L.A. Times Sunday - Apr 25 2010

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Clues Answers
"American Beauty" author Ball et al. ALANS
"I told the cops a dame got the better of me. One of them said, '___' ..." THATSASWITCH
"I was getting a strange vibe from her, but ___ ..." NOTHINGCONCRETE
"Mila 18" author URIS
"Out to launch" org. NASA
"Pretty soon we were ___ ..." BOTHPLASTERED
"She had long fingers and ___ ..." GREATNAILS
"She was thirsty, so I fixed her ___ ..." ASCREWDRIVER
"SNL" alumna Cheri OTERI
"Some days it just doesn't pay to be ___" MIKEHAMMER
"The second she walked in, I ___ ..." WASFLOORED
"Then another cop said, 'Awright, tough guy, ___, let's go' ..." YOUKNOWTHEDRILL
"They knew I'd ___, but they took me downtown anyway ..." BEENFRAMED
"When I woke up, all my ___! ..." FILESWEREGONE
"Your majesty" SIRE
"___ nice to see you" ITSSO
2009 Andrew Ross Sorkin book, "Too Big ___" TOFAIL
Abbr. in '74 headlines SLA
Acropolis locale ATHENS
Actor Beatty NED
Actor Green or Rogen SETH
Actress Helgenberger MARG
Agenda, for short SKED
Airs its final episode ENDS
Amulet TALISMAN
Angry with MADAT
Art movement DADA
Astaire headwear TOPHAT
Astrologer Sydney OMARR
Author of a book with "chin" in its title LENO
Birds of a region ORNIS
Bogart-Robinson classic KEYLARGO
Brainstorm IDEA
Bridge bid TWONO
Burial place TOMB
Butters RAMMERS
Cabinet dept. AGR
Carbon copy CLONE
Catch RUB
Change (a will) AMEND
Chaucer collection TALES
Come together MESH
Concerning ASTO
Confiscates TAKES
Confuse ADDLE
Cookie filling CREME
Cuzco-related INCAN
DDE opponent AES
Describe LIMN
Design problem FLAW
Directory data: Abbr. NOS
Disdains SCORNS
Do over, as a chapter REWRITE
Does a teacher's job GRADES
Donut-shaped TORIC
Earth-___ (aardvark, literally) PIG
Elvis and Marilyn, e.g. ICONS
Em et al. AUNTS
Errors MISSTEPS
Expensive pages ADS
Extinct bird MOA
Fiat EDICT
Finger pointer ACCUSER
Flies high SOARS
Flip UPEND
Fong and Walker HIRAMS
Fuss over oneself PREEN
Glyphics opener HIERO
Go too far with OVERDO
Golden ___ (seniors) AGERS
Grammy category RAP
Clues Answers
Ground-level shot LOWANGLE
Happy GLAD
Hard wasser EIS
Hideouts LAIRS
High time NOON
Highway Patrol's purview STATELAW
Historic times ERAS
Humerus location ARM
It might fund a research proj. NSF
Joanna of "Growing Pains" KERNS
Kansas city OLATHE
Kvbrick opvs? MMI
Like testimony SWORN
Lion's tail? ESS
Meat buy LOIN
Medal winner HERO
Meth finish ANE
Middle of the road? MEDIAN
Motifs THEMES
Ms. Duncan et al. ISADORAS
Ninny TWIT
Noses SMELLERS
Noted moralist AESOP
Notes next to A's BFLATS
Nothing NADA
Off-base? AWOL
Olive and Kelly GREENS
On ___ (out of the nest) ONESOWN
Out of the sack ASTIR
Part of 28 Across ADLAI
Poker move RAISE
Popular lists TOPTENS
President pro ___ TEM
Psych finish OSIS
Publicity FAME
Reindeer raiser LAPP
Rio Grande city LAREDO
Rochester's creator BRONTE
Room SPACE
Rose Parade sight FLOAT
Rules partner REGS
Russell's "Gladiator" director RIDLEY
Saggy horse SWAYBACK
Sahara stop OASIS
Securing, in a way LOCKING
Send anew RESHIP
Shell or Bell preceder TACO
Slapper in shorts MOE
Slides SKIDS
Soft ball material NERF
Son of Sarah ISAAC
Squelched SATON
Start of a dog RIN
State of mind MOOD
Stingers WASPS
Tatter RAG
Temperature taker NURSE
Testing org. FDA
To boot TOO
Tut's cousin? TSK
Veda venerator HINDU
Victory ___ LAP
Weasellike animal SABLE
With it, once HEP
Word after sing or string ALONG
Work ___ ETHIC
WWII women WACS
Yalta visitor, 1945 FDR
___ many words INSO
___ Na Na SHA
___-Mart WAL