L.A. Times Daily - May 21 2023

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Clues Answers
"100 years of improvement" retailer LOWES
"Can't help ya" NAH
"His Dark Materials" cable network HBO
"Lost in transit" inquiry TRACER
"One Minute Man" rapper Elliott MISSY
"The Orville" star MacFarlane SETH
"The Wizard of Oz" actor LAHR
6.2 miles, roughly TENK
Air traffic org FAA
Arctic native SEAL
Await decision PEND
Behind, in a way TAILING
Berry native to the Amazon rainforest ACAI
Big cat voiced by Angelina Jolie in "Kung Fu Panda" TIGRESS
Bird that can run 30 mph EMU
Breakdown of social norms ANOMIE
Breastbone STERNUM
Broaden WIDEN
Bureau AGENCY
Burrowing bug BORER
Calculating, in a way ADDING
Charm ENCHANT
Chow __: noodle dish MEIN
Clothing DUDS
Collar extension LAPEL
Color gradation HUE
Curio stand ETAGERE
Curtain rod decoration FINIAL
Deep black EBON
Do lunch? CATER
Domed halls ROTUNDAS
Draw forth EDUCE
Dull brown DUN
Dutch painter Jan STEEN
Economical with words TERSE
Election Day figure VOTER
Every which way AMOK
FaceTime alternative SKYPE
Factual TRUE
Farm GRANGE
Fashion journalist __ Leon Talley ANDRE
Fast one SCAM
Fast-food option TOGO
First name in Renaissance painting MONA
Fitting APT
Flair ELAN
Footnote note IBID
For all __ and purposes INTENTS
Former capital of Japan KYOTO
Fries in a little butter SAUTES
Gentlemen SIRS
Had status RATED
Has legs, so to speak LASTS
Hawaii's Mauna __ KEA
Holiday songs CAROLS
Honked TOOTED
Hoops player CAGER
Iditarod wear ANORAK
John Bunyan, notably PURITAN
Lab gelatins AGARS
Leaning TILTED
Like cheese in a fondue pot MELTED
Like fluffy towels SOFT
Like some inscriptions UNDATED
Like the White Sox at Fenway Park AWAY
Lumbered PLODDED
Math points LOCI
Maze setback DEADEND
Mercury Seven astronaut John GLENN
Messy stack HEAP
Clues Answers
Mineral no longer used in baby powder TALC
Moved suddenly DARTED
Moving with ease SPRY
N.Y.'s AOC, e.g REP
Name seen in many hotels GIDEON
Natural gas component ETHANE
New __, Connecticut CANAAN
Nibbled (at) PECKED
Nike's __-fit fabric DRI
Outer layer RIND
Part of a wedding toast, maybe ANECDOTE
Patriarch who "walked with God" ENOCH
Peak near Catania ETNA
Pen points NIBS
Periodic-table entry ELEMENT
Piercing place EARLOBE
Playing fields ARENAS
Police dept. title DET
Prompt CUE
Quick SPEEDY
Rootless water plant ALGA
Rush-order letters ASAP
Salt, say SEASON
Sanctuary section APSE
Sat in traffic, e.g IDLED
Scrap ORT
Selassie of Ethiopia HAILE
Sent through a network EMAILED
Short work of fiction NOVELLA
Showed plainly EVINCED
Singles ONES
Skipped an early appointment, maybe SLEPTIN
Smite, as a dragon SLAY
Sp. girls SRTAS
Spencer of "Good Morning America" LARA
Start of some subj. lines FWD
Starts operating, as a store OPENS
Steam room SAUNA
Stevie Wonder's "__ She Lovely" ISNT
Still together INTACT
Summer pest, informally SKEETER
Super casual "Sure!" NATCH
Support staff member: Abbr ASST
Support staff? CANE
System of connected PCs, for short LAN
Take out DELETE
The absent-minded dentist .. LEFTANIMPRESSION
The disruptive hairstylist .. MADEWAVES
The fashionable archaeologist .. DUGINHERHEELS
The fearless trapeze artist .. GOTTHEHANGOFIT
The lazy housekeeper .. LETTHEDUSTSETTLE
The overzealous electrician .. BLEWAFUSE
The psychic bartender .. CALLEDTHESHOTS
Theme park shuttle TRAM
Timeless, poetically ETERNE
Unit of energy ERG
Unworldly young woman INGENUE
USDA Choice, e.g GRADE
Vegan protein TOFU
Vinegar, chemically ACID
Wine choice RED
Wipe clean ERASE
WNBA stat REBS
Words from a promising couple? IDO
Workbench grips VISES
Woven fish traps NETS
Wrongdoing SIN
WSW reversal ENE
Zambia neighbor ANGOLA
__ academy NAVAL