L.A. Times Daily - Dec 13 2008

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Clues Answers
"Guns, Germs, and Steel" author Diamond JARED
"Miss Saigon" setting NAM
"That was no joke!" IMEANTIT
"The $64,000 Question" host March HAL
'70s pinup name LONI
1970 Stanley Cup hero ORR
Avoided DODGED
B'nai B'rith advocacy org. ADL
Belgian coastal resort OSTEND
Big guns BAZOOKAS
Bitty, in Banff SMA
Boston-to-Nantucket dir. SSE
Botanist's workplace HOTHOUSE
Brass band members SAXHORNS
Bubbly opener? AER
Bugs that are hard to find MIKES
Came again? ITERATED
Clobbers ROUTS
Colt, e.g. EQUINE
Congregations LAITIES
DEA employee NARCO
Delaware span BETSYROSSBRIDGE
Devil's advocate's opening DAREI
Droop SAG
Elvis's first #1 hit HEARTBREAKHOTEL
Emollient BALM
Ends a session, in a way LOGSOFF
Extremist ZEALOT
Fatty Arbuckle's given name ROSCOE
Fictitious MYTHIC
First right-handed batter to reach 500 home runs JIMMIEFOXX
Goldbricks DOGSIT
Hardly radiant WAN
His, to Henri SES
How pros work ABLY
Clues Answers
Howe'er THO
Hunters' decoys MOOSECALLS
Isn't fine AILS
Jewish youth org. YMHA
Kind of grass OAT
Kitchen gizmos SIFTERS
Like most hams CURED
Longtime Good Housekeeping columnist Lois WYSE
Longtime Vogue photographer AVEDON
Ma and others CELLISTS
Mil. officers LTS
Not a good account TALEOFWOE
Not on edge ATEASE
Old times ANTIQUITY
Rallying cry? RAH
Retired first baseman Martinez TINO
Rises to the top EXCELS
Role first awarded to British actress Elizabeth Shepherd EMMAPEEL
Rolls up FURLS
She played Dorothy on "Golden Girls" BEA
Shoot for ASPIRETO
Short-legged hunters BASSETS
Show curiosity WONDER
Something in the air OXYGEN
Sp. title SRA
Spy novel org. KGB
Stunt biker's bike, briefly BMX
Subject of a familiar law AVERAGES
The East Riv. runs through it NYC
Unpromising words LOOKSBAD
Visa, Inc. had a $17.9 billion one in 2008 IPO
White wine apГ©ritifs KIRS
Words after a door closes, perhaps IMHOME
__ citato: in the work cited OPERE
__ Islands BAHAMA