L.A. Times Daily Mar 23 2010

ClueAnswer
"Honor Thy Father" author Gay TALESE
"Spider-Man 3" actress Russell THERESA
"The __ Kid": early TV Western CISCO
"Wake Up With Al" weatherman ROKER
"Wheel of Fortune" buy ANE
"__ of robins ...": Kilmer ANEST
"__ the season ..." TIS
*1962 Gene Chandler hit DUKEOFEARL
*Collapsible headgear OPERAHAT
*Fast-paced SLAMBANG
*Hank Aaron's 6,856 is the career record TOTALBASES
*Sam in "Casablanca," e.g. PIANOPLAYER
Airline to Tel Aviv ELAL
Ancient Peruvian INCA
Arc lamp gas XENON
Away from the wind ALEE
Back-to-school mo. SEPT
Base melody TAPS
Be under the weather AIL
Began the betting OPENED
Best-seller list entry NOVEL
Big finish, and what the first words of the answers to starred clues can be GRANDFINALE
Boring HUMDRUM
Cal. neighbor ORE
Canonized 26-Down STE
Capital east of the Elbe River BERLIN
CEO's degree MBA
China's Mao __-tung TSE
Choir members ALTOS
Contributed GAVE
Cutlass or 88 OLDS
Dirty GRUBBY
Dirty campaign tactic SMEAR
Disney toon panda, "Special Agent __" OSO
Elation GLEE
Even if, for short ALTHO
Fails to grasp DROPS
Farm home STY
Farmer's place, in song DELL
Festival showings, perhaps FILMS
Formally unsay RECANT
Granola ingredient OATS
Heavy metal IRON
Helpers: Abbr. ASSTS
Hip bones ILIA
Like a __ bricks TONOF
Limits CAPS
Menu phrase ALA
More ticked off SORER
NBC fixture for nearly 35 yrs. SNL
Obama attorney general Eric HOLDER
Old oath EGAD
Ollie's partner STAN
One of a drum set pair CYMBAL
Outcome UPSHOT
Part of a pound OUNCE
Printer need INK
Quartz variety ONYX
Rice source PADDY
Roofing material TAR
Scales of the zodiac LIBRA
She plays Julia in "Julie & Julia" MERYL
Show reverence, in a way KNEEL
Soil-related prefix AGRO
Spinner TOP
Squealed, so to speak SANG
Standards of excellence IDEALS
Studio stand EASEL
Substantial MEATY
Suit parts VESTS
Sun, to Esteban SOL
Swiss miss, maybe: Abbr. MLLE
Tack on ADD
Travel bag VALISE
Tyke's blocks LEGOS
UN anti-child-labor agcy. ILO
Word after flight or floor PLAN
Zaire, today CONGO
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