L.A. Times Daily - Feb 21 2023

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Clues Answers
"Count me in!," or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues IMDOWN
"Dirty" cocktail MARTINI
"Encanto" songwriter __-Manuel Miranda LIN
"I can be better" SHAMEONME
"This might be broken" shorthand ASIS
*"A Matter of Life and Death" heavy metal band IRONMAIDEN
*Fencer seeking revenge in "The Princess Bride" INIGOMONTOYA
*Noisy amenity in a motel hallway ICEMACHINE
*Ralph Ellison novel about the Black American experience INVISIBLEMAN
Actor Danson TED
Afrobeat pioneer Fela __ KUTI
Anderson Cooper's channel CNN
Assign to a role CAST
Atlas pages MAPS
Attractive person with gray hair SILVERFOX
Automaker __ Romeo ALFA
Average gestation period for a dolphin YEAR
Birdcage feature PERCH
Bitter brew, briefly IPA
Burning anger IRE
Button on a library app RENEW
Calf feeders UDDERS
Came together MET
Campfire residue ASH
Creamy dip for French fries AIOLI
Dawn on OCCURTO
Demean ABASE
Erotic SEXY
Female sib SIS
Future flower BUD
Genesis twin ESAU
Georgia airport: Abbr ATL
Greek theater ODEUM
Hep "Gotcha" IDIG
Hit the slopes SKI
In the style of ALA
Knee part, for short ACL
Like some restrictions DIETARY
Many a Farsi speaker IRANI
Clues Answers
Medical checkup EXAM
Mint leaf used as a sushi garnish SHISO
Mouth, slangily KISSER
No-nonsense STERN
No-win situations? TIEGAMES
Norway's capital OSLO
Opera solos ARIAS
Org. that ensures water is 41-Across EPA
Part of una semana DIA
Part of, as a plan INON
Pea soup flavorer HAMBONE
People of the southern Great Plains APACHE
Perform a simple operation? ADD
Pine Tree State resident MAINER
Political org. with a donkey symbol DNC
Prefix with cycle UNI
Quill tip NIB
Ratted (on) TOLD
Recorder mounted to a windshield DASHCAM
Safe to drink POTABLE
Scandinavian people SAMI
Scripture-related BIBLICAL
Shoddy POOR
Shriek of fear EEK
Siesta NAP
Singer Del Rey LANA
Singer Simone NINA
Small bills ONES
Spanish queens REINAS
Speech therapy subject LISP
Stashed HID
Supervillain Luthor LEX
Surgery marks SCARS
Vow OATH
Walk oafishly, like the Jabberwock slayer GALUMPH
__ acid AMINO
__ seeds: smoothie choice CHIA
__ tai: cocktail MAI
__ vera ALOE