L.A. Times Daily - Dec 30 2022

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Clues Answers
"And now, without further __ ... " ADO
"¡Hasta mañana!" ADIOS
"Be careful!" STAYSAFE
"By yesterday!" letters ASAP
"Carol" star Rooney MARA
"So?" AND
"Sure" OKAY
"The Country Girls" novelist O'Brien EDNA
"The Death of Vivek Oji" author Akwaeke EMEZI
"The Princess and the Frog" setting BAYOU
"This __ to stop" HAS
"We Belong to Something Beautiful" cosmetics chain SEPHORA
*Arrangement of extras for a zombie movie? DEADSETUP
*Halloween costume that's a sheet on the bottom and a witch's hat on top? MONSTERMASHUP
*Nightmare for a wedding baker? CAKEMIXUP
*Separation after the vernal equinox? SPRINGBREAKUP
Alaskan people INUIT
Ancient Teuton GOTH
Bat mitzvah scroll TORAH
Between ports ASEA
Big do GALA
Box set unit DVD
Broadcasting ONAIR
Cassette TAPE
Choose OPT
Civil rights pioneer __ B. Wells IDA
Crossed (out) EXED
Depletes SAPS
Draped attire TOGA
Draw TIE
Epic tales SAGAS
Falsehoods LIES
Focus of some special elections EMPTYSEAT
Function USE
Ginger or daikon ROOT
Great Plains people who call themselves "Children of the Middle Waters" OSAGE
Hitting all the right notes TUNED
In the lead FIRST
Clues Answers
Info provided to a matchmaker, perhaps DREAMDATE
Kick back LAZE
Light touch TAP
Major component of Iceland's economy TOURISM
Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues ADDUP
Makes a move ACTS
Man on a mission? FRIAR
Megan Thee Stallion genre RAP
Moral wrong SIN
Pasta nutrients, for short CARBS
Pastry with a hole DONUT
Peloponnesian city-state SPARTA
Pre-coll. exam PSAT
Right direction? EAST
Round number ESTIMATE
Saffron-flavored rice dish PAELLA
Self-satisfied SMUG
Selling points? SHOPS
Settled PAID
Shiba __: dog breed INU
Showcase for a soprano ARIA
Spanish royal REINA
Spirit of the cosmos? VODKA
Streetcar TRAM
Strongly encourage URGE
Sunbeams RAYS
Sweltering HOT
Take to court SUE
Tell 62-Across FIB
The Gem State IDAHO
Thompson of "Passing" TESSA
Word files, informally DOCS
Zehn minus neun EINS
Zoom alternative SKYPE
__ chocolate DARK
__ fresca: Mexican drink AGUA
__ with faint praise DAMN
__-Saxon ANGLO