Three from LAT:
East side is lost from old snapshots of northern star (5)
Columbus's boat is missing, north of Sandwich (4)
Woman's doctor riding in a model train is a train rider (4)
Two from ST:
Paiutes have odd underarms (4)
Shaking a bell is an indicator (5)
Solutions to these clues are in the grids below.
 LAT |  Seattle Times (NYT 9/2/14) |
Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:
Fish | with a | complaint (4)
[CARP] [=] [CARP]
Prophet | of rhythmic | Rock (5)
[MICAH] = [homophone] [MICA]
If you worked the puzzle, I'm sure you notice that these first two are just slight rewordings of the straight LAT clues. I thought they were too close to actual Cryptic clues to be wasted!
Holds on to | top of | respirator | while | having trouble breathing (6)
[GRASPS] = [first letter of] [Respirator] [inside of] [GASPS]
Have to | fork | over dusty old books (5)
[MUST] [Y] = [MUSTY {odor}]
Smiled | and | ate | assorted | sandwich stuffings (4,5)
[SMILED] [+] [ATE] [anagram] = [DELI MEATS]
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