L.A. Times Daily - May 17 2021

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Clues Answers
"Comprende?" SEE
"I had no __!": "What a surprise!" IDEA
"In __ of gifts ... " LIEU
"Pomp and Circumstance" composer ELGAR
"Takin' Care of Business" rockers, initially BTO
"Terrible" Russian ruler IVAN
*End-of-broadcasting image on old late-night TV TESTPATTERN
*Inside scoop SCUTTLEBUTT
*Minor shoplifting crime, say PETTYTHEFT
*Snitch TATTLETALE
Actor Baldwin ALEC
Actress Bening ANNETTE
Aficionado LOVER
Again ANEW
Allow LET
Art Deco master ERTE
Bathroom fixtures TUBS
Beach bird TERN
Big first for a baby STEP
Big name in travel guides FODOR
Brazilian soccer legend PELE
Bridge feat SLAM
Brightly colored fish OPAH
Civil rights leader Medgar EVERS
Clapton who sang "Layla" ERIC
Classic Camaro IROC
Couple TWO
CPR pros EMTS
Cubic meter STERE
D.C. MLB team NATS
Decade in which the Slinky debuted ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues FORTIES
Eight-related OCTAL
Farsi speaker IRANI
FDR power project TVA
Feline metaphor for a wealthy donor FATCAT
Football venue ARENA
Freight weight TON
Frigid POLAR
Greasy OILY
Clues Answers
Hawaiian tuber TARO
High, thin heel STILETTO
Hipbones ILIA
Largest continent ASIA
Let go RELEASE
Lickety-split APACE
Lucy's best friend in old TV ETHEL
Many Yemenis ARABS
March parade VIP STPAT
Mild Dutch cheese EDAM
Mineral used in much tailor's chalk TALC
MLB's Tigers, on scoreboards DET
Month of showers APRIL
More wise SAGER
Newspaper chief EDITOR
Not dis? DAT
Part of ESL: Abbr ENG
Pasadena institute where most of "The Big Bang Theory" characters work CALTECH
Postal codes ZIPS
Proactiv target ZIT
Public to-do SCENE
Refinement ELEGANCE
Rind PEEL
Ripped into pieces, with "up" TORE
Sail support MAST
Shaving lotion brand AFTA
Singer's syllable before la-la TRA
Soccer score GOAL
Software options list MENU
Soup crackers SALTINES
Strong desire URGE
Subsequently LATER
Take it easy REST
Tandoori bread NAN
Waitstaff rewards TIPS
What a spare replaces FLATTIRE
When the show must go on AIRTIME
__ Lingus AER
__-one: long odds TENTO