L.A. Times Daily - Jan 31 2008

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Clues Answers
"Diana" songwriter ANKA
"Show Boat" novelist Ferber EDNA
"Stormy Weather" songwriter ARLEN
"The First __ Club" WIVES
.00001 newtons DYNE
Approval YES
Avant's opposite APRES
Belgian treaty city GHENT
Benefits BOONS
Botanical angle AXIL
Brown of publishing TINA
Caning material RATTAN
Capital SSW of Tangier RABAT
Christmastime staple, with "The" NUTCRACKER
Doff a derby UNHAT
Dr. James Naismith's invention BASKETBALL
DVD player button EJECT
Early Yucatán settler MAYA
Emerged AROSE
Enlistees GIS
Flexible, in a way ACDC
Fresh NOVEL
Get in BOARD
Gist NUB
Holiday establishment? INN
Hombre's home CASA
Home seller's datum: Abbr. SQFT
It's hot in here OVEN
Its southern end is at Dawson Creek, British Columbia ALCAN
Kite with a driver TOM
Like some hair WAVY
Linear lead-in RECTI
Manual transmissions?: Abbr. ASL
Massey of old movies ILONA
Mattel card game UNO
Mauna __ KEA
Modeling aid EPOXY
Modesto-based vintner GALLO
Morlock victims ELOI
Clues Answers
National parks, e.g. FEDERALLAND
Pacific flier NENE
Physics, e.g. HARDSCIENCE
Place to see a snake DRAIN
Portfolio part IRA
Pretty pitchers EWERS
Printing process, briefly LITHO
Protected area ARBOR
Pumpernickel alternative RYE
Quick drinks SNORTS
Razz NEEDLE
Refuse to grant DENY
Result of a promotion, perhaps QUEEN
Return to sender? ECHO
Running trio? ENS
Salt, to a chemist NACL
Sellers, for instance ACTOR
Sense of style TASTE
She played Julie in "Show Boat" (1951) AVA
Shoptalk JARGON
Signal interference NOISE
Silly Putty holder EGG
Source of iron ORE
Space-saving device CLOSETORGANIZER
Specter's group SENATE
Stable worker GROOM
Subtle emanation AURA
Swiss bread FRANC
Taken for granted GIVEN
The __ Kid: Willie Mays's nickname SAYHEY
They're all in the family KIN
Thirst-quenching units SWIGS
Tough crowd MOB
Unit of capacitance FARAD
Votes for YEAS
Walton who wrote "The Compleat Angler" IZAAK
Word that can follow the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers CASE
__ Aviv TEL
__ trip ROAD