L.A. Times Daily - Jan 23 2021

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Clues Answers
"How many licks does it take ... ?" treat TOOTSIEPOP
"I'm here to help" ASKME
"What?" utterances EHS
Active SPRY
Akufo-Addo's land GHANA
Alfred E. Neuman feature SMILE
Anchor's responsibility LASTLEG
Aptly named jazz work co-written by Charlie "Bird" Parker ORNITHOLOGY
Arduous tasks SLOGS
Big volume TOME
Bop on the bean CONK
Café de __: Mexican drink brewed in a pot OLLA
Capital on a fjord OSLO
Continuous newsroom operations PRESSRUNS
Cool veggies? CUKES
Doubts MISTRUSTS
Easily manipulated type TOOL
Econ. indicators GNPS
Epithet LABEL
Excites ENTHUSES
Expected DUEIN
Facetious metaphor for a difficult situation STRUGGLEBUS
Fall place EDEN
Familiar gp. of 50 STS
Fictitious 18th-century autobiographer CRUSOE
Fog word DENSE
Gene __ POOL
Hold-up group? BRAS
Impromptu speech fillers UHS
In half BYTWO
Inexperienced one FIRSTTIMER
It's not a side road TRUNKLINE
Italy's Lake __ COMO
Jackie's designer OLEG
Lean and muscular WIRY
Leaner alternative to pork BOAR
Clues Answers
Legal orders WRITS
Like some milk, alas SPILT
Like some premium services ADFREE
Loud item in a closet ALOHASHIRT
Marquee evening NITE
Metal named for a planet URANIUM
Mighty Dump Truck maker TONKA
Mountain dangers ROCKSLIDES
Natl. law group whose "M" is largely obsolete RCMP
Not pleased CROSS
On the offensive, legally SUING
Ontario-based music gp TSO
Overwhelms SNOWSUNDER
Picnic serving EAR
Pilots start them TVSEASONS
Prandial pokers TINES
Prom style, often UPDO
RagГ%B9 __ Bolognese ALLA
Scrapped WRANGLED
Self-described "non-musician" Brian ENO
Shallows craft SCOW
Skin lotion brand KERI
Social science course, briefly POLI
Some shared rides UBERS
Sp. title SRTA
Spike LACE
Squirt RUNT
Stopping at a KOA, say RVING
Study buddies, often CLASSMATES
They didn't stop Hannibal ALPS
Turned some ground HOED
Twice-baked bread RUSK
Two before marzo ENERO
Up one day, down the next MOODY
Watch with a webcam, perhaps SPYON
When repeated, acclaimed Chinese pianist LANG