L.A. Times Daily - Apr 22 2022

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Clues Answers
"Fast Food My Way" chef Jacques PEPIN
"Freeze!" HALT
"Hurt" singer CASH
"Nailed it!" YES
"That's a shame" ALAS
"The City & the City" novelist MiŽville CHINA
"What a long week" sigh TGIF
Apple platform IOS
Aprés-ski option SPA
Arizona locale for spring training fans MESA
Back in the day AGO
Bananagrams piece TILE
Besides ALSO
Binge SPREE
Black stone ONYX
Burst POPPED
Casino array SLOTS
Cause of inflation? PUMP
Chairperson's hammer GAVEL
Cleared for takeoff? DEICED
Clocked BRAINED
Dance for a lei person HULA
Day of the Dead drink ATOLE
Domino dot PIP
Dyeing art BATIK
Ear-relevant? OTIC
Fish in salade niçoise TUNA
Former spouse who never lets things get awkward? GRACEFULEX
Four-time Australian Open winner SELES
Frito pie ingredient CHILI
Have a good laugh ROAR
Hide PELT
Holy __ OIL
Impulsive HASTY
Kitten caboodle LITTER
Lahore tongue URDU
Like beach volleyball players TAN
Listing ATILT
Low nos. for aces ERAS
Clues Answers
Luring an academic to the dark side? TURNINGAPROF
Many Egyptians ARABS
Mature RIPEN
Mature ADULT
Mirror image SELF
Miyazaki's genre ANIME
Not fulfilled UNMET
Octavia Butler's genre SCIFI
Out of __ SYNC
Outcome when a salon student makes waves? LEARNERSPERM
Own (up) FESS
PDQ ASAP
Percussion-based theater troupe STOMP
Piano part PEDAL
Pull (for) CHEER
Repast MEAL
Rich soil LOAM
SAT prep help, often TUTOR
Sauntered MOSEYED
See 6-Down ANISE
Series set at McKinley High GLEE
Serpentine fish EEL
Sign OMEN
Silent communication sys ASL
Snare NET
Streisand film based on a Singer story YENTL
Suits BEFITS
Taylor Swift hit song about defying the haters, and an apt title for this puzzle SHAKEITOFF
Trellis growth IVY
Trepidation UNEASE
TV competition, familiarly IDOL
TV signal part AUDIO
Utopias EDENS
Want more PREFER
Weep CRY
Winds down ENDS
With 18-Across, ingredient in five-spice powder STAR
Word on some European postage stamps EIRE
WSJ news topic IPO