L.A. Times Daily - Dec 7 2017

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Clues Answers
"Hidden Figures" org NASA
"I, Robot" writer ASIMOV
"Stagecoach," for one OATER
"Would __?" ILIE
"__ Maria" AVE
*Award-winning defense unit? TOPFORT
*Either of a historic PGA pair? ARNIESARM
*Enforcer of greenhouse gas restrictions? CARBONCOP
*Manchester hospital hookup? ENGLISHIV
A bit cracked AJAR
Action word VERB
Arctic coast explorer RAE
Biennial games org IOC
Big name in craft stores JOANN
Birdcage feature PERCH
British nobleman BARONET
Capri suffix OTE
Champion swimmer/actor Buster CRABBE
Chaucer offering TALE
Consume EAT
Custom on some cruises NOTIPS
Directive ORDER
Director Preminger OTTO
Director Van Sant GUS
Discontinued iPod model NANO
Divisions politiques ETATS
Enclaved African land LESOTHO
Flightless birds RHEAS
Forum attire TOGA
Khartoum's river NILE
Korean sedan to be discontinued in the U.S. after 2017 AZERA
Lackawanna's lake ERIE
LeBron's hometown AKRON
Louis XIV, par exemple ROI
Mai __ TAI
Major hassles ORDEALS
Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues WISEOFF
Making a touchdown SCORING
Match AGREE
Clues Answers
Mess (up) GOOF
Metro area SSE of Casper LARAMIE
Mosque figure IMAM
Motivate INSPIRE
Multichannel STEREO
Multiple-choice choice OTHER
Nation surrounding 10-Down: Abbr RSA
Neatnik's opposite SLOB
Not insignificant BIG
Notable deed GEST
One of the Nereids IONE
One of the three bears PAPA
PC panic button ESC
Pet food brand ALPO
Pioneering ISP AOL
Plains tribe PAWNEE
Ran into MET
Response to being slain, in texts? ROFL
Rush hour report topic TRAFFIC
Saltine brand ZESTA
Saratoga action RACES
Saturn SUV VUE
Sculler's blade OAR
Source of hard and soft lumber PINES
Suppress STIFLE
Those, to Pablo ESOS
Three-time Wimbledon champ EVERT
Tofu nutrient PROTEIN
Trattoria menu suffix INI
Updates the plant RETOOLS
Vein contents ORE
Warm-weather wear SHORTS
Watch OBSERVE
Where ewes can hang out LEAS
Whistling vessel KETTLE
Words after an estimate ORSO
Wrap around ENVELOP
__ even keel ONAN
__ welding ARC