L.A. Times Daily - Aug 18 2023

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Clues Answers
"Billions" airer, briefly SHO
"I'm ready to play, coach!" PUTMEIN
"Ideas worth spreading" org TED
"La __ en Rose" VIE
"Sweet!" RAD
"Which __ say ... " ISTO
"You're kidding, right?" ASIF
Actress Thurman UMA
Airport array GATES
Almost dry DAMP
Appraise ASSESS
Arrange, as a sari DRAPE
Arts festival that calls itself "the other Black experience" AFROPUNK
Blackmailer's ultimatum? CASHORDISCREDIT
Boombox brand AIWA
Child's play ACINCH
College Park athlete, for short TERP
Crossword solver's need, maybe ERASER
Curaçao and rum drink MAITAI
Czech Olympian Ledecká who won gold in two winter disciplines ESTER
Defunct D.C. stadium RFK
Dessert ruined by Little Jack Horner PIE
Directional aid ARROW
Duo TWOSOME
Extract MINE
Faded away, and what happened in 17-, 26-, and 42-Across? DISAPPEARED
Garment with adjustable straps BRA
Genre that uses a caricature style known as chibi ANIME
Gourmet's prefix GASTRO
Gp ASSN
Guinness of "Lawrence of Arabia" ALEC
Heat index factor HUMIDITY
Initialism for certain applications SPF
Kaplan of Yo La Tengo IRA
Large spread TARP
Lobbying orgs PACS
Mantra syllables OMS
Clues Answers
Massage style SHIATSU
Matchstick wood ASPEN
Med. nation SYR
Message such as "Still looking for my golf ball in the tall grass"? ROUGHDISPATCH
Needing filling EMPTY
Not outlawed LICIT
One turn after another? ZAG
Pawn shop, essentially? HOUSEOFDISCARDS
Periphery EDGE
Pickling mineral, chemically NACL
Pollen collector? PETAL
Pollen producers STAMENS
Prime viewing spots VIPSEATS
Puts on the line, maybe AIRSOUT
Quad spot LEG
Racket dampener? SHH
Saffron or sage HUE
Secret exit, maybe TRAPDOOR
Seuss character SAMIAM
Signs from above ZODIAC
Summer term? ADDEND
Takes in the paper? ESSAYS
Tazo product TEA
Teasing remark GIBE
Tenor role in "Salome" HEROD
Tina of "30 Rock" FEY
Traffic sound HORN
Tree feller SAW
Tuber also called a New Zealand yam OCA
Unflappability POISE
Vote against NAY
Was allowed to vote HADASAY
Washington state brewski OLY
Wilts SAGS
Words said while patting a stool, perhaps HOPUP
Writer Bombeck ERMA
__ butter SHEA