L.A. Times Magazine - Aug 17 2008

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Clues Answers
"But ___ start" ITSA
"Cheerio!" TATA
"CSI" evidence DNA
"Hit the gas!" GUNIT
18-wheeler, e.g. TRUCK
A bird (reversed) + Fragrant compounds + Takes on = Meat topping WORCESTERSHIRE
A Gorgon MEDUSA
Actor Neill et al. SAMS
Army group UNIT
Baja bears OSOS
Barrel maker COOPER
Beetle juice? GAS
Big bang origin TNT
Bill killer VETO
Billionaire George SOROS
Bleak, to Blake DREAR
Blitzer's home CNN
Blood opening HEMO
Body work TATTOO
Bol. belongs to it OAS
British blueblood EARL
Busters? (reversed) + A weight = A city SCRANTON
Called (reversed) + Challenge + A nobleman = Close-election advice DEMANDARECOUNT
Capts. of industry CEOS
Caroline's stepdad ARI
Carpentry file RASP
Chisholm Trail town WACO
Chooses OPTS
Church leader ELDER
Class with demerits ROTC
Coke partner RUM
Collie comber GROOMER
Colombian city CALI
Countrywide: abbr. NATL
Crunchy fast food TACOS
Cul-___ DESAC
Dart thrower's order ALE
Demise END
Dick's sibling and others (reversed) + A pronoun = Dick's last name SMOTHERS
Dutch master Jan STEEN
Fading, fraying, etc. WEAR
Fall scores TDS
Famed (reversed) + Consumed = Go off DETONATE
Female rabbit DOE
Figured out GOT
Football venue ARENA
Funny Dame EDNA
Girl's name (reversed) + Girl's name = Radio network since 2004 AIRAMERICA
Go bad ROT
Greek letter PSI
Greek lyric poet SAPPHO
Hammer feature CLAW
Historian Shelby FOOTE
Hung on to (reversed) + London gallery = Ravage DEVASTATE
Hurler Hershiser OREL
Imitation ERSATZ
Info mission RECON
Iraqi missile SCUD
Job safety org. OSHA
Kazan (reversed) + Howard = Plane part AILERON
Kitchen invader ROACH
L.A. bus co. MTA
La-la lead-in TRA
Laments RUES
Last letter, in radio lingo ZULU
Layers STRATA
Less loco (reversed) + Penny = Showing new life RENASCENT
Lifesaver, say HERO
Like folk mus. TRAD
Clues Answers
Loose cannon MENACE
Lose zip SAG
Low tie ONEALL
Lowers the beam DIMS
Lummox LOUT
Make sense of DECODE
Make the cut? EDIT
Make, as money EARN
Mane location NAPE
Mary Kay rival AVON
Matzo ___ BREI
Melt ingredient TUNA
Morphine, e.g. OPIATE
Na Na lead-in SHA
Nader, for one ICON
Nintendo rival SEGA
On the main ASEA
Only, in OrlГ©ans SEUL
Orig. built ESTD
Pain reliever (reversed) + Certain antibiotics = Hit song of 1959 LONELYTEARDROPS
Part of NEA (reversed) + "Huh?" = Boater STRAWHAT
Pickup make CHEVY
Pool problem ALGAE
Precept TENET
Proceed proudly STRUT
Processor producer INTEL
Prom queen props TIARAS
Property claims LIENS
Proverb SAW
Quaker pronoun THEE
Queen of soul ARETHA
Race start? ETHNO
Rat-___ ATAT
Relay prop (reversed) + A pronoun = In no way NOTABIT
Riots and such UNREST
Rowing-ready OARED
Santa Claus artist NAST
Shopworn TRITE
Skater's leap AXEL
Sleep disorder APNEA
Slogan (reversed) + One = Relaxer's prop OTTOMAN
Snappy comeback RIPOSTE
Soccer cheer OLE
Son of, to Saudis IBN
Southwest sight MESA
Sox city, briefly CHI
Spicy cuisine THAI
Stew vessels CROCKS
Stockpiles HOARDS
Suffragist Carrie CATT
Summer top HALTER
Supposing (reversed) + A general = Bait buyer FISHERMAN
Techie type NERD
Tennyson's Arden ENOCH
Terminating AXING
Texas city, familiarly BIGD
Tuesday preceder FAT
Two-sport Sanders DEION
Used WD-40 on OILED
Uses stickum (reversed) + Sushi need = Prepares to sell SETSAPRICE
Vaquero's rope REATA
Vaughan (reversed) + Emulate Vaughan = Badgering HARASSING
Verizon, before GTE
Walk onstage ENTER
Western icon EARP
With "Ho," a Disney song HEIGH
Write (reversed) + Ditty = Sea god NEPTUNE
___ feather TARAND
___ golf clubs ASETOF