L.A. Times Daily - Dec 15 2020

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Clues Answers
"Argo" spy org CIA
"Catch-22" pilot ORR
"I could go either way" MEH
"Piece of cake!" EASY
"Sure" YES
"The War of the Worlds" foes, e.g ETS
"Won't you be __ and ... ": polite request words ADEAR
2016 Olympics city RIO
Are in the past? WERE
Award show hosts EMCEES
Buffalo Bill show shooter OAKLEY
Cat's warning HISS
Chill LAIDBACK
Club fees DUES
Country made up of 6,852 islands JAPAN
Crafts go-with ARTS
Cure-all PANACEA
Cuteness reactions AWS
Digital "I've got it!" gestures SNAPS
Drywall material SHEETROCK
Eagle or evil organ EYE
Evaluated, as competition SIZEDUP
Filmmaker Brooks MEL
Finally arrives MAKESIT
Finds in mines ORES
Freezer aisle treat ICECREAMPOP
French greeting SALUT
Get in the way of IMPAIR
Get up in arms RILE
GPS approx ETA
Home to il Colosseo ROMA
Horse house STABLE
Ink cartridge color CYAN
Instruction to start playing ... or a hint to the end of 18-, 24-, 49- and 56-Across CUETHEMUSIC
iRobot vacuum ROOMBA
Jamaican genre SKA
Like a baker's apron, probably FLOURY
Like Ivy League clothing styles PREPPY
Clues Answers
Lock on the head TRESS
Looney toon? TAZ
Lyric poem EPODE
Marked by widespread growth EPIDEMIC
Money-back offer REBATE
Monopoly maker HASBRO
Not online: Abbr IRL
Outline, maybe TRACE
Ouzo flavoring ANISE
Peepers of a certain color, affectionately BABYBLUES
Pose a question ASK
Promise with one hand on the Bible SWEAR
Purple hue LILAC
Queen __: "Lemonade" star's nickname BEY
Roadie's load AMPS
School fundraising gp PTA
Seek, as a compliment, with "for" FISH
Select, as for a job TAP
Similar but unspecified things ALLTHATJAZZ
Sled dog command MUSH
Sleep stage REM
Soda since 1886 COCACOLA
Sort out SEETO
Sound like an ass BRAY
Spelling showdown BEE
Structure with a keystone ARCH
Summery headwear SUNHAT
Superhero sound effect KAPOW
Syrup source SAP
Taxpayer's ID SSN
Technical details SPECS
Total: Abbr AMT
Totally rad, in modern lingo EPIC
Trig ratio COSEC
Unrecoverable expense, in economics SUNKCOST
Unwinding spot SPA
Wall St. trader ARB
World's best-selling cookie OREO