L.A. Times Daily - Aug 28 2019

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Clues Answers
"Becoming" memoirist Michelle OBAMA
"Dies __": Latin hymn IRAE
"i" pieces DOTS
"Out of the Cellar" metal band RATT
"__ won't do" THIS
*Homemade song assortment MIXTAPE
*Lunch from home BROWNBAG
*Speak carefully to avoid offense MINCEWORDS
*Vocally imitate a drum machine BEATBOX
*Yahtzee, for one DICEGAME
2019 award for author Walter Mosley EDGAR
Ad-__: improvise LIB
Add beauty to ADORN
Blue-roofed eatery IHOP
Boxing legend Archie MOORE
Check signer BOSS
Closest pals, initially BFFS
Cry of success that can also be a sarcastic admission of failure NAILEDIT
Darling PET
Dinosaur Jr. frontman J __ MASCIS
Discomfit FAZE
Dry as a desert ARID
Fishing gear LINES
Forget to mention OMIT
Full-bosomed BUXOM
General vibe AURA
Hatcher or Polo TERI
Hatchet man __ Brasi of "The Godfather" LUCA
Hits the slopes SKIS
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum city HANOI
Impish fairy PIXIE
Incomplete Wikipedia entry STUB
Irish speakers GAELS
Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues RECIPEBOOK
Leafy vegetable KALE
Life partner TIME
Marshmallow blackener FIRE
Meaty fare from a falafel stand KEBAB
Middle of Q.E.D ERAT
Clues Answers
Mideast noble EMIR
Most challenging HARDEST
Norse mythology upheaval used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film RAGNAROK
Not fooled by ONTO
Not pro ANTI
Not so exciting HOHUM
Often __: half the time ASNOT
Online journal BLOG
Pie nut PECAN
Pinch pennies SCRIMP
Pitching gem, in baseball slang NONO
Poetry event SLAM
Post-op sites ICUS
Renovator's protective cover TARP
Repairs MENDS
Report card bummer DEE
Reversed UNDID
Rice-shaped pasta ORZO
Save a ton on the wedding reception? ELOPE
Scam that takes a while to pay off LONGCON
Shed tears WEEP
Soak up the sun BASK
Spanish bear OSO
Spoken ORAL
Spoken ALOUD
Status __ SYMBOL
Sty feed SLOP
Succotash beans LIMAS
Take in SCAM
Tehran money RIAL
Thick book TOME
Tolled, as a bell RANG
Under the covers INBED
Wall St. debut IPO
Without warmth ICILY
Word after hee or yee HAW
Yoga pose ASANA
__ Sketch ETCHA
__ Tar Pits LABREA