L.A. Times Daily - Dec 22 2012

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Clues Answers
"Hallelujah!" PRAISEBE
"Sweet Tooth" writer McEwan IAN
1961 space chimp ENOS
1977 ELO hit DOYA
4 Seasons title line preceding "I'm no good for you" DAWNGOAWAY
Artistic representation of the Lamentation of Christ PIETA
Bee's address? AUNT
Big dos FROS
Big moment on stage SOLO
Break room postings MEMORANDA
Cheap wine SNEAKYPETE
Chef's wear TOQUE
City on the Brazos WACO
Cliff ESCARPMENT
Close in on the answer GETWARM
Closet stuff LINEN
Delaying tactic word SOON
Der __: Adenauer epithet ALTE
Dickensian holiday meal GOOSE
Dutch engineering feat DIKE
Edward VII's queen ALEXANDRA
Either of two "Matter of Fact" columnists ALSOP
El __ NINO
Environmentally friendly crop HEMP
Eponymous trailblazer Chisholm JESSE
Falco of "Nurse Jackie" EDIE
Frequent flier's distraction, maybe PUZZLEBOOK
Galileo's birthplace PISA
German town STADT
Giants manager before Bochy ALOU
He bee DRONE
Hot tub site, maybe SKILODGE
How workaholics often work LATE
Humorist Bombeck ERMA
Key of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 CMAJ
Clues Answers
Kon-Tiki Museum city OSLO
Layer on many pies MOZZARELLA
Letters from Athens ETAS
Lid fastener HASP
Lieutenant AIDE
Line up AGREE
LPGA star Cristie KERR
Mariana Islands region MICRONESIA
More balanced SANER
More than buzzed SOZZLED
Not standard ADDON
Not up to snuff INADEQUATE
Open, in a way UNCAP
Optimum selling point PEAK
Org. Indonesia left in 2008 OPEC
Permits LETS
Potluck array CASSEROLES
Rodeo highlight CALFROPING
Singer portrayed by Spacey in "Beyond the Sea" DARIN
Singer with the children's album "Camp Lisa" LOEB
Skeleton opening EXO
Slangy approvals YEPS
Some civil rights activists GAYS
Some TV screens LCDS
Spade et al., briefly TECS
Sweet girl? ADELINE
Toaster oven treat PIZZABAGEL
Tryst LIAISON
Upscale TONY
Waist-length jackets ETONS
Was decisive OPTED
Was plucky enough DARED
Washington attraction MALL
Weena's people, in a Wells novel ELOI
__ impasse ATAN