L.A. Times Daily - Jan 5 2023

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Clues Answers
"Give or take" ending ISH
"If __ Street Could Talk" BEALE
"Men in Black" role AGENTK
"Ugh, I'll never be able to __ that!" UNSEE
*Board-breaking move KARATECHOP
*Cocoa butter confection WHITECHOCOLATE
*Nocturnal bird known for its cry SCREECHOWL
*Person destined for greatness THECHOSENONE
2000s teen drama that introduced "Chrismukkah" THEOC
23andMe stuff DNA
Actor Bana ERIC
Affectional orientation abbr ARO
Ancient kings who wore nemes headdresses PHARAOHS
Arizona Wildcats coach Barnes ADIA
Besmirched SOILED
Big fuss ADO
Black Power leader Kwame __ TURE
Bolted RAN
Brass instrument HORN
Cereal with collectible boxes WHEATIES
Certain sib SIS
Chemical in some plastics, briefly BPA
Chew the fat GAB
Chinese greeting NIHAO
Chortles HAHS
Cooling systs ACS
Court WOO
Drought-damaged SERE
Early afternoon TWO
Employ again REHIRE
End a fast EAT
Fall into bed CRASH
Fireplace stack LOGS
Fizz liquor GIN
Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback who never made it to the Super Bowl TONYROMO
Fund ENDOW
Get weepy CRY
Ghanaian writer __ Kwei Armah AYI
Goal AIM
Goes (for) OPTS
Clues Answers
Gruff protest HARRUMPH
He-Man's twin SHERA
Holy scroll TORAH
Irish golfer McIlroy RORY
Island near Kauai OAHU
Japanese drama NOH
Jellystone resident YOGIBEAR
Least extroverted SHIEST
Lightweight clog CROC
Mario Paint console, initially SNES
Melber of MSNBC ARI
Melville captain AHAB
Nature's sonar, and what varies in the answers to the starred clues? ECHOLOCATION
Pearly whites TEETH
Pencil puzzle DOTTODOT
Period with a noticeable lack of feline fossils CATGAP
Polished SHINY
Prefix with day or night MID
Pseudocultural ARTY
Ref. work that added "influencer" in 2022 OED
Request ASK
Santorini's sea AEGEAN
Sardine can TIN
Set down LAY
Singer's challenge HIGHNOTE
Skunk aftermath STENCH
Slangy assent YEP
Some gender-fluid people ENBIES
Soup sometimes served with banh mi PHO
Spanish article LOS
Story line? NEWSWIRE
Swahili for "thank you" ASANTE
Talked up HYPED
Tea variety PEKOE
Tranquility REPOSE
Turn on START
Unoriginal TRITE
Wall Street regulatory org SEC
With it HIP