L.A. Times Daily - Sep 6 2014

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Clues Answers
"Fats" Waller piano style STRIDE
"Free," in "land of the free" ADNOUN
"This is just __" ATEST
"Whatever" ASIFICARE
1962 Crystals album with cover art of a biker HESAREBEL
1980s-'90s Richard Mulligan sitcom EMPTYNEST
1992 Michelle Pfeiffer role CATWOMAN
19th/20th-century civil rights leader __ B. Wells IDA
Actress Dawson of "Men in Black II" ROSARIO
Age abbr YRS
Ahead ONWARD
AQI monitor EPA
Backspace, usually ERASE
Big Sur retreat ESALEN
Burning AFIRE
California city near Bakersfield DELANO
Capitol center ROTUNDA
Ceremonial lineup GRADS
Certain laundry load DARKS
Chef's assortment OVENWARE
Common ore of mercury CINNABAR
Cook poorly, in a way UNDERBAKE
Devote, as time INVEST
Disallow BAN
Doubled-over reaction OOF
Favorite PET
Flying cartoon hero, formally ROCKETJSQUIRREL
Forest mom DOE
Form a union ORGANIZE
Gang leader of old comics BAZOOKAJOE
Garbage holder BIN
Gets clean BATHES
Goethe's "The __-King" ERL
Grover's 1890s vice president ADLAI
Hawaiian priests KAHUNAS
Clues Answers
Hoodwink BAMBOOZLE
Ideal pairing SOULMATES
James, again, briefly CAV
Like many sales SEASONAL
Look after TEND
Marching band? ARMY
On the wrong side (of) AFOUL
Pacific island nation TONGA
Philosopher de Beauvoir SIMONE
Pin down LOCATE
Ready to grow SOWN
Reasons for as-is sales DENTS
Restored vigor to, in a way REPOTTED
Salad bar items BACOS
Sees the light, maybe AWAKES
Some daily activities HABITS
Some NASA missions EVAS
Soup vegetable LEEK
Spanish sky CIELO
Stewed LIQUOREDUP
Three-time Masters winner SNEAD
Titicaca feeders RIOS
To begin with FIRSTLY
Tones down TAMES
Trick RUSE
Troubled Mideast region GAZA
Turning points CRISES
Wedding cake specification TWOTIER
Wheat used in health food SPELT
Where some artists' firings occur KILNS
Wintry commercial prefix SNO
Workers' rights gp. since 1919 ILO
Wright-Patterson, e.g.: Abbr AFB
Yvette, e.g NOM
__ Lodge ECONO