L.A. Times Daily - Feb 28 2008

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Clues Answers
"Growing Up in New Guinea" author MARGARETMEAD
"Taxi" character Elaine NARDO
"The King and I" setting SIAM
"Xanadu" band, briefly ELO
"__ and Away": 1960s hit UPUP
"__ MisГ©rables" LES
1979-'81 trucker-with-chimp TV comedy BJANDTHEBEAR
Antelopes found in 23-Across IMPALAS
August baby, often LEO
Backpack feature STRAP
Baked ristorante dish ZITI
Ball SPHERE
Barely admitting air AJAR
Big brass TUBA
Big name in chips INTEL
Bird's bill NIB
Bond pmt. INT
Borat's creator COHEN
Brigitte's friends AMIES
Broadband letters DSL
Brother of 44-Across SONIC
Buckwheat noodle SOBA
Buff TONED
Chowder ingredient QUAHOG
Citrusy flavoring ZEST
Claptrap ROT
Coarse, as a sense of humor EARTHY
Contingencies IFS
Dander IRE
Defects, figuratively WARTS
Dickens's Heep URIAH
Downside element MINUS
Enthusiasm ELAN
Expansion NLer of 1962 NYMET
Fall spot EDEN
Five-generation political family TAFTS
Genesis grandson ENOS
Gouda alternative EDAM
Gp. that funds psychiatric drug testing NIMH
Clues Answers
Grade sch. ELEM
Graf's partner AGASSI
Greek street fare GYRO
Host EMCEE
Huevos rancheros condiment SALSA
In the past AGO
Inexperienced GREEN
Kick back CHILL
Last word SAYSO
Looie's underling NONCOM
Mayberry moppet OPIE
Mosque leader IMAM
Nanki-Poo's love YUMYUM
Nickname that was a tribute to a Native American HAWKEYESTATE
Ningbo nursemaid AMAH
Normandy battle site STLO
Notions in Nîmes IDEES
On the main ASEA
Patriot's target SCUD
Place for a panel FORUM
Queen Aleena Hedgehog's only daughter SONIA
Regretful SORRY
Relic source DIG
Rodeo bull BRAHMA
Scenes of spirited conversations? SEANCES
SFO announcement ARR
Show whose final episode aired 2/28/83, and this puzzle's theme MASH
Show with Miami and NY spin-offs CSI
Signal receiver RADARANTENNA
Sources of delight JOYS
Space station for about 15 years MIR
Standoffish ICY
The Rams of the NCAA's Atlantic 10 Conf. URI
Throw out JUNK
Tikrit native IRAQI
Trounce CREAM
Troy story ILIAD
Use a sieve SIFT
Zambia neighbor ANGOLA