L.A. Times Daily - Dec 30 2019

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Clues Answers
"Don't give up yet!" ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues HANGINTHERE
"Love __ Battlefield": Pat Benatar hit ISA
"Verrrry funny" HAHA
*Baseball batting statistic measured in degrees LAUNCHANGLE
*Common food thickening agent XANTHANGUM
*High-ranking heavenly beings ARCHANGELS
10-Down may have a sixth one SENSE
Accustom (to), as hardship INURE
Actress __ Brie of "Mad Men" ALISON
Altoids container TIN
Appear to be SEEM
Arizona city or landform MESA
Basics ABCS
Beet or ginger ROOT
Beloved British princess DIANA
Best songs countdown list TOPTEN
Boise's st IDA
Calendar entries DATES
Capri or Wight ISLE
Chillax UNWIND
Clothing designer Perry ELLIS
Congregation response AMEN
Cooking need HEAT
Coolness under pressure POISE
Corned beef on __ RYE
Crescent point CUSP
Cucumbers used as pickles GHERKINS
Dad's brother UNCLE
Emcee's opening INTRO
Every bit (of) ALL
Fable writer AESOP
Fibber's admission ILIED
Flightless South American bird RHEA
Foil metal ALUMINUM
Fragrant climbing plant SWEETPEA
Frozen periods ICEAGES
Gloomy aura PALL
Guerrilla Guevara CHE
Clues Answers
Guy watching Telemundo, probably LATINO
Hall of talk TV ARSENIO
Highway off-ramp EXIT
Improvise ADLIB
In addition TOO
In olden times LONGAGO
In the ballpark CLOSE
Indian lentil dish DAL
Inlaid artwork MOSAIC
L.A. commuter org MTA
Lakers rivals, on NBA scoreboards LAC
Letterspacing technique, in typography KERNING
Made-to-order CUSTOM
Make, as money EARN
Moral standard ETHIC
Most harsh STERNEST
Movie takes SCENES
MPG-testing org EPA
Number of U.S. states with three-word capitals ONE
Paris airport ORLY
Pete of the N.Y. Mets who broke Aaron Judge's rookie record for home runs in 2019 ALONSO
Peyton's quarterback brother ELI
Protagonist HERO
Room for a broom CLOSET
Rx writers MDS
See 27-Across SEERS
Short albums, for short EPS
Singer Del Rey LANA
Smell detector NOSE
Somewhat ATAD
Soy sauce often gluten-free TAMARI
Start to shine LIGHTUP
Stomp all over TRAMPLE
Suffix with fluor- IDE
Tiger's ex-wife ELIN
Tolkien creature ENT
Yellow-striped pool ball NINE
__ v. Wade ROE