L.A. Times Daily - Jul 22 2022

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Clues Answers
"Cross my heart!" NOLIE
"Please give me some alone time" INEEDSPACE
"The Persistence of Memory" painter DALI
"The Secrets We Kept" novelist Prescott LARA
"What a pity" SOSAD
"Where creativity clicks" construction toy KNEX
"__ we good?" ARE
A Marx brother HARPO
ABCs BASICS
Actor Mineo SAL
Actor who plays the Emperor in 2020's "Mulan" JETLI
Actress Zellweger RENEE
Aerial photography craft DRONE
Approximate fig EST
Basketball Hall of Famer Donovan ANNE
Best Picture winner set in Iran ARGO
Big trade show EXPO
Bigwig BOSS
Birds of prey that were once endangered BALDEAGLES
Box lunch? BENTO
Bubble tea insert STRAW
Came to rest ALIT
Director Reiner ROB
Dreadful VILE
Estadio cheer OLE
Eucalyptus eater KOALA
Farmers market buy KALE
Forfeited auto REPO
Genetic info carrier DNA
Grammy winner Corinne Bailey __ RAE
In the not-too-distant future PRETTYSOON
Investigative journalist __ B. Wells IDA
Iraq port city BASRA
Jiff SEC
Key near Alt CTRL
Laundry brand TIDE
Lies for, maybe ABETS
Long of "Empire" NIA
Luxurious PLUSH
Clues Answers
Mani-pedi place SPA
Many profs PHDS
Medical pro who avoids the rear of the ship? DRAFTDODGER
Medical pro who engineers hairpin turns? DRESSDESIGNER
Medical pro who holds a pal's hand in a tattoo parlor? DRINKINGBUDDY
Medical pro who is a sick chess player? DRILLMASTER
Noncommittal VAGUE
Old T-shirts, maybe RAGS
Painter's calculation AREA
Pathology study DISEASE
Peak APEX
Plant juice SAP
Plus ALSO
Programming pioneer Lovelace ADA
Quick, provocative opinion HOTTAKE
River to the Caspian URAL
Rum cocktail MAITAI
Run-down area SLUM
Simple card game WAR
Sketch DRAW
Slip-on shoe MULE
Small crown TIARA
Snap course EASYA
Social equal PEER
Sorrow WOE
Sour GOBAD
Spain's El __ CID
Sunblock letters SPF
Sweet sandwich, for short PBJ
Terse affirmation ITIS
The first "A" in CAT scan AXIAL
The Good Book BIBLE
Title holder SPINE
Top-ranked AONE
Turn down DENY
Unexpected smack? STOLENKISS
Washington's Sea-__ Airport TAC
Yarns TALES
__ Grande RIO