L.A. Times Daily - Jan 2 2023

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Clues Answers
"Hamilton" song about destroying love letters, or what one can do to the ends of the answers to the starred clues BURN
"Just messin' with ya!" IKID
"Parenthood" actress Whitman MAE
"The Phantom of the __" OPERA
"What Truth Sounds Like" writer Michael __ Dyson ERIC
*Food that lacks nutritional value EMPTYCALORIES
*For all to see, after "in" BROADDAYLIGHT
*Frozen structures that help with some winter migration ICEBRIDGES
*Yoga mat material FOAMRUBBER
20-vol. lexicon OED
8-Down mineral IRON
Accessory with a buckle BELT
ACL location KNEE
Add to an email, as a gif EMBED
Authority to decide SAYSO
Baby bed CRIB
Before, with "to" PRIOR
Braugher of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" ANDRE
Broccoli __ RABE
Bubble bath spot TUB
Chicken cordon __ BLEU
Cleveland's lake ERIE
College student's declaration MAJOR
Depleted Asian sea ARAL
Difficult trip TREK
Distilled alcohol made with fruit PLUMBRANDY
Drew (in) LURED
DVD player error message NODISC
Easygoing LAIDBACK
Entry on Indeed.com, e.g JOBPOSTING
Female horse MARE
Group of pundits on a TV news show, e.g PANEL
Health resorts SPAS
Jagged rock CRAG
Kept secret HID
Leafy vegetable rich in 14-Across KALE
Like many sumo wrestlers OBESE
List on the side of a taco truck MENU
Clues Answers
Many an Eastern European SLAV
Missouri and Ohio RIVERS
Mystical glow AURA
Narrow piece STRIP
Novelist Tolstoy LEO
NPR journalist Totenberg NINA
Opening strategy PLANA
Oscar winner Malek RAMI
Pang THROE
Personnel note MEMO
Photoshop maker ADOBE
Played a part ACTED
Respect ADMIRE
Rotary phone part DIAL
Salt Lake state UTAH
Scornful smile SNEER
Short skirt MINI
Small batteries AAS
Small terrier YORKIE
Spanish "other" OTRA
Start over REDO
Stitched border HEM
Stories TALES
Tampa Bay team RAYS
Tony nominee Phillipa SOO
Trite BANAL
TV's __ at Nite NICK
Valentine's Day icon CUPID
Vegetable pod that thickens gumbo OKRA
Without any reduction in intensity UNABATED
Wolf (down) SNARF
Word on some diet products LITE
Yucky buildup CRUD
Zero NONE
__ A Sketch ETCH
__ facto IPSO
__ throat STREP
__ vera gel ALOE