L.A. Times Daily - Oct 16 2009

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Clues Answers
"Au contraire!" NOTSO
"In other words ..." IMEAN
"The Barber of Seville," e.g. OPERA
"The Tempest" king ALONSO
"You stink!" BOO
22-Acr. business INS
Adriatic Sea country: Abbr. ALB
Airing in prime time, say ONTV
Aquarium fish with an iridescent stripe NEONTETRA
Arch site: Abbr. STL
Atlanta-based sta. TBS
Axed HEWN
Bad picnic omen ANT
Blue Cross competitor AETNA
Boot camp negative NOSIR
Bottom-line negative LOSS
Burning desire? ARSON
Cheri of "SNL" OTERI
Chill in the air NIP
Court case TRIAL
Debt-laden corp. takeovers LBOS
Decide to participate OPTIN
Deep-rooted INGRAINED
Earth tones OCHRES
Egotistical describer of laws of motion? VAINNEWTON
Egypt's Mubarak HOSNI
Facts and figures DATA
Firestone Country Club city AKRON
Grenoble's river ISERE
Half and half ONE
Hardly a speed demon SLOWPOKE
Home of the witch buried under a fallen house EAST
Home of the witch who melted WEST
Hotelier Helmsley LEONA
Latin 101 verb AMO
Lincoln's Confederate counterpart DAVIS
Madison's neat roomie UNGER
Clues Answers
Mariner's "Help!" SOS
Miami-to-N.Y. dir. NNE
Month for fools? APRIL
Mother-of-pearl NACRE
Nest egg item, briefly IRA
Newspaper ad meas. SQIN
Oktoberfest dance POLKA
Org. once headed by Heston NRA
Paleontologist's ski resort discoveries? VAILBONES
Passover meal SEDER
Peruvian ancestor INCA
Playfully INFUN
Prefix with distant EQUI
Que. neighbor ONT
Rene of "Ransom" RUSSO
Represents STANDSFOR
Saab competitor VOLVO
Sacha Baron Cohen title character BORAT
Sainted fifth-century pope LEOI
Seat for eating scaloppine? VEALCHAIR
Seawater component, to a chemist NACL
Separately APART
Shack HOVEL
Speaker's stand LECTERN
Stick in a parlor CUE
Suffix with Capri OTE
Sykora of the NHL PETR
Taper off ABATE
Tender beef cuts LOINS
Texting device CELLPHONE
Tool for a dueling snake? VIPERBLADE
Tot's beach toy PAIL
Trap during a winter storm, maybe ICEIN
Uranium-238, e.g. ISOTOPE
View from Cleveland LAKEERIE
What Tarzan became after years of swinging? VINECONNOISSEUR
Zilch NIL