L.A. Times Daily - Mar 20 2009

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Clues Answers
"A Yank in the __": 1941 war film RAF
"An Affair to Remember" costar KERR
"Dark Angel" star Jessica ALBA
"May I say something?" AHEM
"Thérèse Raquin" author ZOLA
"The Spiderwick Chronicles" actor NOLTE
"Yippee!" HOORAY
"__ O'Riley": song by The Who BABA
1871 Cairo premiere AIDA
Annoying type NUDNIK
Anticipatory times EVES
Backspace, perhaps UNDO
Basket maker's supply OSIER
Blue state? MELANCHOLY
Carping subjects NITS
Catch lots of rays? BAKE
Check mates? STUBS
Closed SHUT
Concert gear AMPS
Count (on) RELY
Cut with a scythe REAP
Dangerous snake ASP
Desert antelope ORYX
Drop a bit SAG
Eighth century pope PAULI
Electrical gap filler ARC
Father of Ishmael ABRAHAM
Fictional skipper AHAB
Get wind of HEAR
Hint CLUE
Iceberg alternative BIBB
In a blue state? FROZENSOLID
In a red state? EMBARRASSED
Inappropriately involved NOSY
Invasion time DDAY
Invites ASKS
It holds the line REEL
It might be heard from one going to court SERENADE
Ivy leader PROF
Clues Answers
Language suffix? SPEAK
Le Sage novel "Gil __" BLAS
Like many Aeschylus works TRAGIC
Liter lead-in DECI
Livestock fence feature BARB
Many a minor TEEN
Mark in español TILDE
Monastic jurisdiction ABBACY
Mottled PIED
Notion IDEA
Pepsi brand that's also its calorie count ONE
Perfect UNERRING
Pimiento container, possibly OLIVE
Playful swimmer OTTER
Positive CANDO
Prohibit BAN
Really got into DUG
Red and blue states? PURPLES
Red state? BANKRUPTCY
Rye, for one GRASS
Salon jobs RINSES
Scent ODOR
Site for a union meeting? ALTAR
Somewhat soused TIPSY
South American carrier LLAMA
Stan Musial wore it SIX
Styled after ALA
Summary RECAP
Superstars IDOLS
Teen's bane ZITS
They're tightened during hard times BELTS
Thin out RAREFY
Tim of "Private Practice" DALY
Trash DIS
Type of motor INBOARD
Visibility reducers HAZES
Washington State athlete COUGAR
Wasn't straight LIED
Writer whose stories inspired "Guys and Dolls" RUNYON