L.A. Times Daily - Dec 11 2009

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"Alas" SOSAD
"Kidnapped" author's monogram RLS
Achille __: hijacked ship LAURO
Another name for hopscotch POTSY
Art supporters EASELS
Attending to the assignment ONIT
Baby docs OBS
Barely came out on top WONBYANOSE
Baseball coups, and a hint to the homophonic relationship in the sequence of first words in 18-, 24-, 54- and 61-Across DOUBLEPLAYS
Biblical twin ESAU
Big cheese VIP
British novelist Barbara __ PYM
Buck's mate DOE
Burning AFLAME
Caligula's card count? LII
Chair designer Charles EAMES
Check out CASE
Classical dance gp. ABT
Comics explosion KABOOM
Court smash SPIKE
Coverage charges PREMIUMS
Dole METE
Epitaph word LIES
Farm cry BAA
Found LOCATED
Gray topic ANATOMY
Group with a lot of hits? MOB
Honest with TRUETO
Hot times in Paris ETES
How some bonds are bought ATPAR
Inclined (to) DISPOSED
Irked RILED
Iron horse power STEAM
It's reserved for ones in a pool HOVLANE
Ivy League nickname ELI
John abroad LOO
Joseph of ice cream fame EDY
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Jungle female TIGRESS
Kerry and Kirk of Mass., e.g. SENS
Lansbury Broadway role MAME
Match unit SET
Matterhorn, e.g. ALP
Mecca's peninsula ARABIA
Musician Brian ENO
No longer gray, say DYED
No spendthrift SAVER
Obstacle RUB
Opera with the aria "Qui trarrГІ Cassio" OTELLO
Overly taxing TOOMUCHTOHANDLE
Place to find cues POOLHALL
Playground comeback ISNOT
Prefix with center EPI
Really enjoyed something ATEITALLUP
Result UPSHOT
Russian revolutionary LENIN
Semiautomatic rifle CARBINE
Series opener? ESS
She had a tryst with Tristan ISOLDE
Shell out PAY
Show great anticipation, informally SALIVATE
Soft fleece LLAMA
Soft leathers SUEDES
Some dashes EMS
Song syllable TRA
Takes a shot at TRIES
Temporarily FORTHETIMEBEING
They can be offensive LINEMEN
Traditional barbershop quartet hat BOATER
Vienna-to-Rome dir. SSW
Winged god EROS
You might make one with a Hamilton Beach DrinkMaster MALT
Young ones LADS
__ Balls: chocolate cake snacks SNO
__ ease ILLAT