L.A. Times Daily - Aug 31 2008

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Clues Answers
"A mouse!" EEK
"At Last" singer James ETTA
"Deathtrap" playwright Levin IRA
"Gotcha!" IDIG
"Hold on a __!" SEC
"Magnificent" late-night role CARNAC
"Once and Again" Emmy winner SELAWARD
"Smallville" girl LANA
"__ boy or ..." ISITA
"__ seen enough!" IVE
1990 Hotelier of the Year Trump IVANA
Alpine road section ESS
Amateurish psychiatrist? RINKYDINKSHRINK
Apt. coolers ACS
Assails SETSAT
Aversion to slang, say PURISM
Backgammon need DICE
Baseball Hall of Famer Slaughter ENOS
Beam SMILE
Berra won it in the A.L. three times MVP
Blue book filler ESSAY
Bologna bone OSSO
Bothered IRKED
Broadcasting ONAIR
Buffalo's place, once? NICKEL
Burger option BACON
Calf-length skirt MIDI
Cat, at times PAWER
Celtic language ERSE
Church service closers POSTLUDES
Clientless talent finder? DOWNANDOUTSCOUT
Clinton's "My Life," e.g. MEMOIR
Clock stopper, at times REF
CNN reporter David ENSOR
Confused fighter pilot? LOSTINSPACEACE
Contrary gardener MARY
Dale Evans, for one COWGIRL
Dance studio rail BARRE
Dense private eye? NOTTOOQUICKDICK
Director Howard RON
Dishonors ABASES
Doomed Genesis city SODOM
Dry streambed WADI
Elects OPTS
European blackbird MERL
Fall spot EDEN
Final: Abbr. ULT
Five Nations tribe member MOHAWK
Fix CURE
Forced DROVE
Four-time Masters winner, familiarly ARNIE
Frequently seasick sailor? SUBPARTAR
Gave temporarily LENT
Go from 10 to 70, e.g. SEPTUPLE
He won the Nobel Peace Prize three years after Lech ELIE
Helpful Web pages FAQS
Hummus holder PITA
Inaccurate animal doctor? ALLWETVET
Integra maker ACURA
Interior design DECOR
It parallels the radius ULNA
It's needed in most pro sports TEAMWORK
It's often in the basement RECROOM
Kind of prof. ASST
L.A. Sparks' org. WNBA
Labor leader Chavez CESAR
Lou Grant's ex-wife EDIE
Luxor Hotel feature ATRIUM
Many cons FELONS
Mercury or Saturn, but not Mars AUTO
Mined things ORES
Missouri feeder OSAGE
Clues Answers
Morales of "NYPD Blue" ESAI
More shrewd CAGIER
More sunburned REDDER
Most loyal TRUEST
Motel offerings: Abbr. RMS
Mountain feature RIDGE
Musical sense EAR
Native Nebraskan OTOE
Net funds ECASH
Nevertheless YET
NFL great portrayed in "Brian's Song" SAYERS
No longer mourning OVER
Not at all generous STINGY
Numbered rds. RTES
Old marketplace AGORA
On the trail of AFTER
One of Us?: Abbr. ISS
Org. for pieceniks? NRA
Orlando-to-Miami dir. SSE
Out-of-shape policeman? ABOUTTODROPCOP
Outback hoppers ROOS
Pa. airport north of PIT ERI
Peek-__ ABOO
PelГ©'s org. NASL
Phone co. employee OPER
Pond glider CANOE
Poor rating ONESTAR
Postscripts ANDS
PR specialist SPINDOC
Queen's subjects BEES
QuГ©bec's __ Champlain PONT
Ravel's "Gaspard de la __" NUIT
River in Lyons SAONE
Rue Morgue creator POE
Santoni who played restaurateur Poppie on "Seinfeld" RENI
Sewing case ETUI
Small antelope ORIBI
Some '80s Chryslers KCARS
Somewhat, informally SORTA
Source of 3-D pictures? MRI
Space Mountain, e.g. RIDE
Spanish snack TAPA
St. with counties named Comanche and Choctaw OKLA
Start of a noted B-29 name ENOLA
State in Northeast India ASSAM
Steals, slangily BOOSTS
Stood ROSE
Takes advantage of USES
Tasks for Hercules LABORS
Texas's state tree PECAN
Thanks overseas MERCI
They may be directional MIKES
Time to attack DDAY
Topps rival FLEER
Tough tests ORALS
Tropical cooler TRADEWIND
Turning point PIVOT
Twice tetra OCTA
Two-time chess World Champion KARPOV
Two-time pairs skating gold medalist Protopopov OLEG
Type of leather jacket BOMBER
Types KINDS
Uncommon RARE
Understanding KEN
Unfamiliar with NEWAT
Wandering cabby? WAYOFFTRACKHACK
With no adverse consequences SCOTFREE
Wonka's favorite tree? CACAO
Wrangler fabric DENIM
Yank's foe REB
Yellow-centered bloomer ASTER
__-back LAID