L.A. Times Daily - Dec 20 2022

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Clues Answers
"Blech" UGH
"Go bother someone else!" SHOO
"In a sense, I guess" SORTA
"Rules __ rules" ARE
"Star Wars" knights JEDI
"Wow, this rocks!" WOO
*"Parasite" director BONGJOONHO
*Abolitionist who was the first person executed for treason in the United States JOHNBROWN
*Fictional swordfighter with a horse named Tornado ZORRO
*Former MLB pitcher nicknamed "Flash" TOMGORDON
*Marvel supervillain who created deadly robot clones of himself DOCTORDOOM
Add-__: extras ONS
Allow PERMIT
At any point EVER
Aussie animal, for short ROO
Balanced EVEN
Bring to mind EVOKE
Broadcast AIRED
Class studying demand curves, for short ECON
Completely stop CEASE
Cut, as grass MOWN
Dangling ear part LOBE
Day saver HERO
Deceive LIETO
Did an uncanny impression of CHANNELED
Dispensers of 20s ATMS
Early aughts music buys CDS
Extinct bird DODO
Fantasy creature ORC
Female pig SOW
Five Pillars faith ISLAM
Form 1099 org IRS
Formally charge INDICT
French bottled water brand EVIAN
Gets past OVERCOMES
Greek Z's ZETAS
Hard precipitation HAIL
Health product chain GNC
Holiday lead-in EVE
Clues Answers
In-home appointment HOUSECALL
Indistinct memory BLUR
Internet access option DSL
Kung __ chicken PAO
Largest city in Washoe County, Nevada RENO
Leisurely walk STROLL
Masjid prayer leader IMAM
Meat cut LOIN
Midterms and finals TESTS
Nocturnal birds OWLS
Not doing anything IDLE
Not looking good GRIM
Not veiled OVERT
Ohio border lake ERIE
Org. concerned with toxins EPA
Pig talk OINKS
Platform on a stage RISER
Preadolescent TWEEN
Promises of eventual repayment IOUS
Quartz type AGATE
Ran out of battery DIED
Singles ONES
Slippery fish EELS
Slumped-shoulders response to a task DOIHAVETO
Small garden party? GNOME
Smart __: know-it-all ALEC
Sneaker, e.g SHOE
That, in Spanish ESO
Throb PULSE
Throw in the trash TOSS
Unaccompanied SOLO
USC athlete TROJAN
Weight HEFT
What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common? OHMAN
Zodiac rodent RAT
__ ex machina DEUS
__ football ARENA
__ Rica COSTA
__ shui FENG