L.A. Times Daily Dec 08 2014

ClueAnswer
"Dawn of the Planet of the __" APES
"Far out, man!" RAD
"I'll take that as __" ANO
"One thing __ time" ATA
"__ Lisa" MONA
"__ Mia!": ABBA musical MAMMA
'60s radical gp SDS
Aegean and Irish SEAS
Apple MP3 player IPOD
Approx. landing hours ETAS
Backsplash material TILE
Bhagavad-Gita student, likely HINDU
Bit of baby talk DADA
Blows one's own horn BOASTS
Changes for the better AMENDS
Coffee vessel URN
Correct a pencil mistake ERASE
Cowpoke's pal PARD
Cuts into cubes DICES
Dangerous fly TSETSE
Defensive trench MOAT
Digit-shaped sponge cakes LADYFINGERS
Dude BRO
Em, to Dorothy AUNTIE
Encouragement for a flamenco dancer OLE
Exam for high school jrs PSAT
Far from cool NERDY
Flagged down HAILED
Fr. holy women STES
Fuel for semis DIESEL
Gold, in Granada ORO
Golf shoe feature CLEAT
Had a bite ATE
High points ACMES
Hunk's physique BOD
Kerfuffle ADO
Knee-showing skirt MINI
Leader of the Huns ATTILA
Lion's share MOST
Makes mistakes ERRS
Management deg MBA
More often than not ALOT
Mouse sound CLICK
Moved to a new country EMIGRATED
New England fish SCROD
Not prohibited LEGAL
Obedience school command SIT
Part of mph PER
Performed better than OUTDID
Pinball player's place ARCADE
Point in the proper direction ORIENT
Polishes text EDITS
QB's gains YDS
Saturated hillside hazards MUDSLIDES
Score symbol that usually has a stem MUSICALNOTE
Secretary of state before Hillary Clinton CONDOLEEZZARICE
Self-defense spray MACE
Shenanigan ANTIC
Shirt with a band's logo, maybe TEE
Sleep lightly DOZE
So all can hear ALOUD
South American tuber OCA
Spot between a rock and a hard place ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 26- and 49-Across STICKYSITUATION
Strong points FORTES
Suffix with million AIRE
Swabbing tools MOPS
Target practice supply AMMO
Theater level LOGE
Throw in the first chips ANTE
Tied up in knots TENSE
To be, to Caesar ESSE
Travis or Haggard of country music MERLE
Truth or __?: party game DARE
Vending machine bills ONES
Wood-shaping tool ADZ
Word repeated before "black sheep" BAA
__ close to schedule ONOR
__ shower: pre-wedding event BRIDAL
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