L.A. Times Daily - Aug 16 2023

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Clues Answers
"Can I get a word in?" AHEM
"The Office" role for Jenna PAM
100% ALL
Admit frankly AVOW
Aim (to) SEEK
Alternative to fries TOTS
Analogy phrase ISTO
Baseball official UMP
Chest-beating beast APE
City near the Great Salt Lake OGDEN
Composition ESSAY
Composition for two DUET
Cow sound MOO
Cruel MEAN
Cultural org. with annual Jazz Master Fellowships NEA
Dazzle IMPRESS
Diva's solo ARIA
Echidna snack ANT
England's first poet laureate DRYDEN
Eyelid affliction STYE
Finish first WIN
Firepit residue ASH
Forearm bones ULNAE
Forensic evidence collector SWAB
Former first lady Bush LAURA
Gaelic tongue ERSE
German mining region RUHR
Get around EVADE
Girl with a missing flock BOPEEP
Halts ENDS
Headpiece worn by kid-lit's Fancy Nancy TIARA
Ides of March word BEWARE
Jet, in poems EBON
Lakefront city between Cleveland and Buffalo ERIE
Largest city on Hawaii's largest island HILO
Layers COATS
Like up and down: Abbr OPP
Listening aid EARBUD
Little of this, little of that OLIO
Clues Answers
Maiden loved by Cupid PSYCHE
Make a mistake ERR
Marsh plant REED
Meat inspector's org USDA
More resentful SORER
Muse of astronomy URANIA
Not ajar SHUT
Not vacant INUSE
Notable period ERA
On LIT
Oodles MANY
Ottoman rulers SULTANS
Part of IPA ALE
Peace and quiet CALM
Pub hardware TAPS
Rotisserie rods SPITS
Round of applause HAND
Sch. near the Rio Grande UTEP
Seats for the congregation PEWS
Skillful one ARTIST
Slight coloring CAST
Slim-necked swimmers SWANS
Some electric cars TESLAS
Sphere AREA
Squish STEPON
Stage performances PLAYS
State strongly ASSERT
Stop on the way home? BASE
The food truck arrived __ INSHORTORDER
The ice cream truck arrived __ LICKETYSPLIT
The newspaper delivery van arrived __ WITHDISPATCH
The race car arrived __ STRAIGHTAWAY
Ties in place TETHERS
Trunk hardware HASP
Voice above tenor ALTO
Voice actress Strong TARA
Weatherproof canvas TARP
Weatherproofing application SEALANT
__ helmet: safari accessory PITH