L.A. Times Sunday - Jan 24 2010

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Clues Answers
"... spare a ___?" DIME
"Dr. Hug" Buscaglia LEO
"Survivor" airer CBS
"Wheel of Fortune" buy, maybe ANI
& 69 * She said, "Then I saw the ___" ... HANDWRITING
& 97 * I thought, All right, fine, I can ___ ... PLAYTHEIR
* "First," she said, "someone ___" ... STOLEAKISS
* "Graffiti?" I asked. "No, just letters." "Ah," I said, "a ___" ... CAPITALCASE
* "Then I found these," she said, and even I was shocked. There were ___ on the floor ... CHALKMARKS
* "Wait," I said, "I thought there was a ___" ... KIDNAPPING
* "Yes, but we woke him up. Then a pinky ring went missing." "Real jewels?" I asked. "No," she said, "___" ... JUSTPASTE
* (See 52 Across) ONTHEWALL
* (See 85 Across) LITTLEGAME
* I arrived at the crime scene at 9 a.m. The kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Ladey, ___ ... SPELLEDITOUTFORME
* Someone had ___! (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) WHACKEDTHEERASERS
A.S.A.P. INASEC
ABC series about crash survivors LOST
Adjective ending IAL
After 2 a.m., say VERYLATE
Answer to "Get the picture?" YESISEE
Appliance brand AMANA
Approximately ORSO
Attila, to his enemies SCOURGE
Austrian article DER
Author Ferber EDNA
Beethoven's "Für ___" ELISE
Biscotti flavoring ANISE
Bit in a bucket DROP
Bonanza finds ORES
Boom-bah opener SIS
Bowie's last stand THEALAMO
Bridge whiz Sharif OMAR
Bulky book TOME
Canonized mlle. STE
Car options LEASES
Cartoon ending? ISH
CIO's companion AFL
Clothes lines? SEAMS
Club with maps AAA
Cobb, Detmer, and Law TYS
Cocktail fruit LIME
Conk out DIE
Cosmo, for one MAG
Couch potatoes SITTERS
Currently has the stage ISON
Descartes' deduction IAM
Despite all that YET
DFW's state TEX
Dirigible AIRSHIP
Dog show reject CUR
Dressy event GALA
Dumas dueler ATHOS
DuPont fiber ORLON
Ex-actor Ron ELY
Feud-ending word SHAKE
Fighting force, to Fifi ARMEE
Foot feature ARCH
Football's "Too Tall" Jones and others EDS
Franklin's 1936 foe ALF
Frigate's front PROW
Give in (to) ACCEDE
Given the nod OKAYED
Groveled ATEDIRT
Hang on (to) CLING
Hannibal's obstacles ALPS
Hard-to-miss SALIENT
Henry V, as a prince HAL
Inflexible RIGID
Interjected disapprovingly PSHAWED
Intro to many words? INSO
Irish dance JIG
Clues Answers
Isle off Tuscany ELBA
It gets hammered NAIL
It's a relief ASPIRIN
Lacking slack TAUT
Laze (about) LOLL
Like some stops, in speaking GLOTTAL
Like some suckers ALLDAY
Like some translations LOOSE
Lorelei Lee's creator LOOS
Malicious looks LEERS
Metrical feet IAMBI
Military assignments MISSIONS
Moistens WETS
Moreover, to poets EEN
Must HASTO
Neighbor of Nor. SWE
Neon's state GAS
New Zealand bird or fuzzy fruit KIWI
Niger neighbor MALI
Nintendo's ___ Remote WII
NYC mayor after David RUDY
O. Henry title trio MAGI
Ooze SEEP
Opens the door for LETSOUT
Opera CD track ARIA
Part of a foot INCH
Patrick who played Steed on TV's "The Avengers" MACNEE
PC bailout key ESC
Persian protest, perhaps MEOW
Pickup line? HOPIN
Pioneer heading WEST
Playwright Eugene ONEILL
Plumed military cap SHAKO
Porcine plaint OINK
Pre-Edison term? ALVA
Punches senseless KOS
Raised RRs ELS
Rapper-actor ICET
Reddi-___ WIP
Registered player ENTRANT
Sailor's sure thing? AYE
She who gets sheared EWE
Site with a slicer DELI
Snobs ELITISTS
Sound of a flop THUD
Soup container CAN
Start of a JFK quote ASK
Start of the second qtr. APR
Starting ASOF
State the Joads left: abbr. OKLA
Strike HIT
Strong adhesive EPOXY
Succinct saying MAXIM
Temporary cars for repair patrons LOANERS
The Taj ___ MAHAL
Tobacco-drying oven OAST
Tractor trailer? PLOW
Trade restriction EMBARGO
Treat disdainfully SNEERAT
Vertical line on a graph YAXIS
Vetoes NIXES
Voting issue AGE
What sots drink to EXCESS
With Andrea, an ill-fated ship DORIA
With sight, a tourist SEER
Wizard's unveiler TOTO
Words after stem or turn THETIDE
You can smell it AROMA
Young fox KIT
___ good example SETA
___ the hills OLDAS