L.A. Times Daily - Jul 7 2010

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Clues Answers
"__ Swear": 1959 Skyliners hit THISI
"__-haw!" YEE
*Betrayal STABINTHEBACK
*Do what others prefer GOWITHTHEFLOW
*It involves a lot of writing ESSAYTEST
*Nixed SHOTDOWN
*Prepare to drink, as a can of beer CRACKOPEN
*Say goodbye, quaintly BIDADIEU
1924 co-defendant LOEB
1972 Michael Jackson hit BEN
Affirmative answer YES
Agitated speeches RANTS
Asian sultanate OMAN
Be of use AVAIL
Billet-doux letters SWAK
Birthright-for-pottage trader ESAU
Bo follower? PEEP
Capital WNW of Islamabad KABUL
Caught a few z's SLEPT
Clicking fastener SNAP
Coated with a precious metal GILT
Cotton field sight BALE
Dallas sch. SMU
Data on airport skeds ETDS
Draconian HARSH
Eat like a bird PECK
Enter, as data KEYIN
Freshly ANEW
Get hold of OBTAIN
Gets hitched WEDS
GP's soc. AMA
Hekzebiah Hawkins's daughter SADIE
In the thick of AMONG
Infinitesimal time period: Abbr. NSEC
Intro for John? DEAR
Israeli statesman Abba EBAN
Itinerant NOMAD
Ivan IV, for one TSAR
Clues Answers
Just hanging, so to speak IDLE
Like "Beowulf," e.g.: Abbr. ANON
Like orange juice ACIDIC
Little devil IMP
Little trickster ELF
Lucky shot FLUKE
Melville novel OMOO
Moore of "G.I. Jane" DEMI
Moppets TYKES
Move about absently, as one's thumbs TWIDDLE
Obligations DEBTS
One half of a tiff HESAID
Perching on ATOP
Phillips et al.: Abbr. ACADS
Powerful shark MAKO
Priest in I Samuel ELI
Recycle receptacle BIN
Revolutionary Pancho VILLA
Scoot along, as clouds SCUD
Sharp-tasting TART
Shire horses' burdens CARTS
Showing no sign of slowing down SPRY
Singer Braxton TONI
Skin care brand OLAY
Spanish Surrealist DALI
Start of a learning song ABC
Synonym for the starts of the answers to starred clues TRY
Telly on the telly SAVALAS
The Dardanelles, e.g. STRAIT
They lack Y chromosomes WOMEN
Thing ENTITY
Touchy-__ FEELY
Twilled pants material CHINO
Two-time U.S. Open winner Retief GOOSEN
When doubled, a number puzzle KEN
Work on, as abs TONE
Ziti cousin PENNE
__ to: halted, nautically HOVE