L.A. Times Daily - Dec 1 2022

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Clues Answers
"Darkwing Duck" character Dr. __ Dendron RHODA
"I'm excited!" OOH
"It's open!" COMEIN
"No harm, no foul!" ITSOK
"omg so funny!" HAHA
"The Waste Land" poet ELIOT
"The White Lotus" network HBO
"__ Lake" SWAN
*1983 film that won an Oscar for Best Original Song FLASHDANCE
*Bounce around the Caribbean, say ISLANDHOP
*School of Hindu philosophy JAINDHARMA
*Was completely clueless HADNOIDEA
2000s first family OBAMAS
50-50, facetiously HALFSIES
A major, for one CHORD
Adjust after a wrong turn REROUTE
Animal that can run using its flippers SEALION
Annoying racket DIN
Antique car design feature FINS
Apiece EACH
Beg PLEAD
Big star CELEB
Blues' org NHL
Brought into a discussion CCED
Bupkis NIL
Cold temperatures TEENS
Colorado's Sleeping __ Mountain UTE
Country rockers Little __ Town BIG
Courts WOOS
Fangirls over, perhaps ADORES
Feature of a magician's stage TRAPDOOR
First responders, briefly EMS
French bread? EUROS
French peak ALP
Greasy fingerprint, maybe SMUDGE
Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? SECRETHANDSHAKE
Gulp down quickly INHALE
Houston team ASTROS
Clues Answers
Inca __: Peruvian soft drink KOLA
Just scrapes (by) EKES
Lab animal RAT
Lanai wreath LEI
Lines that break the fourth wall ASIDE
Lyricist Gershwin IRA
Merit EARN
Mideast rulers EMIRS
NBC sketch show SNL
Nile cobra ASP
Notable stretch of time ERA
Ohio hometown of poet Rita Dove AKRON
Pack it in EAT
Passing words? OBITS
Peak CREST
Period after Shrove Tuesday LENT
Petco Park player PADRE
Pie chart lines RADII
Place to make a round trip? BAR
Programming language with a coffee cup logo JAVA
Pueblo dwelling material ADOBE
Show again REAIR
Show appreciation at a poetry slam SNAP
Sked "Don't know yet" TBA
Skillful DEFT
Smelter's supply ORE
Sonar operator? BAT
Sun block? VISOR
Support pros TECHS
Tablecloth fabric LINEN
Top story? ATTIC
Tropical ray MANTA
Tub with jets SPA
Well-reasoned SANE
Willing parties? HEIRS
Wrap ENROBE
Writer Jong ERICA
__ dragon KOMODO