L.A. Times Daily - Jan 21 2024

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Clues Answers
"Be prepared" org BSA
"Big Little Lies" actress Kravitz ZOE
"Come on in!" ENTER
"Eww!" ICK
"Grease" actress Conn DIDI
"Hold it, horses!" WHOA
"If the __ fits ... " SHOE
"Intelligence for Your Life" host John TESH
"Nearly finished!" ALMOSTDONE
"Night Court" TV network NBC
"Scram!" SHOO
"Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody" director Lemmons KASI
"Your point is?" AND
"__ you for real?" ARE
*"This should be just right, my furry friends"? ASYOUCATSLIKEIT
*Eerie Midwestern downtown area? ASTRANGECHICAGOLOOP
*Lament from a Red Sox fan? DAMNWICKEDYANKEES
*Peculiar pair at the office? THEODDCOMPANYCOUPLE
*Salon pro who's a genius with AquaNet? THEHAIRSPRAYWIZ
*Things that make you go hmm ... ? THEDOUBTPRODUCERS
1981 cable debut MTV
ABC News anchor David MUIR
African capital where Akan is spoken ACCRA
Alpo rival IAMS
Andante and adagio TEMPI
Answered an invite RSVPD
Antlered ruminant ELK
Asian noodle SOBA
Attracts DRAWS
Baby sheep LAMB
Bee or butterfly INSECT
Big top performance CIRCUSACT
Bout enders, briefly TKOS
Breathe Right user, maybe SNORER
British pop singer Rita ORA
Broomball surface ICE
Butterfield of "Sex Education" ASA
Canadian gas brand ESSO
Charles River sch MIT
Citation abbr ETAL
Color that is equal parts blue and green CYAN
Comforts SOOTHES
Confidentiality doc NDA
Curaçao neighbor ARUBA
Dam on the Nile ASWAN
Degrade oneself by STOOPTO
Denials NOS
Drink list? BARTAB
Duds TOGS
Dwarf planet named for a goddess of discord ERIS
Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue PLAYWITHINAPLAY
Escher museum site, with "The" HAGUE
Exemptions for top seeds BYES
Fair-hiring initials EEO
Flask filler HOOCH
Former Eurasian leader TSAR
Frasier's brother NILES
Gander LOOK
Germ carrier? BRAN
Get used (to) ADAPT
Goad URGE
Got up AWOKE
Got up AROSE
Hard on the ears NOISY
Harness strap REIN
Has motivation for CARESTO
Hasbro game that requires quick reflexes BOPIT
Hill worker? ANT
Hilton competitor OMNI
Himalayan recluse YETI
Homey lodgings INNS
Hotmail provider MSN
Clues Answers
Indian flatbread ROTI
Instrument in Hindi cinema SITAR
Intel research RECON
Jamaican genre SKA
Kidney-related RENAL
Kylo of the "Star Wars" sequels REN
La Scala performance OPERA
Lanikai Beach's island OAHU
Like some grilling planks CEDAR
Liquid-Plumr rival DRANO
Lock TRESS
Luxury bag monogram YSL
Made the grade RATED
Make up (for) ATONE
Many Vegas lights NEONS
Mete (out) DOLE
Musubi wrap NORI
MYOB part OWN
New prefix NEO
No. in a forecast TEMP
Not pizzicato ARCO
Old-timey dagger SNEE
Olds of old CIERA
Orchard fruit originally from Ohio ROMEAPPLES
Origins ROOTS
Out PASSE
Permeate SEEP
Pet in a tank GUPPY
Push back, in a way RESIST
Puts in a Hall of Fame, say ENSHRINES
Rather OHSO
Reef-dwelling Pixar character NEMO
Rock the baby, around the world, etc YOYOTRICKS
Russian crepes BLINI
Sac fly result RBI
Sand hill DUNE
Shallot kin ONION
Share hot goss DISH
Short "And yet ... " OTOH
Skating legend Sonja HENIE
Skeet target CLAYPIGEON
Sleepy pal DOC
Sneaky coward DASTARD
Soft summons PSST
Some airport rides UBERS
Some city trains ELS
Some small dogs TOYS
South American palm ACAI
Sport with bamboo swords KENDO
Stop CEASE
Substandard POOR
Switchboard section PANEL
Takes advantage of USES
Teeny bit SKOSH
Throws in ADDS
Tied the knot WED
Time in the tub SOAK
Tit for tat, e.g TYPO
Tour guide's badge words ASKME
Typist's meas WPM
Utah city near two national parks MOAB
Wager RISK
Walt Disney Concert Hall architect Frank GEHRY
Wild guess STAB
With a single voice ASONE
Woodworking connector DOWEL
Word on a triangular sign YIELD
Word with year or rear END
Work on a lawn MOW
Zhou who hosted Nixon ENLAI
__ buco OSSO
__ Gritty Dirt Band NITTY