L.A. Times Daily - Feb 2 2021

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Clues Answers
"And how!" AMEN
"At Last" singer James ETTA
"Chicago" showgirl Hart ROXIE
"Whistle While You Work" septet DWARFS
"Zip your lip!" CANIT
*Act in desperation GRASPATSTRAWS
*Be the first to begin GETAHEADSTART
*Carpe diem SEIZETHEDAY
*Party gifts container GRABBAG
A-lister VIP
Actress Seales of "Insecure" AMANDA
Aggregate SUM
Batter's job in a squeeze play BUNT
Befuddled ASEA
Biter on a pooch FLEA
Blueprint SCHEMA
Coffee dispenser URN
Commercial charge ADFEE
Comprehensive FULLSCALE
Container cover LID
Corporate jet maker CESSNA
Discard TOSS
Dismissal metaphor, with "the" AXE
Emmy category DRAMA
Eros, in Rome AMOR
Escape clauses OUTS
Extended pd. away from work LOA
Familiar slogan ... and what each answer to a starred clue is? CATCHPHRASE
Fannie or Ginnie follower MAE
Farm layer HEN
FDR's successor HST
Few and far between SCANT
Free TV spot PSA
Frisbee, for one DISC
German pronoun found in half of Munich? ICH
Goals ENDS
Hardly any ATAD
Hardwood tree TEAK
Hide partner SEEK
Clues Answers
Highly skilled ADEPT
Highway divider MEDIAN
Hug EMBRACE
Husk-wrapped cantina food TAMALE
Invite for ASKTO
John Wick, for one HITMAN
Legendary bird of prey ROC
Letters in alphabet soup NOODLES
Lust or greed SIN
Mom's mom NANA
More smoke-filled HAZIER
Morse code component DASH
Napoleon's 1814 place of exile ELBA
Nonetheless YET
Notable period ERA
Opposing vote NAY
Ozone-depleting chemical CFC
Phoenix's 2019 Best Actor role JOKER
Puerto Rico, por ejemplo ISLA
Queen of Olympus HERA
Rap sheet letters AKA
Reel trouble SNAG
Retinal cells RODS
Rise, as prices GOUP
Shallowest Great Lake ERIE
Shoe with a strap that nearly encircles the ankle SLINGBACK
Silently understood TACIT
Solemn vow OATH
Something to update on Facebook STATUS
Splinter groups SECTS
Taiwanese PC maker ACER
Tummy muscles ABS
Turkey topper GRAVY
U.K. network BBC
Understanding words ISEE
Unruly crowds MOBS
Wedding reception VIPs DJS
What we have here THESE
Wind instruments FLUTES