L.A. Times Sunday - Aug 8 2010

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Clues Answers
"And so on ..." ETC
"Born Free" author Joy ADAMSON
"Casablanca"'s Claude RAINS
"High School Musical"'s Zac EFRON
"Law & Order: ---" SVU
"Man of La Mancha" number DULCINEA
"Poltergeist" director Tobe HOOPER
"Restaurante" course ENSALADA
"Sledgehammer" rocker Peter GABRIEL
"Stand" band REM
"The Good Earth" mother OLAN
"The Merry Widow" composer LEHAR
"Well, Did You ---?" EVAH
"What --- can I say?" ELSE
AAA info RTE
Actor Franz or Farina DENNIS
Ad agency creations SLOGANS
Aquarium issue ALGAE
Ascap alternative BMI
Athena's Roman counterpart MINERVA
Attend GOTO
B-complex's --- acid FOLIC
Baldwin and Waugh ALECS
Ballet slipper fabric SATIN
Band beneath the cornice FRIEZE
Bell and Kettle MAS
Big swig BELT
Bizet's "with" AVEC
Brits of old PICTS
Bump into MEET
Bygone Olds ALERO
Candidate's platform part, often TAXPLAN
Captain & Tennille's ode to wine? MUSCATLOVE
Chor or chlor closer INE
Coasted SLID
Coffee-cocoa combo MOCHA
Compliance MEEKNESS
Cut at an angle BEVEL
Cut short TRUNCATE
Cutting-edge item KNIFE
Data entry acronym GIGO
Dowel PEG
Drive- --- window THRU
Dropped down? MOLTED
Edison held hundreds of them PATENTS
Employ HIRE
Entertained AMUSED
Eschew SHUN
Ethel's partner in hijinks LUCY
Except if UNLESS
Fast opposite EAT
Feedbag bit OAT
Final stage ENDGAME
Fresno neighbor MADERA
Frisbee, for one DISC
Full-blown ALLOUT
Grooms horses CURRIES
Half a Washington airport? TAC
Hall & Oates' winy expression? SYRAHSMILE
Handgun SIDEARM
Heeds a sentry HALTS
Higher-ranking SUPERIOR
Hypnotized UNDER
Iron setting STEAM
It comes before chi TAI
Kitchen meas. TSP
Latin 101 word AMO
Latin 101 word ERAT
Clues Answers
Letter after pi RHO
Like Obama's office OVAL
Like Vikings NORSE
Long guns RIFLES
Looks after TENDS
Lowest deck ORLOP
Maritime measure SEAMILE
Melody AIR
Memorable Horne LENA
Menu option ALACARTE
Michelle Obama, --- Robinson NEE
Mideast export OIL
Ministered to wine? TREATEDCHABLIS
Month before Tishri ELUL
More skilled ABLER
Most musty STALEST
Most precious CUTEST
Multitudes HORDES
Music legend Joan BAEZ
Nichelle Nichols role UHURA
Not on the level? TILTED
O'Neill title trees ELMS
Opportunity for wine? GRENACHETIME
Oz creator BAUM
Parsley relative FENNEL
Part of a CRT SCR
Perennial candidate Harold STASSEN
Philosopher Kierkegaard SOREN
Pie finisher? BALD
Pillaged a village RAIDED
Pioneer products RADIOS
Pitchers' places MOUNDS
Plane passenger's tote CARRYON
Plumbing problems DRIPS
Prop for Jack and Jill PAIL
Radius mate ULNA
Rare SCARCE
Ret. jet SST
Ring setting CIRCUS
Rolling Stones' wine cellar? GAMAYSHELTER
Salon stuff GEL
San --- State Beach ONOFRE
Series set in So. Cal. THEOC
Show defiance REARUP
Sign of stress ACCENT
Soccer success GOAL
Starbucks size VENTI
Stephen of "The Crying Game" REA
Stewpots OLLAS
Strung along LEDON
Take --- the chin ITON
Talk like MIMIC
Tempted with wine? DANGLEDACLARET
Thai appetizer SATAY
Think the world of ADMIRE
Tightens (up) TENSES
Too ALSO
Trouble-free EASY
Typical "Twilight" fan TEENAGER
Upgrade an old system RETROFIT
Victrola co. RCA
Watchdog's warnings SNARLS
Wine studies? BORDEAUXEDUCATION
Wine-flavored Italian ice GRANITA
Winy Shakespeare contemporary? CHRISTOPHERMERLOT
Wise add-on? ACRE
Yemen neighbor OMAN
Yule drink NOG