L.A. Times Daily - Oct 24 2023

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"Earthsea" series writer __ K. Le Guin URSULA
"Exactly right!" DINGDINGDING
"So tasty!" NOMNOMNOM
"Straight __ Compton" OUTTA
"Wait for it" DOTDOTDOT
"Where __ we?" WERE
"Wish me luck!" HEREGOES
"You're a riot" HAHA
Amo, amas, __ AMAT
Aries animal RAM
Army fare, briefly MRE
ATM key ENTER
Aussie mate-ing call? GDAY
Überfan STAN
Baseball great Hodges inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 GIL
Big name in pianos and motorcycles YAMAHA
Bit of plastic foam packing material PEANUT
Burger preparer, in diner slang SLINGER
By __ of: due to DINT
Capt.'s boss MAJ
Charlottesville sch UVA
Chevy model that shares a name with a lake TAHOE
Crime-fighting teen toon __ Possible KIM
Crisis unit SWATTEAM
Dance syllables CHACHACHA
Device for making butter CHURN
Dick Cheney's predecessor ALGORE
Director DuVernay AVA
Disco hit with the repeated lyric "How do you like it?" MOREMOREMORE
Drives bonkers ANNOYS
Egg cells OVA
Exec who's good at networking? CTO
Explored deeply DUGINTO
Fielding gloves MITTS
French agreement OUI
Friendly back-and-forth BANTER
Green who played Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royale" EVA
In that case IFSO
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LAX agency that's not lax about safety TSA
LeBron who broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA scoring record in 2023 JAMES
Mimic's talent APERY
Mine yields ORES
Monterey __ cheese JACK
Natural balm ALOE
Naval initials USS
New wave band __ Boingo OINGO
Not pro ANTI
Novelist Patchett ANN
Optional feature ADDON
Over and again, in poetry OFT
Painter Matisse HENRI
Penlight batteries AAAS
Pizazz ELAN
Polite child's reply YESMOM
Prying tool LEVER
Put down DIS
Refuse to answer questions CLAMUP
Retail outlet STORE
Roll up, as a flag FURL
Sazerac spirits RYES
Sign of dehydration DRYMOUTH
Sink-cleaning brand AJAX
Slender woodwind OBOE
Soccer legend Mia HAMM
Sound in an empty hallway ECHO
Soviet news agency TASS
State on Lake Erie OHIO
Sunup direction EAST
Supervised OVERSAW
Table salt, to a chemist NACL
Takes a rest REPOSES
Three, so they say CROWD
Tops MAX
Two tablets, maybe DOSE
Volatile types HOTHEADS
Writer/actress Tina who graduated from 40-Down FEY