L.A. Times Daily - Apr 28 2023

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Clues Answers
"Africa" band TOTO
"Ah, me!" ALAS
"Allow me to explain," and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme HERESWHY
"Anything __?" ELSE
"Are we there yet?" guesses ETAS
"Deadpool" actor Reynolds RYAN
"Dear __ Hansen" EVAN
"Gangnam Style" rapper PSY
"Got it!" cries AHAS
"No need to explain further" YESISEE
"On the double!" NOW
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" film YENTL
"Shape of You" singer-songwriter SHEERAN
"__ Misérables" LES
Actress Perlman RHEA
Apt rhyme for "spots" DOTS
Bamboozle CON
Became edgy TENSED
Broadway composer Jule STYNE
Broke new ground? HOED
Bulb unit WATT
Burro ASS
Burst POP
Cartoon frame CEL
Colorado quaker ASPEN
Convention NORM
Country quarters INNS
Critters sought in a Nintendo game POKEMON
Cuss out SWEARAT
Dulce de __ LECHE
Energizer size AAA
Extraterrestrial ALIEN
Fell, as firs HEW
First word of "Jabberwocky" TWAS
Forged painting? ARTDECOY
Foul POLLUTE
French wine term CRU
Fuss ADO
Gardener's mixture LOAM
Get lovey-dovey SMOOCH
Gold purity unit KARAT
Good Grips kitchen brand OXO
Clues Answers
Gridiron position END
Ink TATS
Itty-bitty WEE
James Cameron blockbuster set on Pandora AVATAR
Lav LOO
Like a strutting peacock SHOWY
London jazz duo? ZEDS
Longoria of "Telenovela" EVA
Make hay, maybe MOW
Mane areas NAPES
Mournful ELEGIAC
Muesli grain OAT
Pacific Rim capital TOKYO
Part of a track meet EVENT
Pea holder POD
Phisher's fig SSN
Poison __ SUMAC
Poker-faced STOIC
Post-makeover self NEWME
PR concern IMAGE
Pricey steak TBONE
Register ENROLL
Respond to "Let's give it up for ... " CLAP
Rust-causing agent OXIDANT
Sack dress? PJS
School newspaper entries from its youngest reporters? KINDERGARTENCOPY
Shar-__: wrinkly dog PEI
Sign that it's time to clean the closet? DUSTYJACKET
Slovak neighbor CZECH
Some pasta TUBES
Spanish cheer OLE
Spy-fi writer Deighton LEN
Title city in a DuVernay film SELMA
Tomato paste tomato ROMA
Turow book ONEL
Tyke KID
Underground resource ORE
Vane dir NNE
Watered down DILUTED
When kids start rolling their eyes at everything their parents say? THEIRONYAGE
__ farm ANT