L.A. Times Daily - Mar 1 2023

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Clues Answers
" ... unless you'd rather do something else" ORNOT
"Deal!" AGREED
"Don't __ me started" GET
"Easy on Me" singer ADELE
"Gross" UGH
"The French Dispatch" director Anderson WES
"What's mine is __" YOURS
"__ Jones Sings Lady Day": 2001 album ETTA
2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP Wilson AJA
20s dispensers ATMS
Activities Rudolph was kept from joining REINDEERGAMES
Actress-turned-artist Sobieski LEELEE
Anti-apartheid org ANC
Brilliant artist beset by personal demons, say TORTUREDGENIUS
Burn balm ALOE
Certain sib SIS
Coding shortcut MACRO
Condition that may be treated with CBT OCD
Copied APED
Dudes GUYS
Engrave ETCH
Episodes on YouTube, say WEBSERIES
First responder: Abbr EMT
First responders, e.g HEROES
Fish at a sushi bar AHI
Fish at a sushi bar EEL
Garden entrance GATE
GIF alternative PNG
Gnarls Barkley singer-songwriter Green CEELO
Hand (out) DOLE
Hidden asset? SPY
However briefly? THO
Hypo units CCS
In need of a doggy bath, maybe MUDDY
Is profitable PAYS
Clues Answers
Issa of "The Lovebirds" RAE
Jim who sang "I Got a Name" CROCE
Key with four sharps EMAJOR
Land on an isthmus PANAMA
Leafy side COLLARDGREENS
Like a clown car's passengers CRAMMEDIN
Little red Corvette or little deuce coupe AUTO
Meh SOSO
Mournful tune DIRGE
Moves smoothly GLIDES
Multitude in a pointillist painting DOTS
No longer valid NULL
Norway's most populous city OSLO
Not conforming to traditional male/female norms, and a hint to this puzzle's circles GENDERCREATIVE
Painter Neel known for nudes ALICE
Person in a cast ACTOR
Pinnacle ACME
Prison drama that was Jonathan Demme's directorial debut CAGEDHEAT
Quaint oath EGAD
Rodeo contestant RIDER
Sagan who hosted the original "Cosmos" CARL
Southern part of the Mariana Trench CHALLENGERDEEP
Summary at the start of a new season, e.g RECAP
Take care of SEETO
Time to celebrate with one's krewe mates MARDIGRAS
Title for Judi Dench DAME
Traction aid TREAD
TV pioneer RCA
Unsettling, in a way EERIE
With competence ABLY
Word on Irish coins EIRE
Zither kin HARP
__ blockade NAVAL
__ palak: dish of potatoes and spinach ALOO