L.A. Times Daily - Oct 31 2009

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Clues Answers
"__ Brockovich" ERIN
"__ grip!" GETA
Actress Gardner et al. AVAS
Aide's job ASSISTING
Blueprints PLANS
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show costar OAKLEY
Buried INURNED
Caesar's partner Imogene COCA
Cajun pod OKRA
Child actor's chauffeur? STAGEMOM
Colleague of Lane and Olsen KENT
Cologne crowd? DREI
Cosmetic surgeries NOSEJOBS
Court call makers REFS
Crooked ALOP
Cry on cue, say EMOTE
Director Kurosawa AKIRA
Doctor's orders TESTS
Eastern Canadian province grouping, with "the" MARITIMES
End of a pentamerous serial PARTV
Eritrea's capital ASMARA
Film that's out of order? PREQUEL
Flaky mineral MICA
Formal answer to "Who's there?" ITISI
Grab before someone else does SNAPUP
Hairlike parts, such as those that help geckos cling to walls SETAE
Hard to nail down ELUSIVE
Has an __ grind AXETO
Height STATURE
High wind FIFE
Ignited again RELIT
Imported cheeses EDAMS
It merged with Kmart in 2005 SEARS
Latin 101 verb AMAS
Clues Answers
Mammal of Madagascar LEMUR
Marine bird PETREL
Messy situation SNAFU
Moniker NAME
Ness et al. ELIOTS
Nielsen ratings subjects TELECASTS
One leading a spartan lifestyle ASCETIC
One with immunity DIPLOMAT
PC panic button ESC
Place with trays CAFETERIA
Prepares GETSSET
R.E.M. vocalist Michael STIPE
Rolls on the lawn SOD
Saltpeter, to a Brit NITRE
Seeking advancement at any cost ONTHEMAKE
Sherry, often APERITIF
Smithsonian collection AMERICANA
Social blunder GAFFE
Speaks SAYS
Spirited horse STEED
St. with counties named Comanche and Choctaw OKLA
Strain OVEREXERT
Take out __: borrow money ALOAN
Those, to Teresa ESAS
TiVo option ERASE
Tolerates teasing gracefully TAKESAJOKE
Turkic inhabitant of Russia TATAR
U.S.: county :: U.K. : __ SHIRE
Uncle Remus's __ Fox BRER
Unwavering FOURSQUARE
Vegan entrée TOFU
War and more CARDGAMES
Will Rogers prop LASSO
Yucatán's capital MERIDA