L.A. Times Daily - Dec 12 2021

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Clues Answers
"If __ a Hammer" IHAD
"It's the Hard-Knock Life" soloist ANNIE
"Politically Incorrect" host MAHER
"Relax, I'll take care of it!" OKOK
"Splendor in the Grass" screenwriter INGE
"The Far Side" cartoonist Larson GARY
"This is the truth" ICANTLIE
Actor Mineo SAL
Actor __ Kate Dillon of "Billions" ASIA
American League East city TORONTO
Annual coll. hoops competition NIT
Aspersion SLUR
Assembled MET
Autumn flower ASTER
Back muscle, briefly LAT
Bank deposit, perhaps ORE
Bankrupts, with "out" CLEANS
Bar order NEAT
Beach tone TAN
Beehive, e.g BIGDO
Blues singer James ETTA
Boo-boo OWIE
Brown in a Croce song LEROY
Budgetary excess FAT
Camera option LENS
Cello-supporting rod ENDPIN
Chance to roll the dice, say TURN
Cheap hooch ROTGUT
Chopin wrote a "Revolutionary" one ETUDE
Classic jazz nickname SATCHMO
Comedian Foxx REDD
Coming-out DEBUT
Commonly injured knee part, briefly ACL
Customizable cookie OREO
Dimethyl sulfate, e.g ESTER
Directory name LISTEE
Draft status ONEA
Dried chili pepper ANCHO
Dutch word meaning "farmer" BOER
Easter opening? NOR
Enjoyed, in slang DUG
European luxury wheels BMWS
Eye PEERAT
Family-friendly rating TVG
Farm clucker HEN
Federal biomedical agcy NIH
FedEx rival DHL
Fight with foils FENCE
First name in Israeli statehood GOLDA
Flamboyant Dame EDNA
Fleecy one EWE
Flu fighters SERA
Former British automaker RELIANT
Gear teeth COGS
Get a load of AMASS
Goat quote MAA
Guitarist Paul LES
Hang out in the sun LETDRY
Heat meas BTUS
Horse-and-buggy, e.g ERA
In the archives ONFILE
Kind of architect NAVAL
King Cole and others OLDSOULS
Lawn tool EDGER
Like a balloon company with a depleted helium supply? OUTOFTHEIRELEMENT
Like a church deacon? ABOVETHEFOLD
Like a popular crusader CAPED
Like members of Gamblers Anonymous? AGAINSTALLODDS
Like one caught in a storm? UNDERTHEWEATHER
Like one shopping for disposable phones? AFTERBURNERS
Like sausage's main ingredients? FROMTHEGROUNDUP
Like supporters of a Seattle daily? BEHINDTHETIMES
Clues Answers
List-ending abbr ETC
Listening aid EARBUD
Long hikes TREKS
Longtime NYC punk rock club CBGB
Magic org NBA
Metric weight TONNE
More crude, language-wise SALTIER
Muesli morsel OAT
Muff BOTCH
Museum focus ART
Nada, to Noël NUL
New Age pianist John TESH
Old Opry network TNN
One-dimensional LINEAR
Opines, for instance SAYS
Opposite of save SPEND
Ornate 18th-century style ROCOCO
Pakistani tongue URDU
Peak in an Eastwood movie EIGER
Plagued GNAWED
Play with a receiver PASS
Poorly ILL
Purina rival ALPO
Put-__: masquerades ONS
Raft, or where you might see one SEA
Ref's ruling TKO
Resort town NNE of Santa Fe TAOS
Rigg co-star on "The Avengers" MACNEE
Rock's __ Fighters FOO
Rope material HEMP
Sailor's "Stop!" AVAST
Saturn moon named for a Titan HYPERION
Seven-time Wimbledon winner GRAF
Ship's accountant PURSER
Sister of Orestes ELECTRA
Sister of the moon goddess Selene EOS
Sitar music RAGA
Sleepy cohort? DOC
Slop slurper HOG
So last year PASSE
Soul mate? BODY
Special or black follower OPS
Specialty AREA
Spruce up PRETTIFY
Stable color ROAN
Sub HERO
Subdue, as a color MUTE
Support for a big top TENTPOLE
Table scrap ORT
Talk show host in the National Women's Hall of Fame OPRAH
Technical details SPECS
The "Gee" in Bee Gees GIBB
Three-time Tony winner Rivera CHITA
Throw into confusion ADDLE
Throws off EMITS
Tiny racer SLOTCAR
Toddler's train sound TOOTTOOT
Trouble WOE
Tuscany city SIENA
Ukr., once SSR
Utah national park ARCHES
Virile MANLY
Wafer brand NECCO
Walking __ ONAIR
Water, in some pistols AMMO
WC LOO
What a shortage suggests NEED
Where embryos grow UTERI
Wine quality NOSE
Wishes undone RUES
Yoga posture ASANA
__ cuisine HAUTE