L.A. Times Daily - Dec 30 2009

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Clues Answers
"Over the Rainbow" composer ARLEN
"The Jazz Singer" subject JOLSON
"The Ten Commandments" role RAMESES
"__ Company": old sitcom THREES
"__ luck?" ANY
1996 bride of comic books and television LOISLANE
2008 American League champs RAYS
3.0, e.g.: Abbr. GPA
Absorbed the loss ATEIT
Accident MISHAP
Acidity or alkalinity measurement, which is literally 8 for this puzzle's four longest answers PHLEVEL
Ad hoc oater group POSSE
Ann __, only woman to sign a contract with an NBA team MEYERS
Astronaut Collins EILEEN
Aware of HIPTO
Ballpark figs. ESTS
Bedouin's mount CAMEL
Campaign hustler, for short POL
Chef's preparation ENTREE
City named by William Penn PHILADELPHIA
Contents of some arks TORAHS
Dark time for de Gaulle NUIT
Domain AREA
Driver's aid TEE
Driveway surface GRAVEL
Driving hazard GLARE
Fabrication LIE
Form 1040 IDs SSNS
Fortes TALENTS
Foul SMELLY
Glimpsed SEEN
Gung-ho types ZEALOTS
Head shape in a recurring "SNL" skit CONE
Hurt badly MAIM
Involuntary contractions SPASMS
Its white variety glows upon exposure to oxygen PHOSPHORUS
Japanese noodle dish RAMEN
Clues Answers
Jerusalem temple site ZION
Journalist __ Boothe Luce CLARE
Jr.-year exams PSATS
Knocks RAPS
Lake near Niagara Falls ERIE
Like mozzarella SEMISOFT
Lockheed product JET
London insurance pioneer LLOYD
Ocean traveler SHIP
On a pension: Abbr. RET
One of the Simpsons LISA
Orbital shape ELLIPSE
Pact TREATY
Pay attention to HEED
Plato's field PHILOSOPHY
Pretentiously showy ARTY
Prince of Broadway HAL
River past Iola, Kansas NEOSHO
San Francisco __ BAY
Satisfy, as needs MEET
Shade of blond ASH
Shoppe sign word OLDE
Shortly SOON
Soft-shell clam STEAMER
Speak wildly RAVE
Spin doc PRMAN
Starbuck's boss AHAB
Stern's opposite STEM
Surgeon's tool SCALPEL
Tennis great Arthur ASHE
Tram filler ORE
Turkey topper GRAVY
Up in the air ALOFT
Veteran PRO
Wedding hiree PHOTOGRAPHER
Words after complete or close ASALE
__ Grissom, former "CSI" role GIL