L.A. Times Daily - Jul 1 2023

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Clues Answers
"Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself" org ACLU
"Is that so?" WHOSAYS
"Jude the Obscure" author HARDY
"Make sense?" MKAY
"Make sense?" YOUSEE
"Sorry, can't make it" IHAVEPLANS
"We'll Meet Again" singer Lynn VERA
"You __ me!" SLAY
25-Down, e.g ART
Abbr. on an ESPN ticker NCAA
Allegorical cards TAROT
Battery acronym NICAD
Before, previously ERE
Ben or Jerry, notably VERMONTER
Big name in gaming monitors ACER
Blue choice COBALT
Blue-bottled vodka SKYY
Bona fide ONTHELEVEL
Brand with Blue Lemonade and Blue Vanilla flavors ICEE
Burton of "Reading Rainbow" LEVAR
Catering production? OSCARBAIT
Catherine who is one of the six in Broadway's "Six" PARR
Character voiced by Moira Kelly and Beyoncé NALA
Comedian profiled in "Last Man Standing" SAHL
Crafts site ETSY
Fed. IDs SSNS
Feed CATER
Finally learns about GETSWISETO
Frame BORDER
Give a skilled delivery ORATE
Healing plants ALOES
Home country of Olympian Pita Taufatofua TONGA
Jane Lynch series GLEE
Kind of filler DERMAL
Lead-in for jet or prop TURBO
Lean LANK
Clues Answers
Lean LIST
Lincoln or Jackson CITY
Low winds TUBAS
Low-alcohol brews NEARBEERS
Many times o'er OFT
Maroon 5's "__ Will Be Loved" SHE
Medium also known as aquarelle WATERCOLOR
Member-owned shop COOP
Picks up a bill, or hands a bill PAYS
Prepare to scare, with "on" SNEAKUP
Profess AVER
Putrid RANK
Random comments online? KEYBOARDSMASHES
Read quickly SCAN
Red choice MERLOT
Rises into view LOOMS
Role for Sudeikis LASSO
Saves CONSERVES
Scary figure OGRE
Service call? LET
Show one's face, maybe SHAVE
Some British parents MUMS
Some leafcutters ANTS
Something to gain? ENTRY
Sydney's st NSW
T. Rex rock style GLAM
Tantalize TEASE
Treats, as a winter road SALTS
Try to protect, in a way LIEFOR
TV planet on which people age backward ORK
Unnamed informant ANONYMOUSSOURCE
Urgent letters ASAP
Vast chasm ABYSS
Warthog pair TUSKS
Was more than superficial DUG
Wit's end? NESS