L.A. Times Daily - Nov 28 2022

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Clues Answers
"I smell a __!" RAT
"Kung Fu" actor Philip AHN
"My gal" of song SAL
"Straight Outta Compton" actor __ Jackson Jr OSHEA
"The Fox and the __" HOUND
"What __ can I say?" ELSE
"Yeah, I'll pass" UHNO
"__ you clever!" ARENT
*"Peter Pan" pirate CAPTAINHOOK
*Pre-employment screening process BACKGROUNDCHECK
*Source of endless funds MONEYTREE
*Suspenseful ending to a series CLIFFHANGER
Actress Watts NAOMI
Atlas page MAP
Author Calvino ITALO
Ballplayer's hat CAP
Barely gets (by) EKES
Bergen's dummy Mortimer SNERD
Catch a scent of DETECT
Catch on to GET
Classic detergent brand RINSO
Cold packing material for shipping fish DRYICE
Comic strip cat GARFIELD
Counterfeit FAKE
Cruise stopovers ISLES
Dessert choice PIE
Discreet summons PSST
Energize, with "up" AMP
Enter a password, say LOGIN
Exchange for cash SELL
Families CLANS
Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are COATTAILS
Firepit residue ASH
Flight sked info ETAS
Former anesthetic ETHER
French fashion magazine ELLE
French head TETE
Golden State sch UCLA
Clues Answers
Great deal of, slangily LOTTA
Hall of Fame shortstop Jeter DEREK
High temperature FEVER
Irritating inconvenience HASSLE
Like some R-rated films EROTIC
Moon-related LUNAR
Mystery novelist Grafton SUE
Natural rope fiber HEMP
Newsletter edition ISSUE
Noodle dish LOMEIN
Odometer unit MILE
Overused, as an expression TRITE
Part of a quilter's fabric supply SCRAP
Picture IMAGE
Pub orders ALES
Puppy love CRUSH
Quaint "Shake a leg" HIE
Rebecca in the Basketball Hall of Fame LOBO
Sharply bitter ACRID
Some electric cars TESLAS
Spanish "other" OTRA
Spinal Tap guitarist Tufnel NIGEL
St. Louis landmark ARCH
Strong cleanser LYE
Tehran's country IRAN
Tequila plant AGAVE
Texter's "Although ... " OTOH
Thumbed (through), as a book LEAFED
Tom Jones's "__ a Lady" SHES
Toy holder CHEST
Vietnamese soup PHO
Weep CRY
West Coast gas brand ARCO
Wine fruit GRAPE
Word before a maiden name NEE
Writer's representative AGENT
__ City: New Jersey resort town ATLANTIC
__ Joe's: food store chain TRADER