L.A. Times Daily - Oct 29 2021

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Clues Answers
"La Dolce Vita" co-star EKBERG
"Roll Tide" school BAMA
"__ of the Needle": Ken Follett novel EYE
Asthma sufferer's relief INHALER
Bad-mouth DIS
Banned pollutants, for short PCBS
Battle tactic SIEGE
Certain war hero AIRACE
Check for accuracy VET
Come down ALIGHT
Command DICTATE
Common newspaper nickname TRIB
Deans, professors and undergrads? UPEOPLE
Descendants of Muhammad, in Shi'ism IMAMS
Down BLUE
Draw TIEGAME
Duds GARB
Easter Island, to natives RAPANUI
Ebert's partner in the 2000s ROEPER
Fictional spread near Jonesboro TARA
Filling in for rapper Cardi? SPELLINGB
Flooded with AWASHIN
Fox competitor ABC
Frank McCourt memoir TIS
Govt. security TBILL
Guided STEERED
Irritate GNAWAT
It's usually higher on the hwy MPG
Kid stuff SNAP
Library ID ISBN
Macedonian's neighbor SERB
Mag for execs INC
Mediocre bakery item in home ec class? CBISCUIT
Meir contemporary EBAN
Muss RUMPLE
Narwhal feature TUSK
Nos. averaging 100 IQS
On the __: famous MAP
Ones who take too much advantage of a privilege, e.g ABUSERS
Clues Answers
Pageant held in Memphis in 2020 MISSUSA
Passionate AVID
Piles HEAPS
Put in the ground PLANTED
Qajar dynasty's domain PERSIA
Rock with bands AGATE
Rural skyline feature SILO
Safari sight GNU
Said, "She was with me all day," say ALIBIED
Sailor's emergency container BAIL
Sailor's pronoun SHE
Sails force? FLEET
Scottish refusal NAE
Scrape, say MAR
Serious observance RITE
Started to overtake, with "on" GAINED
Stuff of legends LORE
Submits a racy version of a film to the MPAA? CHANCESR
Three-way joint TEE
Times to call, in ads AFTS
Tool for the jungle MACHETE
Trouble at the family rec center? YBOTHER
Two-time loser to Ike ADLAI
Water color AQUA
Watercolor user ARTIST
Weaken SAP
Wilt SAG
Win over ENAMOR
Witness SEE
Won't leave alone NAGS
Word in a recipe ADD
Work unit ERG
Worker, informally PROLE
Working hard to find, with "up" SCARING
Wound up TENSE
Zippo NIL
__ ballerina PRIMA
__ Montoya, "The Princess Bride" role INIGO
__-a-brac BRIC