L.A. Times Daily - Dec 24 2013

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Clues Answers
"America the Beautiful" shade AMBER
"An apple __ ..." ADAY
"Atlas Shrugged" author Rand AYN
"Steee-rike!" callers UMPS
Actor James __ Jones EARL
Actress Sissy SPACEK
And so on: Abbr ETC
Annapolis frosh PLEBE
Antler sporters STAGS
Artist's choice OILS
Australian canine DINGO
Baseball card figures STATS
Bit of info DATUM
California wine valley SONOMA
Chiang __-shek KAI
Common workday starting hr NINEAM
Delivery specialist? STORK
Do away with, as a vampire SLAY
Droid downloads APPS
Ever so slightly ATAD
Extinct emu-like bird MOA
Fan mail recipient IDOL
Fan mail sender, e.g ADMIRER
Far from daydreaming RAPT
Fashionable beach resorts LIDOS
Firestone offering RADIAL
Foot, in anatomy PES
Furry feet PAWS
Grouches CRANKS
Grows dimmer DARKENS
Haleakala National Park's island MAUI
Hawaii's Mauna __ LOA
In a short time, quaintly ANON
Instrument hit with a mallet GONG
Japanese cartoon art ANIME
Japanese city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics SAPPORO
Juan's "Enough!" NOMAS
Keep the faith HOPE
Kitchen worker COOK
Clues Answers
Loaded, in Lima RICO
Make more expensive, as on eBay BIDUP
Manuscript recipient EDITOR
Microscopic bit NANOPARTICLE
Morning co-host Kelly RIPA
Motivation DRIVE
Museum curators' degs MFAS
New staff member HIREE
Nobelist Curie MARIE
Not 58-Across ONLAND
On the briny ASEA
Ones who don't stay off the grass? STONERS
Paint layer COAT
Part of many a Mod wardrobe MINISKIRT
Peak ACME
Pic SNAP
Political coalition BLOC
Pool paths LANES
Popular Apple, versions of which begin 17-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across IPOD
Put bucks on the Bucks, say BET
Reckons DEEMS
Rodeo skill ROPING
Rower's blade OAR
Russian jet fighter MIG
Sandwich cookie OREO
Score before an extra point TOUCHDOWN
Screen symbol ICON
Ship deck game SHUFFLEBOARD
Sister's daughter NIECE
Slide down a slope SKI
Speech therapist's target LISP
Spring water brand EVIAN
Stinks REEKS
Sub finder SONAR
Takes steps ACTS
Tot TYKE
Use a swizzle stick STIR
Was sore ACHED
__ it: travels on foot HOOFS