLAN
Exchange barbs SPAR
Fall hue OCHER
Fast-food drink COLA
Finally ATLAST
First installment PARTI
Firstborn ELDEST
Flame flitters MOTHS
Food container CAN
Formal requirement TIE
Foundry refuse SLAG
French honey? CHERI
Friskies eater CAT
Fruit flaw BRUISE
Get-up-and-go DRIVE
Glade target ODOR
Go off the deep end? DIVE
Gondolier's need POLE
Grow sick of SOURON
Grow tiresome WEAR
Gulliver's Travels, e.g. SATIRE
Hard to hum, maybe ATONAL
Herb with aromatic seeds FENNEL
Hersey title town ADANO
Holiday visitor INLAW
Inner tube? AORTA
Clues Answers
Intertwine ENLACE
Intro to physics ASTRO
Jabbing hand, usually LEFT
Jug band instruments SPOONS
Julio's home CASA
Keep from lapsing RENEW
Legendary Bruin ORR
Less taxing EASIER
Like Heidi SWISS
Like some gymnastics MENTAL
Makes invalid ANNULS
Mars markings CANALS
Mellow yellows AMBERS
More cunning SLIER
More than vexation IRE
Mouse's place? PAD
Movie-star looks? STARES
Muffin alternatives SCONES
Multitude SLEW
Nasal partitions SEPTA
Nasty person MEANIE
Neatnik's antithesis SLOB
Not so stiff SPRIER
Orders with heads ALES
Oregon hrs. PST
Other rte. ALT
Pass, as laws ENACT
PBS supporter NEA
Peerage member EARL
Periscope part LENS
Poet's meadow LEA
Pool members STENOS
Port on its own gulf ADEN
Printer's proof REPRO
Pull hard and fast YANK
Readies for feathering TARS
Rental car option ALAMO
Resell quickly FLIP
Reserve officially BOOK
Role for Harrison HAN
Says with scorn SNEERS
Shiver's cause CHILL
Sitar piece RAGA
Slumber stopper ALARM
Small sofa SETTEE
Stack up RATE
Standoffish ALOOF
Steaming stream LAVA
Steed speed TROT
Stereo knob TREBLE
Stood before FACED
T-man's first name ELIOT
Table extenders LEAVES
Take a bough? LOP
Take care of HANDLE
Takes an oath SWEARS
Teeny-tiny ATOMIC
Theater of Blood star PRICE
Timeworn OLD
Tip politely DOFF
Translucent gem OPAL
Treaty of '93 NAFTA
Turkey's Ataturk KEMAL
TV room DEN
Twinkletoes he's not OAF
Unreliable witness LIAR
Volcano, at times SPEWER
Wind (up) END
Words before "Believer" IMA
___ sheet SPEC
___ tank SEPTIC
___ the benefits REAPS