L.A. Times Daily - Dec 17 2011

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Clues Answers
"I need a hand!" HELPMEOUT
"The Bathers" artist RENOIR
2005 Brosnan/Kinnear film with a bullfight scene THEMATADOR
Aces HOLESINONE
Agitates, with "at" EATS
Antifreeze compound METHANOL
Avianca airlines destination CALI
Benjamin CSPOT
Butter up, perhaps BENICETO
Cause of a run, perhaps WILDPITCH
Center MIDST
Cheat CHISEL
Chi follower PSI
Clipper part MAST
Composed CALM
Construction site sight BOXLUNCH
Dig TUNNEL
Dilutes THINS
Drama that began with a plane crash LOST
Drink suffix ADE
Emphasize to excess RUBIN
Epic featuring Agamemnon ILIAD
Featuring built-in columns PILASTERED
Field: Pref AGRO
Film feline ELSA
Fine-grained wood YEW
Fixed stake ANTE
Fluffy DOWNY
Footprint, e.g CLUE
Genesis builder NOAH
Get Mad again RENEW
Grand Canyon State sch ASU
Horror movie staples CREATURES
In reserve ONICE
It "isn't what it used to be": Peter De Vries NOSTALGIA
It's always number one HYDROGEN
Clues Answers
Jenny Craig targets OVEREATERS
Karl Benz or Henry Ford EPONYM
Kept in the loop, briefly CCED
Key color EBONY
Like some waste TOXIC
Locking blocks LEGOS
Lottery draw INSTANTWIN
New York Giants ownership family name MARA
NFL review technique SLOMO
Obstructs OPPOSES
Old dance HOP
One handling hot things? FENCE
Order of the British Empire, e.g HONOUR
Oysterquartz maker ROLEX
Pelvic parts ILIA
Physicist Ampère ANDRE
Rapscallion IMP
Ready ONTAP
Region AREA
Result preceder ASA
Ride CAR
Scorned DISDAINED
Shell game need PEA
Short-term funding source ATM
Some runners MILERS
Something to use on leftovers TINFOIL
Southern side TEXASTOAST
Stead LIEU
Still in contention ALIVE
Sweeping WIDE
TCM merchandise DVDS
Town in Salerno EBOLI
Two-time Best Situation Comedy Emmy winner ILOVELUCY
Words on some initial volumes ATO
Work with a shuttle TAT
Yawn inducer BORE