L.A. Times Daily - Jan 1 2023

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Clues Answers
"¿Cómo __ usted?" ESTA
"Don't lose hope!" CHINUP
"Dune" director Villeneuve DENIS
"East of Eden" brother ARON
"Enter Sandman" band METALLICA
"Gentle, gentle" EASY
"Hip Hop Is Dead" rapper NAS
"Mrs. America" political cause, briefly ERA
"Oh, you're not acting so brave now, are you!"? LOOKWHOSBALKING
"Queer Eye" expert Jonathan Van __ NESS
"The Savages" filmmaker Jenkins TAMARA
"__ so fast!" NOT
2022 World Cup city DOHA
Advertising award CLIO
Ancient character RUNE
Ancient Cuzco dweller INCA
Angry IRATE
Artist known for optical illusions ESCHER
Audio jack abbr MIC
Available, in a way ONTHEMENU
Awful BAD
Bauxite, e.g ORE
Beachfront property? SAND
Bobs and weaves DOS
Breakout gaming company ATARI
Brewpub handle ALETAP
Came through DELIVERED
Caplet PILL
Capri, for one ISLE
Carnival maker KIA
Cate Blanchett's "The Lord of the Rings" role GALADRIEL
Charge (with) TASK
Chateau-dotted valley LOIRE
Cleaning up the mess, say ONKP
Colleague of Sonia and Ketanji ELENA
College newbie FROSH
Contributes ADDS
Dark beer STOUT
Darling DEAR
Davis of "Grumpy Old Men" OSSIE
Declare AVER
Decorations for a "Bob the Builder" birthday cake? BRICKCANDLES
Deli array MEAT
Didn't stray from KEPTTO
Diploma word LAUDE
Domain AREA
Drag racer's fuel, briefly NITRO
Dweeb DORK
Episodic option in some games STORYMODE
Extra NFL periods OTS
Face up to CONFRONT
Fall flower, for short MUM
Feel crummy AIL
Fencing implement EPEE
First act OPENER
Fix unlawfully RIG
Flit DART
Found loathsome HATED
Fresh ANEW
Germ SEED
Gets there in no time? TELEPORTS
Ghostery, for one ADBLOCKER
Give orders, even while dreaming? BOSSINONESSLEEP
Go 50-50 on SPLIT
Hairy Addams cousin ITT
Hard-to-describe feeling VIBE
Hawaiian-style pizza topping HAM
Hide-and-seek word READY
Hold (up) PROP
Hubbubs ADOS
Humidifier output VAPOR
Humorist Barry DAVE
Clues Answers
Illustrative tools in a neuroscience lab? MODELBRAINS
In the center of AMIDST
Inkling IDEA
Introductory course SALAD
Iron deficiency ANEMIA
Jungfrau, e.g ALP
Large grinders MOLARS
Latch (onto) GLOM
Light beer LAGER
Like much cheddar AGED
Like Wiccans and Druids PAGAN
Links TIES
List unit ITEM
Lock of hair TRESS
Long haul TREK
Maine college town ORONO
Maintain forest health with a planned fire? DOAGOODBURN
Many an exec MBA
Massey of old films ILONA
Mining engineer who became president in 1929 HOOVER
Monogram pt INIT
Muse of poetry ERATO
Narrow inlet RIA
Not as harsh MILDER
Old Apple devices IPODS
Old English ANGLIC
Old incarnations PASTLIVES
One who starts a fight over the last crustacean at a seafood buffet? SHRIMPBRAWLER
Outdoor gear giant REI
Pentagon org DOD
Pizza slice, say PIECE
Poet who wrote, "The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt" PLATH
Polite title SIR
Prepare to ride, in a way SADDLE
Prior to today, poetically ERENOW
Protagonist HERO
Put away for later STORE
Put on board LADE
Quran faith ISLAM
Rapper will.__ IAM
Rarely SELDOM
Ratio phrase ISTO
Razor brand ATRA
Really, really overcook CHAR
Record collector's collection LPS
Red __: spicy candies HOTS
Request from one robot to another in "Futurama"? LOVEMEBENDER
Ring of color AREOLA
RN workplaces ORS
Sighed line AHME
Sister's attire HABIT
Sleigh driver SANTA
Small battery AAA
Stripped (of) DIVESTED
Swamp grasses REEDS
Swiss chocolatier LINDT
Tanning bed fixtures LAMPS
Target of some bark beetles ELM
Thin shard SLIVER
Thoroughly cooked DONE
Tolkien creature ENT
Twosome PAIR
Update, as charts REMAP
Via ship, e.g BYSEA
Vintage ski lift TBAR
Voting no ANTI
Wallpaper unit ROLL
Was out briefly NAPPED
Word with circle and tube INNER
Word with space and planet OUTER
__ Speedwagon REO
__-Roman GRECO