L.A. Times Daily - Feb 21 2021

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Clues Answers
"... chips-down" link ARE
"Ciao" SOLONG
"CSI" actor George EADS
"Friends" friend ROSS
"How obvious" DUH
"I, Claudius" role NERO
"It's clear now" ISEE
"No seats" sign SRO
"Precisely like this" JUSTSO
"Take __ at it" ASHOT
1983 Indy 500 champ Tom SNEVA
70-Down trio opener AMO
A detective may act on one HUNCH
A light bulb may symbolize one IDEA
A, to Beethoven EINE
Absolutely zero NOTASINGLEONE
Absorb, as a spill SOPUP
Accept the blame OWNUP
Alleged creation of Buffalo's Anchor Bar WINGS
Alphabetically first V8 ingredient BEET
Arrives like a brainstorm SPRINGSTOMIND
Asleep in Eng. class? ADJ
Berkshire racecourse ASCOT
Biker's protective wear LEATHERS
Bingo cousin BEANO
Bit of optimism HOPE
Bit of politeness from a hat-tipper MAAM
Blessed __ EVENT
Blobby sci-fi villain JABBA
Bound to be FATED
Bowl, say ARENA
Boxing div RND
Brand with a Jumpman logo AIRJORDAN
Bright students' org NHS
Bristol bye-bye TATA
Card holder, maybe CUER
Cards, for short NLERS
Casual Friday fabric DENIM
Cause of sticker shock at the florist? THORN
Checkout action SCAN
Clues for DNA analysis HAIRS
Collapsed CAVEDIN
Compared with VISAVIS
Cut of the loot SHARE
Dagger of yore SNEE
Deadlocked INATIE
Dealer-busting org DEA
Deer sir STAG
Disney theme park ANIMALKINGDOM
Droid from Naboo, familiarly ARTOO
Elicit a chuckle AMUSE
Enthusiastic to a fault OVEREAGER
Fair SOSO
Family film feature HAPPYENDING
Fancy moldings OGEES
Figure with a cape TORERO
First golfing U.S. president TAFT
Fit INGOODSHAPE
Fitness motto starter USEIT
Formal talk ADDRESS
Formal wear item TIARA
Fuzzy memory BLUR
Go inside ENTER
Golfer's gouge DIVOT
Hale-Bopp, for one COMET
Herd mentality output? MOOING
I-9 ID SSN
Ignore mistakes, say LETTHINGSSLIDE
In the know AWARE
Inventing middle name ALVA
It's raised at a circus TENT
Jazzy genre BOP
Clues Answers
Job listing abbr EEO
Jon of "Mad Men" HAMM
Jordanian queen dowager NOOR
José's hand MANO
Juice with a lizard logo SOBE
Letters on a bathroom tube ADA
Letters on a GI's letters APO
Like morning fields DEWED
Like some fried food OILY
Long, long tail? AGO
Lotion additive ALOE
Many surfers AOLERS
Marcel Marceau clown persona BIP
Memory miscue LAPSE
Meter starter ALTI
Minibike kin MOPED
MIT offerings DEGS
Mosque official IMAM
Multi-lingual Irish singer ENYA
Musical workout, at times ETUDE
Not kidding EARNEST
Obligation ONUS
Old food label figs RDAS
Omelet filler HAM
One taking a class over REPEATER
Part of many a plot ACRE
Pass-rushing group, briefly DLINE
Pasta restaurant closing? INI
Picard's counselor TROI
Place to make a rial deal OMAN
Places where quiet is often demanded SETS
Playground game with hoops HORSE
Prevention amount OUNCE
Princess with cinnamon-bun locks LEIA
Pub mugfuls ALES
Pulitzer-winning author James AGEE
Regret RUE
Removes faded flowers from DEADHEADS
River past Logroño EBRO
RPI and NIH INSTS
School near Windsor ETON
Signed off on OKAYED
Simone's state ETAT
Singer's perfect pitch, say ASSET
Snacked ATE
Some tributes ODES
Speechless player MIME
Spoofs PARODIES
Stamps POSTAGE
Start of a hopeful chant RAINRAINGOAWAY
Stiles of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" RYAN
Stimulate AMPUP
Strength MIGHT
Subject of many a watch BLUEWHALE
Suspects ISONTO
Swedish auto SAAB
That guy, to Guy LUI
They may be unsung HEROES
Thoughts of the beach while in class, e.g DAYDREAM
Throw very hard RIFLE
Tiberius' tongue LATIN
Tower engineer EIFFEL
Twitter rampage RANT
Volume unit SONE
Was highly regarded RATED
Wild party RAGER
Wray of "King Kong" FAY
Yawning cause BOREDOM
Yokohama yes HAI
__ kit: Ancestry.com item DNA
__ music SHEET
__ standard GOLD