L.A. Times Daily - Jun 18 2006

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Clues Answers
"Beau __" GESTE
"Bellefleur" author OATES
"I certainly would dare!" TRYME
"Pinball Wizard" band THEWHO
"Roseanne" star BARR
"World Factbook" compiler: Abbr. CIA
12-Down part PETAL
A baker must learn how to use __ FLOURPOWER
A dancer can't become __ WHIRLEDWEARY
A gymnastics coach must be a good __ ROLLMODEL
A Hare Krishna needs a __ CHANTSENCOUNTER
A healthy-eating advocate always __ CHEWSWISELY
A royal nanny needs to be an __ HEIRCONDITIONER
A seamstress should be __ SEWINCLINED
A stockbroker is never __ BOREDOFTRADE
A tabloid reporter must have a nose for __ IDOLGOSSIP
Anchor position ATRIP
Antony addressee ROMAN
Approach GONEAR
Approve, as a bill PASS
Army HOST
Astronomical distance PARSEC
Author Flagg FANNIE
Band handout DEMO
Barely make, with "out" EKE
Beak NIB
Bite TANG
Breakers SURF
Bud's partner LOU
Cagey SHREWD
Chalets have wide ones EAVES
Charming poems IDYLLS
Cheerless DISMAL
Classic car in the "All in the Family" theme song LASALLE
Clods OAFS
Combines, as resources POOLS
Company that became Royal Crown NEHI
Comparison word THAN
Contemporary of Dashiell and Rex ERLE
Corsage flower ORCHID
Costar of Dean and Wood MINEO
Credal conviction TENET
DDE's command ETO
Dernier __ CRI
Directed STEERED
Divest (of) RID
Docking spot SLIP
Driver's license prerequisite EYETEST
Eastern hoops powerhouse DUKE
Eastern musical drama NOH
Eisenhower's first Supreme Court appointee WARREN
Exam no-no CRIB
Farm country resource CROPLAND
Fashionable Donna KARAN
First-order angel SERAPH
Flexible LISSOME
Follows, as advice ACTSON
Foofaraw ADO
For planes AERO
Forest female DOE
Galena, for one ORE
Gloria on the Walk of Fame DEHAVEN
Golf course scurriers CARTS
Greenhorns NOVICES
Guns REVS
Haggard CAREWORN
Harmonize ATTUNE
Helmut's connector UND
Herbert sci-fi classic DUNE
High-pressure pitch HARDSELL
Clues Answers
Implore PRAY
It loops the Loop: Abbr. CTA
Item in an agt.'s cabinet FBIFILE
Jack's "On the Road" buddy Cassady NEAL
Jaguarundi kin PUMA
Juan's "What's up?" QUEPASA
Kicks off OPENS
Kite's weapon TALON
Land south of Moab EDOM
Landscaping gismo EDGER
Lapped up RELISHED
Las Vegas drive-through CHAPEL
Least populous st. WYO
Leisure FREETIME
Like Jack NIMBLE
Lotion nos. SPFS
Maintained HELD
Mariner's concern TIDE
Memphis-to-Atlanta dir. ESE
Merged with FEDINTO
Most artful SLIEST
Mountain air YODEL
Murky OPAQUE
Needing to reduce, maybe ROTUND
Nephew of Cain ENOS
Noah of "ER" WYLE
Not quite forthwith SOON
Old Ford LTD
Old-fashioned pronoun THOU
Outback gem OPAL
Passive protests SITINS
Pays what one owes PONIESUP
Pinot __ NOIR
Ponder WEIGH
Regal regalia ORBS
Region above Sask. NWT
Reliable information channel PIPELINE
Renegade ROGUE
Repartee WIT
Sample SIP
Scandinavian literary work EDDA
Sculptor Henry MOORE
SeaWorld performer SHAMU
Serious troubles WOES
Short flight HOP
Shout from the back LOUDER
Sign PORTENT
Sizzling REDHOT
Slick-talking GLIB
Soften THAW
Solemnly recited INTONED
Some boxers DOGS
Somewhat reserved COYISH
Speaker of the "most memorable film quote ever," according to a 2005 poll RHETT
Spigoted vessel URN
Stirs in ADDS
Sun. message SER
Supermodel Sastre INES
Tell target APPLE
Tie __ tie ABOW
Tiny tiff SPAT
Train with gloves SPAR
Tucked in ABED
Two-time Oscar-winner Jackson GLENDA
Unkempt MESSY
Venomous arachnid SCORPION
Wishes otherwise RUES
Word with pad or set DESK
Writer's remains STUB
Zooms past RACESBY