L.A. Times Daily - Dec 29 2018

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Clues Answers
"... which __ was irksome to me": Shakespeare ERST
"Don't think so" UMNO
"M*A*S*H" role RADAR
"Man is condemned to be free" philosopher SARTRE
"That's unfortunate" SOSAD
"The Divine Comedy" division CANTO
007's watch, in the later films OMEGA
Actor Omar with three NAACP Image Awards EPPS
Actress Aimée ANOUK
America, in Acapulco ELNORTE
Autos advertised on "You Bet Your Life" DESOTOS
Based on observation EMPIRIC
Butler's classic line YOURANG
Chrysler Building architect William Van __ ALEN
Confucian path TAO
Delivered a screed RANTED
Despicable ROTTEN
Dispensed amounts DOSES
Doesn't allow out TRAPS
Draft choice IPA
Echoic phrase from a WWI marching song SMILESMILESMILE
End of a line in the sand, maybe ANTHILL
Expected PAR
Foe of Chiang MAO
Ford contemporary OLDS
Ford's Crown Vic, originally LTD
Gay opening? ENOLA
Genre with ad images POPART
Greek-style yogurt brand CHOBANI
Gridiron numbers ELEVENS
Half an ouchie? BOO
Holders of staples GROCERYBAGS
Hybrid jumping sport with a landing target PARASKI
Independent African country since 1960 MALI
It carries a charge ION
Clues Answers
It's a dirty look THESTINKEYE
Italian recipe word ALLA
Its first letter often means "more than one" HOV
Jennifer of "Pride and Prejudice" EHLE
Kitchen bulb ONION
Lacking heat? UNARMED
Left of center? CEE
Line erasers? PLASTICSURGEONS
Media industry worker ADREP
Necklines? CAROTIDARTERIES
NYC subway line IRT
One with a rooting interest PLANTER
Pointed at, perhaps IDED
Pointer or point TIP
Sang for an audience of one, sometimes CAROLED
Santa-tracking acronym NORAD
See 40-Down OUT
Sent to, too CCED
Short sibling? SIS
Site of an 11-Down yogurt plant, the world's largest IDAHO
Sites with masked workers, briefly ORS
Smallville name KENT
Soft shoes MOCS
Spanish waterways RIOS
Stable attendant HOSTLER
Stores with a blue-and-yellow logo IKEAS
Survivor-take-all investment scheme TONTINE
Tablet since 2013 IPADAIR
Thou follower, often ART
Three-part region, per Caesar GAUL
Timeworn BANAL
Title line after "Gray skies are gonna clear up" PUTONAHAPPYFACE
Two-bit boxer PALOOKA
Winner of 82 PGA Tour tournaments SNEAD
With 39-Down, unconventional FAR