L.A. Times Daily - Jan 3 2016 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answer

L.A. Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 3 2016 Sunday

Clues	Answers
__ debt of gratitude	OWE A
__ du Louvre	MUSEE
__ dye: food-coloring compound	AZO
1994 comedy with an oxymoronic title	TRUE LIES
2008 honor for Joe Cocker: Abbr.	OBE
2015 Etsy milestone, initially	IPO
96-Down governing group	SENAT
Affects adversely	CUTS INTO
Afternoon TV fare	SOAP
American Dad! dad	STAN
Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati"	LONI
Anise-flavored aperitif	OUZO
Anonymous one	JANE DOE
Apple Watch assistant	SIRI
Avid bird watcher?	CAT
Best Actress Tony winner in "Wicked"	IDINA MENZEL
Boot camp nickname	SARGE
Botch	BLOW
Bridge measure	SPAN
Bridge positions	EASTS
Bugs with horns	VWS
Calorie-laden dessert	TORTE
Car owner's obligation	AUTO LOAN
Casino convenience	ATM
Celestial circles	HALOES
Cheese in some bagels	ASIAGO
Chocolate-filled cookie	MILANO
Circus attraction	SIDESHOW
Cold War KGB chairman Andropov	YURI
Coming up	IN STORE
Cortez's gold	ORO
Counterfeit watchdog, for short	T-MAN
County bordering Santa Fe County	LOS ALAMOS
Courtroom vouchers?	ALIBIS
Creole-speaking island nation	HAITI
De Beauvoir, to Sartre	AMIE
Decorative plaster	STUCCO
Digital readouts, briefly	LCDS
Disney mermaid	ARIEL
Dogie collar?	LARIAT
Dot follower, at times	NET
Dot follower, at times	COM
Downfall	RUIN
Dust to Dust author Hoag	TAMI
Environmental warning	SMOG ALERT
Exercise units	REPS
Express	SAY
Fall color	ORANGE
Fannie __	MAE
Fictional detective whose first name is Endeavour	INSPECTOR MORSE
Fifth pillar of Islam	HAJJ
Fifty Shades of Grey author	EL JAMES
Fightin' with	AGIN
First-rate	STELLAR
Form attachment?	ULA
Fray, say	WEAR
Fruit-eating fictional race	ELOI
Go by	ELAPSE
Golfer Poulter	IAN
GroupMe exchanges, briefly, and a hint to this puzzle's eight longest answers	IMS
Guitarist Paul	LES
High in calories	RICH
Hotel with a Gold Passport loyalty program	HYATT
Icon after "Not a member?"	JOIN NOW
Interstate giant	SEMI
Intrusive vine	KUDZU
Jobs for grad students	TAS
Knowledge seekers	INQUIRING MINDS
Lady in a 1955 film	SPANIEL
Less stuffy	AIRIER
Like some rats	ALBINO
Lipstick characteristic	MATTE
Magazine extra	INSERT
Make true	ALIGN
Mermaid's home	OCEAN
Molokai neighbor	MAUI
Motel convenience	ICE MACHINE
Mother __	EARTH
Namely	TO WIT
Never, to Nietzsche	NIE
Nice concept?	IDEE
No bickering!	BE NICE!
Not up to par	ILL
Now I see!	AHA!
Nudge	POKE AT
Paranormal power	ESP
PC hookup	LAN
Pitcher Sparky	LYLE
Place to have poi	LUAU
Plan in detail	MAP OUT
Playful bite	NIP
Popular buying club	SAMS
Potent ending?	IAL
Put to work	USE
Record book	LEDGER
Remiss	DERELICT
Reprobate	SINNER
Rescuer of Odysseus	INO
Resting easy	AT PEACE
Rock of comedy	CHRIS
Roman province governed by Pontius Pilate	JUDEA
Rush or Cream	TRIO
Sci. concerned with climate change	ECOL
Self-reflective musing	IS IT ME?
Sensitive thing to touch	RAW NERVE
Sharpie output	INDELIBLE MARK
She played Fantine in "Les Misérables" (1998)	UMA
Sister of Cordelia	GONERIL
Skinny	POOP
Slightly larger than tall, at Starbucks	GRANDE
Some Windows systems	NTS
Somewhere in Time band	IRON MAIDEN
Sought a seat	RAN
Spanish peak	MONTE
Spot check?	LEASH
Spreading tree	ELM
Squat	NONE
Staying power	LEGS
Stun with a gun	TASE
Take to court	SUE
Tapped into	DREW ON
TD Garden NBA team	CELTS
That, to Juanita	ESA
The king of Spain?	EL REY
Thing to fill or bridge	A GAP
Throw hard	GUN
Time to see stars	NIGHT
Times for reflection	IDLE MOMENTS
Tournament passes	BYES
U. of Maryland player	TERP
Unconnected	DISCRETE
Unconventional	OUT THERE
Uninherited wealth	NEW MONEY
Upscale boarding facility	PET SPA
Uses a straw	SUCKS
Wanna __?	BET
Water color	AQUA
Whatever	MEH
Where I-86 and I-15 meet	IDA
Wichita-to-Duluth dir.	NNE
With reverence	SACREDLY
Wranglers alternative	LEES
Xanadu locale, now	INNER MONGOLIA
Years and years	AGES