L.A. Times Daily - Dec 22 2005

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Clues Answers
"Little Caesar" gangster RICO
"Miroirs" composer RAVEL
Advance LEND
Affects SWAYS
Army group UNIT
Asian soldier ROK
Avg. level STD
Big smile GRIN
Blood fluids SERA
Brewery fixture OAST
Bright star NOVA
Chairman with a "Red Book" MAO
China setting ASIA
Copious PLENTIFUL
Cosby sitcom persona FAMILYMAN
Crooked ASKEW
Cry YELL
Diving bird AUK
Dressy accessory VEST
Engine buildup GRIME
Fifty-fifty EVEN
Figurehead site PROW
Gospel writer LUKE
Griddle sound SSS
Hall of Fame quarterback Baugh SAMMY
Hindu deities DEVAS
Idyllic setting LEA
Kilt wearer SCOT
Lake Erie port TOLEDO
Light tune LILT
Like some hospital care NEONATAL
Loved one IDOL
Mag with a "Carnal Counselor" column COSMO
Master ORIGINAL
Memorize, e.g. LEARN
Norwegian king OLAF
Old Italian bread? LIRA
Pay dirt ORE
Clues Answers
Payable DUE
Peer above a viscount EARL
Perform lutzes, say SKATE
Photo __ OPS
Pinch, to Pierre PEU
Pipe cleaner DRANO
Plant swelling EDEMA
Pregame festivity TAILGATEPARTY
Purplish shade MAUVE
Radiator output HEAT
Razor brand ATRA
Ready alternative NOT
Remove DELE
Reporter's asset NOSEFORNEWS
Rice pads? DORMS
Ring leader REF
Signs OMENS
Sneaky guy? PETE
Some kind of jerk? SPASM
Stinks ODORS
Support at the links TEE
Takes off the market, in a way RECALLS
Ted Williams wore it NINE
The same as before, in footnotes IDEM
They have cones FIRS
This puzzle's title? PLANESPEAKING
Tough spots BINDS
Tower town PISA
TV actor's hope EMMY
Unity ONENESS
Unlikely SLIM
Verdi's slave girl AIDA
Walk nonchalantly SASHAY
Wares: Abbr. GDS
Welcoming garland LEI
With complete faith BODYANDSOUL
Worship ADORE
__-tzu LAO