L.A. Times Daily - Jan 1 2024

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Clues Answers
"Barbie" actor Liu SIMU
"Now it's clear!" ISEE
"Seinfeld" character who worked for Pendant Publishing ELAINE
"The Banana Boat Song" opener DAYO
"Well, would you look at that!" MYMY
"Your mileage may __" VARY
"__ be sorry!" YOULL
"__ whiz!" GEE
Actor Guinness ALEC
Actress Zadora PIA
Austin Powers player Mike MYERS
Bedside light LAMP
Blue gem SAPPHIRE
Car-buying necessity, for many LOAN
Carrot or celery, informally VEGGIE
Celebratory shout heard before "Auld Lang Syne" is played, and an apt title for this puzzle? HAPPYNEWYEAR
Chitchat GAB
Cincinnati MLB team REDS
Color TV pioneer RCA
Come out against NAYSAY
Come to light EMERGE
Competent ABLE
County Clare's nat IRE
Crèche trio MAGI
Degs. for some entrepreneurs MBAS
Devious SLY
Double-reed woodwind OBOE
Escort's offering ARM
False start punishment, in football FIVEYARDPENALTY
Frank on the grill WEENIE
Freight weight TON
French champagne brand MOET
Furrow former PLOW
GP's gp AMA
Green __, Wisconsin BAY
Hazardous DICEY
Icicle site EAVE
Clues Answers
Incredibly hard to hold SLIPPERYASANEEL
Initial strategy PLANA
Internet letters EMAILS
Invasive plants with stinging hairs NETTLES
Jam-packs FILLS
Judgmental glance SIDEEYE
Junction point NODE
La __: Real Madrid's division LIGA
Make a polite visit PAYRESPECTTO
Minnesota representative Ilhan OMAR
Missouri River tributary OSAGE
Moisturizer brand OLAY
Naught NIL
No, in Russian NYET
Noble rank above viscount EARL
Not so common RARER
Note-worthy purchases? MEMOPADS
Overly catchy song EARWORM
Photo app filter shade SEPIA
Really frustrate STYMIE
Ripening agent AGER
Runs easily with long strides LOPES
Sheepherding pig in a 1995 film BABE
Smack SWAT
Some cards in the board game Clue WEAPONS
Spoke wildly RAVED
Stuck in the muck MIRED
Stuffy "Me too" ASAMI
Tailor's line of stitches SEAM
Tibet's continent ASIA
Time period often named for a monarch ERA
Trails behind LAGS
Training __: NFL preseason practice time CAMP
Underground areas explored by spelunkers CAVES
Unruly crowd MOB
Vowel-shaped track segments IRAILS
When tripled, phrase spoken by 25-Down YADA