L.A. Times Daily - Aug 4 2017

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Clues Answers
"Ah, Wilderness!" mother ESSIE
"An ill-defined and disreputable literary banana republic": Stephen King NOVELLA
"Born Free" lioness ELSA
"Chopped" array POTS
"Not possible" ICANT
"Now it's clear!" AHA
"Once more __ the breach": Shak UNTO
"Take this" HERE
"The Raven" verb QUOTH
"Things are never quite as scary when you've got __ friend": Bill Watterson ABEST
"__ bodkins!": old oath ODS
Actor Idris __ ELBA
Ancient prophet ORACLE
Appreciative cry OLE
Author Calvino ITALO
Big hat STETSON
Bit of suspended decoration FESTOON
Campus hangout QUAD
Capital NE of Bogotá CARACAS
City on the Ruhr ESSEN
Coastal raptors ERNS
Comics villain since 1940 LUTHOR
Composer Stravinsky IGOR
Conquistador's treasure ORO
Consumer reactions to big price hikes for brownies? CHOCOLATESHOCKS
Controversial political cartoonist TEDRALL
Cutlass, e.g OLDS
CV inclusion BIO
Dental procedure, for short PERIO
Devonshire dandy TOFF
Didn't rise SAT
Diet doctor ATKINS
Diplomacy result PACT
Enjoy deeply SAVOR
Feel sorry about RUE
Fraser or Douglas FIR
Clues Answers
Fresno-to-L.A. dir SSE
Frigga portrayer in "Thor" RUSSO
Future D.A.'s hurdle LSAT
Get to work, with "down" KNUCKLE
Gives the heave-ho SACKS
GPS datum RTE
High point of Hillary's career EVEREST
It's in the bag SAFEBET
Like a motormouth VERBOSE
McDonald's founder KROC
Minimalist beachwear THONG
Move it, quaintly HIE
Museum of Home Security exhibits? THEGREATLOCKS
Naturally lit indoor spaces ATRIA
Not as good-looking? PALER
O or Jay ALER
Old Roman poet OVID
Org. concerned with ladder safety OSHA
Paramecium movers CILIA
Peanut product OIL
Perfumer's ingredient ATTAR
Pharmacist's concern DOSAGE
Pointer's cry LOOK
Prefix in makeup product names DERMA
Projecting architectural features DORMERS
Put up ERECTED
Red-coated security force: Abbr RCMP
Sol preceder AERO
Southeast Asian tongue LAO
Speed meas MPS
Straighten, as one's legs UNCROSS
Verne voyager NEMO
Void ABOLISH
What a shepherd sees after a snowstorm? FROSTEDFLOCKS
Why St. Peter owns darning needles? FORHEAVENSSOCKS
__ spring MINERAL