L.A. Times Daily - Oct 28 2019

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Clues Answers
"By all means!" YES
"__ the season ... " TIS
"__ tree falls in the forest ... " IFA
"__ you kidding?" ARE
*Basic experimentation method TRIALANDERROR
*Do business shrewdly WHEELANDDEAL
*Like a typical walking stride HEELANDTOE
*Murmur lovingly BILLANDCOO
17-syllable Japanese poem HAIKU
Actress Gilbert of "The Conners" SARA
Annoying little kids IMPS
Arctic jacket ANORAK
At that time THEN
Auth. unknown ANON
Beach footwear SANDAL
Belittle DENIGRATE
Boardroom VIP CEO
Buenos Aires' country: Abbr ARG
Bygone Japanese audio brand AIWA
Candy and such SWEETS
Clear off the road, as snow PLOW
Compromising standpoint ... and what the answers to starred clues contain? MIDDLEGROUND
Conclusion END
Courteney who played Monica on "Friends" COX
Deck alternative PATIO
Desert retreats OASES
Exotic lizard kept as a pet IGUANA
Forest female DOE
German thinker Immanuel KANT
Gives in to gravity SAGS
High-end chocolatier LINDT
Hunter's plastic duck, e.g DECOY
Income __ TAXES
Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club" LETO
Job of typing in facts and figures DATAENTRY
Karaoke prop that often ends in "c" nowadays MIKE
Lake near Carson City TAHOE
Clues Answers
List-shortening abbr ETAL
Lustful SALACIOUS
Make amends ATONE
Monica's brother on "Friends" ROSS
Muslim mystic SUFI
Nancy Drew's beau NED
Not feeling well ILL
Oboe or clarinet REED
Off-the-wall ODD
Passionate ARDENT
Pep rally cheer GOTEAM
Phillies' div NLE
Principal MAIN
Reproduces like salmon SPAWNS
Say no to DENY
Sea item sold by 39-Down, in a tongue-twister SHELL
See 39-Across SHE
Significant stretch of time ERA
Single ONE
Small battery AAA
Spur to action PROD
Suffix with major ETTE
The Lone __ RANGER
Tidy up NEATEN
Tolkien creatures ENTS
Turkey's largest city ISTANBUL
Twice cuatro OCHO
Vietnamese soup PHO
Vigorous qualities to put into one's work ENERGIES
Walk feebly DODDER
Walmart warehouse club SAMS
Was happening WENTON
Way in DOOR
What "Ten-hut!" is short for ATTENTION
__ es Salaam DAR
__ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title ALTHEA
__ volente: God willing DEO