L.A. Times Daily Crossword Answers - Mar 15, 2014

 L.A. Times Daily Crossword Solutions - Mar 15, 2014

Clue	Answer
"The __ Affair": Jasper Fforde novel	EYRE
"__ Mia": 1965 hit	CARA
1980s Hollywood sex symbol	BODEREK
28-Across natives, e.g	ASIANS
Absorbed	ENGROSSED
Apple product	IMAC
Arrangements may be made in them	VASES
Ballpark figs	MGRS
Basque baskets	CESTAS
Beguile	TEMPT
Big name in movies?	IMAX
Cabs, e.g	REDS
Card quality	WIT
City on the Brazos	WACO
Classic board game	SORRY
Colorado State's __ Arena	MOBY
Converse	TALK
Daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands	IRENE
Deltiologist's collection	POSTCARDS
Extreme	RADICAL
Fighter acronym	MIG
Food-curing chemical	LYE
Funk band instrument	SAXOPHONE
Give away	DONATE
Going downhill	WORSE
Hang	SUSPEND
Help desk sign	ASKME
Horrific	AWFUL
Inane ones	GEESE
Instrument played with mallets	MARIMBA
Key	ISLET
Lighten	EASE
Meas. seen on a tee	YDS
Mine carriers	ORECARS
MLB nickname in recent news	AROD
Needles	RIDES
Nickname in 20th-century British leadership	IRONLADY
Nod, at times	BID
Odorless fuels	ETHANES
Orwell superstate	OCEANIA
Pasta bit	SHELL
People	ONES
Picked up	HEARD
Pitcher's coup	PICKOFF
Post-op area	ICU
Procreates	BREEDS
Rat	FINK
Salon, for one	EZINE
San Diego attraction	SHAMU
Screened conversation?	VIDEOCHAT
Servers at affairs	URNS
Ship maintenance site	DRYDOCK
Short time out?	CATNAP
Shot	KAPUT
Storyteller?	POLYGRAPH
Surfing annoyance	POPUPAD
Tennessee neighbor	ALABAMA
The Mekong flows along its border	LAOS
They come and go	FADS
Tide table term	NEAP
Touchdown info	ETA
Tribute maker	MAZDA
Two-time 1990s A.L. batting champ Edgar	MARTINEZ
Warthog features	TUSKS
Weed killer	HOER
When to see die Sterne	NACHT
Winter coat	ICE
Winter forecast	FREEZINGDRIZZLE
Wood __	CHIP
Word on a Canadian loonie	DOLLAR
Words before time or point	ATNO
Zip up	ANIMATE