L.A. Times Daily - Oct 7 2023

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Clues Answers
"Got other plans, sorry" CANT
"Jeopardy!" champion with the show's second-longest win streak AMYSCHNEIDER
"Them's the breaks" TOOBAD
"Who __ kidding?" ISHE
2002 meta dramedy starring Nicolas Cage as the film's screenwriter ADAPTATION
Anti bloc NOS
Apropos of ASTO
Biden and Harris, initially VPS
Burn slowly SMOLDER
Catches SEES
Checks DAMPS
Common CRASS
Detroit __: stratified automotive paint polished and cut for jewelry AGATE
Drink mentioned in the Walker Hayes song "Fancy Like" OREOSHAKE
Element in the tale of Sleeping Beauty SPINDLE
Fine line THREAD
First man to complete tennis's Surface Slam NADAL
Gesture that means "no" in some cultures NOD
Glop GOO
Grad ALUM
Great Plains st OKLA
Historical allies of the Huron ERIE
Home of the Kaaba MECCA
Hot and heavy STEAMY
In the vicinity NEAR
Instrument for Seiichi Tanaka or Eitetsu Hayashi TAIKODRUM
Interior support structure ENDOSKELETON
Jazz dance STOMP
Key st.? FLA
Knack GIFT
Knew the answer HADIT
Large deer ELK
Laxity LOOSENESS
Lennox of R&B ARI
Light shows? SITCOMS
Like someone on the stand UNDEROATH
Clues Answers
Like the smell of burning plastic ACRID
Little one TOT
Low pair TWOS
Many a Wiki article BIO
Marsh duck TEAL
Mozart's "__ fan tutte" COSI
Nuisance PEST
One joule per second WATT
Pain in the neck CRICK
Point DOT
Poke JAB
Preparatory period RUNUP
Private dinner? MESS
Reclusive sort LONER
Red-bellied trout CHAR
Reptile at Kélonia aquarium in Saint-Leu, Réunion SEATURTLE
Retinal cell CONE
Retinal cells RODS
Scrip orders MEDS
Shipping center? ENGINEROOM
Slopes conveyance GONDOLA
So HENCE
Some improvisation in Hindi cinema RAGAS
Speeds JETS
Sphere REALM
Spotify playlist that calls itself "the most influential playlist in hip-hop" RAPCAVIAR
Spots for roasters and toasters DAISES
Stunning SUBLIME
Top ROOF
Toppled FELL
Trial versions BETAS
Vicinity AREA
Vocally ALOUD
Yankees manager Aaron BOONE
__ gin SLOE
__-weekly ALT