L.A. Times Magazine - Oct 23 2005

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Clues Answers
"And ___ friend" (host's request) BRINGA
"Everybody Hurts" band REM
"Get down" BOOGIE
"Honest!" NOLIE
"What ___ be alive!" ADAYTO
"Would ___?" ILIE
"___ easy as 1-2-3" ITSAS
"___ man with seven wives ..." IMETA
"___ of St. Agnes" (Keats) THEEVE
1975 film, A ___ His Dog BOYAND
68 Down, in Guaymas DOS
8 by 10 ___ GLOSSY
A dir. SSW
A distance AFAR
Actress Jane WYATT
Actress Wyler GRETCHEN
Ailing ILL
American Fur Co. founder, 1808 ASTOR
Apelike SIMIAN
Arabia's founder IBNSAUD
Arts org. NEA
As written SIC
Asexual NEUTER
Asian goat antelope SEROW
Baltic port RIGA
Baseball's McCarver TIM
Baseball's Mel OTT
Beat at biking OUTPEDAL
Behaved ACTED
Biblical twin ESAU
Black Sea country: abbr. BULG
Blasts (of laughter) GALES
Brown drink ALE
Buddy and Rob's TV pal SAL
Calm SERENE
Campaigning desperately, like Tommy's opponent? RUNNINGHARD
Cheat sheets CRIBS
Chick follower PEA
Chimney feature FLUE
CIA antecedent OSS
Contingent factors IFS
Controversial billboard character JOECAMEL
Cop on Perry Mason LTTRAGG
Course for new arrivals: abbr. ESL
Criticizes RIPS
Dash meas. YDS
Date minimum TWO
Defense org. NATO
Deserter RAT
Dick Van ___ DYKE
Dix and Knox: abbr. FTS
Doc bloc: Abbr. AMA
Donald, to Dewey UNCLE
Down ducks EIDERS
Draw into self-incrimination ENTRAP
Enamoring god EROS
End of a Smith Barney slogan EARNIT
English school ETON
Ex-Dodger Ron CEY
Forms bands of sparks ARCS
French designer Jean PATOU
Fresh from Hawaii TANNED
Futures dealer? SEER
Geo. and Jude, e.g. STS
God for whom a day of the week is named TIU
Greek letters RHOS
Greenhouse louse APHID
Half an ice cream flavor FRUTTI
Hat or race DERBY
Heavy fruit MELONS
Herbal beverage TEA
Ho-hum BLAH
Clues Answers
Hopeless NOWIN
Industrious ones DOERS
It can be aroused IRE
Joe-___ weed PYE
Jolt ZAP
Lady's address MAAM
Legal authority?: abbr. ABA
Like his opponent's tactics, according to Tommy? UNDERHANDED
Like the views of Tommy's opponent? FROMLEFTFIELD
Machine part CAM
Mag cover abbr. VOL
Magnon starter CRO
Malfunction, as a rifle JAM
Mark (down) JOT
Math branch TRIG
More dweeblike NERDIER
Muttered mot ASIDE
My ___, Vietnam LAI
New York city UTICA
Not yon HITHER
Old airline TWA
One way to be paid INCASH
Other than us ELSE
Part of i.p.s. PER
Plaines starter DES
Powerless condition? OUTAGE
Presidential campaigns, to Tommy? THEBIGLEAGUES
Project add-on ILE
Puncture starter ACU
Puzzling bird MERL
Pvt. investigators? MPS
Quick campaign appearance by Tommy? SHORTSTOP
Quick preview PEEK
Radical '60s org. SDS
Rootlike stem RHIZOME
Rural lass GAL
Sauce staple TOMATO
Scottish river or firth TAY
Sen. Kefauver ESTES
Sheet music abbr. ARR
Smash sign SRO
Smooth, in music LEGATO
Spare-tire place CARTRUNK
Splashed down? SPILT
Stay in contact, Tommy-style? TOUCHBASE
Storm center EYE
Sun. scores TDS
Support, as Tommy? GOTOBATFOR
Swedish import VOLVO
The slammer JAIL
Tide rival FAB
Tommy's political friends? HEAVYHITTERS
Tommy's view of the China issue? YANKEESVSREDS
Tommy's willing-to-listen attitude? OPENSTANCE
Tommy's word for his opponent? SCREWBALL
Took long steps STRODE
Took off LEFT
Toward the tail AFT
Transparent: abbr. CLR
Tries to trick Tommy during a debate? THROWSACURVE
Troll kin OGRE
Turf by the surf BEACH
U.N. VIP AMB
Untwisted silk (not a shirt part) SLEAVE
Valued violin STRAD
Vergil subject AENEAS
What Tommy's opponent did? PLAYEDCATCHUP
When bats fly NIGHT
You, in your head EGO
___ Fideles ADESTE
___ Helens MTST
___-Aztecan (language group) UTO