L.A. Times Daily - Oct 04, 2015 The Sunday Crossword by Merl Reagle

L.A.  The Sunday Crossword by Merl Reagle - Oct 04, 2015

Clue	Answer
".. Flotsam? I've gotsam" poet	NASH
"__ gather"	SO I
"__ pray"	LET US
"Come to your __!"	SENSES
"Entourage" character	ARI
"Huh!?"	WHAT THE
"It's __ the same"	ALLONE
"It's possible"	I MAY
"Old song" prededer	SAME
"Take __ from me"	A TIP
"Take out" alternative	EATIN
"Trading Places" director	LAND IS
"Under Milk Wood" poet's first name	DYLAN
"Unlock this door!"	OPENUP
"Was it a __?" "Yeah, a great big one" (line from "L.A. Confidential")	RAT
__ brand	NAME
__-inspiring	AWE
A -_	CAPPELLA
Ambulance letters	EMS
An __ moment	AHA
Attacked	CAMEAT
Baby picture of a well-known actress	RESSE WITH HER SPOON
Backup strategy	PLAN B
Bar __	NONE
Big name in Art Deco	ERTE
Big name in netwroking	MYSPACE
Bike shop sign	TO RENT
Blocker and Brown	DANS
Boarish comment	OINK
Boasted	CROWED
Boston player, briefly	CELT
Broadly done, on Broadway	STAGY
Buddy	PAL
Budism branch	ZEN
Burt and Tony's "Trapeze" co-star	GINA
Cantina appetizers	TAPAS
City mentioned in "Casablanca"	ORAN
City served by Noi Bai airport	HANOI
Come to a conclusion	ENDED
Complex units?: abbr.	APTS
Continued without letup	WORE ON
Country singer Joe	ELY
Curving course	ARC
Cuts made by a saw	KERFS
D.C. summer hrs.	EDT
Dealership duds of 1959	EDSELS
Enfant terrible Jean	GENET
Exec's perk:Abbr.	ASST
Feature of op "nin" and hap "nin"	ELISION
Fergie informally	SARAH
Few and far between	SPARSE
Flap one's gums	YAPS
Food label letters	RDA
Football, e.g.	SPORT
Furry "Star Wars"b being	EWOK
Gas bill info	USAGE
Geritol target	ANEMIA
Gibbs of Maples	MARLA
Good (at)	ADEPT
Got down, in  a way	KNELT
Guy on the Ponderosa set	LORNE
Hapless hare hunter	ELMER
He had a scheme	PONZI
Heckleor Jeckle	MAGPIE
Impulse carrier	AXON
In __ (on the same page)	SYNC
India's smallest state	GOA
Initially	AT FIRST
IRS type	AGENT
Is sentenced to	GETS
It may involve a twist	FATE
It precedes "of A")	THE US
It's knotworthy?	TIE
Joy's partner	PRIDE
Last word in gangster lines, in old movies	SEE
Last word of Gilligan's theme	ISLE
Less naïve	WISER
Like Chicago in 1871	A BLAZE
Lunges from a hiding place	LEAPSOUT
Mel reading his own bio?	BROOKS ON TAPE
Mid-afternoon, in Milan	TRE
Newspapers need 'em	ADS
Nit as wild	TAMER
Nose wrinkler	ODOR
Oft-quoted catcher	YOGI
Ostentatious	SPLASHY
Outback nesters	EMUS
Parting word	ADIEU
Party throwers	HOSTS
Pet restriction	NO DOGS
Pitcher's stat	ERA
Powwow percussion	TOMTOM
Preminger et al.	OTTOS
Pre-Q quartet	MNOP
QB sneak results, sometimes	TDS
Radio spot?	STATION
Really move your tail	WAG
Rooting word	RAH
Rough housing?	HUT
Rummy relatuve	CANASTA
Sax object	REED
Sentiment toward doubters that's a bit extreme?	DIEAGNOSTICS
Serenaded a famous tenor?	SANGTODOMINGO
Shallowest of the Great ones	ERIE
She, in Salerno	ESSA
Sheet of ice	FLOE
Shortly	IN A SEC
Sight between Tucson and Phoenix	MESA
Sign in an updated version of "Three Billy Goats Gruff"?	BRIDGE AHEAD PAYTROLL
Smooth music sections	LEGATOS
Southwestern pots	OLLAS
Spanish inn	POSADA
Spark space	GAP
Spread's other name	OLEO
Spy of a sort	INSIDE MAN
States, in the comics	SEZ
Taken __	ILL
Tell others how to at	DIRECT
Tennis star Rafael	NADAL
Test one's metal	ASSAY
The pizzeria in "Do the Right Thing"	SALS
The place to go in London	LOO
The Red or the White	SOX
Threaten, dog-style	SNARLAT
Tony New York eatery	ELAINES
Tough	AS NAILS
Unveiler's cry	TADA
U-turn from 83-Across	SSE
U-turn from 93-Across	NNW
W Texas city, to Amtrak	ELP
Welcom warmly	ASKIN
What the bankrupt organ grinder decided to do?	TAKE THE MONKEY AND RUN
What today's conifer class will be?	ON PINES AND NEEDLES
When "Comedy Tonight" is sung	ACT I
Wintry chill	NIP
With cal, a supplement combo	MAG
Word that aptly finishes "ni __"	TWITS
Word with cover or over	ALLS
Wrapped, as a quarterback	TAPED UP
You, to the Amish	THEE