L.A. Times Daily - Jul 8 2023

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Clues Answers
"Freaks and __": short-lived sitcom with a cult following GEEKS
"Gorgeous!" OOHPRETTY
"One Mississippi" creator/star Tig NOTARO
"The Cat Who ... " series writer's first name LILIAN
"Too __?" SOON
After-dinner talk? WHATSFORDESSERT
Allocates PARCELSOUT
Attempt TRY
Bankable vacation hrs PTO
Benji, e.g MUTT
Bird that appears on the Australian $20 banknote KOOKABURRA
Book with "Solitude" and "The Pond in Winter" chapters WALDEN
Carrier to Oslo SAS
Catches NETS
Ceremonial promises IDOS
Change one's pants? ALTER
Cole Porter song whose lyrics mention the Kinsey Report TOODARNHOT
Common adult ed offering ESL
Convincing COGENT
Craving YEN
Crime fiction by Jo Nesbo, e.g NORDICNOIR
Dangerous nestful WASPS
Dudes MEN
Eyeliner option KOHL
Fatty cut at a sushi bar TORO
Fighting words? ITSON
Fill LOAD
First name in the Basketball Hall of Fame KAREEM
G, in the key of C SOL
Gave away CEDED
Govt. agent FED
Grand Canal conveyance VAPORETTO
Happy cry YAY
High style UPDO
Himalayan herd YAKS
Inspector Gadget's nemesis DRCLAW
Clues Answers
Kicks back CHILLS
Lacy mat DOILY
Mar liquid AGUA
Mark for good ETCH
Metric speed meas KPH
MMA calls TKOS
Mountebanks CHARLATANS
Multimedia artist and activist Ai WEIWEI
Muscle car feature TTOP
NYC nabe SOHO
Partisan leader? NON
Periphery VERGE
Pipe choice, initially PVC
Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play about a mathematical genius PROOF
QB mishap INT
Quarreling ATIT
Raga instruments SITARS
River in a Best Picture title KWAI
Salsa verde base TOMATILLOS
San Diego burger chain whose name comes from surfing slang HODADS
Sch. based in Hyde Park, N.Y CIA
Skittish sorts on TV? SNLHOSTS
Sound of reproof TSK
Spanish "here" ACA
Spots for studs LOBES
Structure for some Indigenous spiritual ceremonies SWEATLODGE
Sushi order with avocado "scales" DRAGONROLL
Takeout menu possessive TSOS
The "A" of STEAM ARTS
Time pieces EONS
Titans' gp AFC
Toon canary's foe PUDDYTAT
TV journalist Lesley STAHL
Vikander's "Firebrand" role PARR
Wipe ERASE
Word in some German names VON