L.A. Times Daily - Sep 18 2023

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Clues Answers
"Kinda" ISH
"Much __ About Nothing" ADO
"The Last of Us" actor Offerman NICK
*"Chin up!" KEEPSMILING
*Completely unapproachable ASCOLDASICE
*LGBT+ organization founded in 1990 QUEERNATION
*Musical film about a convict who learns to play the guitar in prison JAILHOUSEROCK
Actress McClanahan RUE
Actress Perlman RHEA
Actress Thurman UMA
Agcy. managing federal real estate assets GSA
Amazement AWE
Body spray with a Dark Temptation scent AXE
Bone parallel to the radius ULNA
Bonfire residue ASH
Bumped into MET
Cheese __: Wisconsin snack CURDS
Clever remark MOT
Crafty one FOX
Crouch down SQUAT
Doja Cat genre RAP
Egg cells OVA
Fills fully SATES
Finger food at luaus POI
Former "All Things Considered" host Michele NORRIS
Fresh SASSY
Game with grandmasters CHESS
Glass unit PANE
Gumbo thickener OKRA
Hard to come by RARE
Have an open tab, say OWE
Hi-__ graphics RES
Hot springs SPAS
In a funk SAD
Keg filler ALE
Kidney-related RENAL
Leading the pack ONTOP
Like some "What We Do in the Shadows" characters VAMPIRIC
Literary comparison SIMILE
Clues Answers
Lymph __: immune system part NODE
Might've COULDA
Mineral that adds shimmer to cosmetics MICA
Mono- kin UNI
MyHeritage sample DNA
N, NE, or NNE DIR
Name on a 1950s campaign button IKE
Not just damp WET
October birthstone OPAL
Often-amusing story ANECDOTE
Open, as a keg TAP
Part of a bedroom set DRESSER
Pickle containers JARS
Prepare a deck before dealing, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do CUTTHECARDS
Radically changes UPENDS
Reflex hammer's target KNEE
River blockers DAMS
Run out, as insurance LAPSE
Sample size? TASTE
Sci-fi vehicle UFO
Sink annoyance DRIP
Solemn oath VOW
Soup legume LENTIL
Spy-fi org CIA
Sulks MOPES
Tech replaced by smartphones PDA
Tests for fit TRIESON
The North Star POLARIS
Topple (over) KEEL
Transgressions SINS
Très chic ALAMODE
Trousers SLACKS
Turner of "Game of Thrones" SOPHIE
Use an abacus, perhaps ADD
With zeal AVIDLY
X, at times TEN
__ away from SHIED
__ of humor SENSE
__-mo replay SLO