L.A. Times Daily - Aug 9 2008

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Clues Answers
"Almost there!" ITSNOTFAR
"Same __ Me": George Jones song OLE
"That's tough" TOOBAD
"The Crow" actress __ Ling BAI
1969 Mets, e.g. CINDERELLASTORY
Apollo carried it, briefly LEM
Belle replaced her at Mel's FLO
Belt WALLOP
Bk. after Proverbs ECCL
Buenos __ AIRES
Canadian Arctic explorer RAE
Catcher-__, Fox TV baseball innovation CAM
Concede, with "up" FESS
Detects ESPIES
Element in a clutch performance? TALON
Fabric amts. YDS
Form 1040, line 32 deduction IRA
Hard up NEEDY
Inscribed marker STELA
It affects depth of field FSTOP
It takes your breath away APNEA
It usually fades in fall TAN
It's synthesized in a three-step process TNT
Its first awards ceremony was co-hosted by Bobbie Gentry CMA
Its verbal section has a 30-min. time limit GRE
John, notably BAPTIST
Kvbrick opvs? MMI
Letters automatically displayed in the "Wheel of Fortune" bonus round RSTLNE
Like physiological receptors SENSORY
Like some missiles AIRTOAIR
Maker of bar code scanners NCR
Makers of many calls UMPIRES
Manhattan ingredient RYE
Mass shout of great respect ALLHAIL
Memorable band MERRYMEN
Clues Answers
Microphone inventor's initials TAE
Novelist's tool LITERARYLICENSE
Okay ACCEDETO
On Soc. Sec. RET
One of many on England's southern coastline RIA
One often involves several runners PRIMARYELECTION
Pay based on output PIECERATE
Porous iron ore LIMNITE
Prayers ORISONS
Safe place HOTEL
Safeguards of a kind PATENTS
Saison in the sun ETE
Sellout beneficiary, perhaps SCALPER
She plays Brenda in "The Closer" KYRA
Some six-footers SUBS
Some Texas A&M grads EES
Something to do before driving APPLYFORAPERMIT
Something to take out TRASHBAG
Stephanie's dad EFREM
Stevedore, at times LADER
Striking tool MALLET
Strong acid, to a chemist HCL
Switch ups? ONS
They begin beside bishops: Abbr. KTS
They parallel radii ULNAS
Those, in Toledo ESOS
Tie in the East OBI
Traffic signal, at times ARROW
View from Lake Sai MTFUJI
When to do odd jobs INONESSPARETIME
Word with pick or pack ICE
Wrangler, for one JEEP
WWI military gp. AEF
Zero in AIM
__ bar TAPAS