L.A. Times Daily - Mar 16 2008

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Clues Answers
"Blume in Love" star SEGAL
"Foucault's Pendulum" author ECO
"Goosebumps" series author STINE
"Indeed!" ISAY
"Puh-leeeze!" GETREAL
"The Story of Civilization" co-author Durant ARIEL
"Yo!" asea AHOY
"__ directed" USEAS
'50s GOP leader IKE
(On) target THEMONEY
Actor McKellen IAN
Actor Romero CESAR
Add PUTIN
Ancient Irish kings' enforcers? TARAMUSCLE
Andover rival EXETER
Anger IRE
Archaeologist's find RELIC
Arctic explorer John RAE
B&B INN
Barbudan's neighbor ANTIGUAN
Beatrice and Eugenie, to Prince Charles NIECES
Became overcast CLOUDEDUP
Beginning of cellulite? SOFTC
Blanket with a hole in it? PONCHO
British whodunit writer Simon __ BRETT
Brittany seaport BREST
Bubble source GUM
Cactus bump AREOLE
Canine-friendly Irish area? EIREOFTHEDOG
Chemical base ALKALI
Chinese toy PEKE
Cinq et quatre NEUF
CloisonnГ© crafters ENAMELERS
Common typeface ARIAL
Coquette TEASE
Cord components LOGS
CPR giver, often EMT
Dagger case SHEATH
Daze of wine and rosГ©s? STUPOR
Didn't end on time RANLATE
Disapproving sound TSK
Educ. market ELHI
Elemental ending IUM
Estuary RIA
Fermentation aids BACTERIA
Festive party GALA
Film noir protagonist ANTIHERO
Fling with force HEAVE
Florentine friend AMICO
Florida athlete GATOR
Former comm. giant ITT
Fridge convenience ICEMAKER
Friendship AMITY
Game with periods called chukkers POLO
Girdle, for one SHAPER
Govt. security TBILL
Gp. pushing adoption SPCA
Greenside stroke CHIPSHOT
Guanabara Bay city RIO
Half hexadeca- OCTO
Have's partner HOLD
Hefty offering TRASHBAG
Horiz. ACR
Horns-dilemma link OFA
Hot dog entrepreneur Handwerker NATHAN
Hot spots SAUNAS
Irish comedian's audience? GAELSOFLAUGHTER
Irish course of study? CORKCURRICULUM
Irish weather forecast? CLAREBLUESKY
Irishman's home goods store? PADDYOFURNITURE
It's close to your heart LUNG
Italian dessert TIRAMISU
Clues Answers
Jazz home UTAH
Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. STE
Jump on the ice AXEL
Kilmer's lovely sight TREE
Lack of color PALENESS
Layer HEN
Laze LOLL
LBJ beagle HER
Like city folk URBAN
Marking on some as-is mdse. IRR
Masseur's supply OILS
Mattress feature COIL
Melt fish TUNA
Mercury and Venus lack them MOONS
MGM film trademark? ROAR
More than chunky OBESE
Nancy's comics cohort SLUGGO
Naval off. ADM
Naysayer REFUSER
New __ AGER
Nickname of NBA great Oscar Robertson BIGO
Notes after mis FAS
One of a Freudian trio EGO
One on foot, in signs PED
One-eighty UTURN
Otherwise ELSE
Plague SCOURGE
Pollutant watchdog gp. EPA
Portent OMEN
Provide a bank blueprint, e.g. ABET
Put down ABASE
Qty. AMT
Radius neighbor ULNA
Ranch closing? ERO
Rapa __ NUI
Regret RUE
Relative of .org EDU
Rent, perhaps LIVEAT
Risk taker DARER
River through Orsk URAL
Roman moon goddess DIANA
Rubik's Irish toy? DUBLINCUBE
Seat of power THRONE
Second Amendment phrase BEARARMS
Section in an Irish guidebook? KERRYONLUGGAGE
Serengeti denizen GNU
Sexually receptive, as an animal INHEAT
She played Ulla in "The Producers" UMA
Show place THIRD
Singer Halliwell GERI
Sloan Sch. entrance exams GMATS
Small lump NODULE
Some Schedule B income INTEREST
Spanish Steps city ROME
Sri Lanka, once CEYLON
Taj __ MAHAL
Toss in a chip BET
Train sched. list STNS
Tramp HOBO
Tread the boards ACT
Unit circle radius ONE
Verne captain NEMO
Vision-related OPTIC
Wen CYST
What elopers eschew AISLE
Whopper LULU
Whos' creator SEUSS
Yes vote AYE
__ lights NORTHERN
__ pro nobis ORA
__-jongg MAH
__-mo SLO