L.A. Times Daily - Jul 6 2017

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Clues Answers
"Crossroads of America" in Indiana, e.g MOTTO
"I'll take that action" ITSABET
"The Wind in the Willows" character MRTOAD
"What __ could I say?" ELSE
'70s Israeli prime minister MEIR
Antioxidant-rich fruit in smoothies ACAIBERRY
Around, so to speak INTOWN
Automobil route BAHN
Bandleader's cry HITIT
Bos'n's boss CAPN
Bunch of bits BYTE
Cantina quaff MESCAL
Celestial explosion SUPERNOVA
Checklist item TASK
Cold War weapons ICBMS
Corp. money execs CFOS
D-sharp equivalent EFLAT
D.C. Metro stops STAS
Did lunch, say ATE
Escapade ANTIC
Escher and Hammer MCS
Evaluate RATE
Fair-hiring letters EOE
Fly catchers MITTS
Former African secessionist territory BIAFRA
French-speaking republic HAITI
Frustrating roommate for a neatnik SLOB
Gaelic tongue ERSE
Galápagos locale: Abbr ECUA
Georgia __ TECH
Give a darn? SEW
Grifter CONARTIST
Handles SEESTO
Head of England? LOO
Healing salve ALOE
Hustles HIES
Clues Answers
Italian headquarters of Maserati MODENA
Japanese prime minister since 2012 ABE
Jumper cable connection ANODE
Law-and-order gps PDS
Lode load ORE
Mancinelli opera "__ e Leandro" ERO
Many opera heroines SOPRANOS
Many opera villains BASSI
Masonry support ANTA
Midwestern pair NEBRASKANSAS
Morse clicks DITS
Mother of Pearl, in an 1850 novel HESTER
Northeastern pair MAINEWHAMPSHIRE
Nurtured CAREDFOR
On the less windy side ALEE
Out of the sack ARISEN
Pancake-making aid MIX
PC part? CORRECT
Prepare for mailing SEAL
Protein-building molecule RNA
Puerto Rican pronoun ESO
Queen __ lace ANNES
Ration out ALLOT
Ready followers? ORNOT
Ring figure? CARAT
Robbins of Baskin-Robbins IRV
Shaggy Scandinavian rug RYA
Slow-cook, in a way BRAISE
Soldier of Fortune subject MERCENARY
Some earrings HOOPS
Southwestern pair NEWMEXICOLORADO
Stand-up sort MENSCH
What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality STATEBORDERS
Woods components TREES
Word with coat or shirt TAIL
__ del Sol COSTA