L.A. Times Daily - Dec 19 2023

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"Buona __": Italian "Good evening" SERA
"Guess you beat me" ILOSE
"Parable of the Talents" author Butler OCTAVIA
"The West Wing" creator Sorkin AARON
"Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" memoirist Alan ALDA
"You're important to me" ICARE
Accomplishes mundane tasks, facetiously ADULTS
Babies, in Spanish NENES
Bemoan RUE
Blacken CHAR
Boxer Muhammad ALI
Breakfast tea variety ASSAM
Burro ASS
Carry-on BAG
Clicking sound? SHORTI
Conditional programming word ELSE
Dearie HON
Desert in northern China GOBI
Dessert with toppings SUNDAE
Direct-hire alternative TEMP
Disorganized state MESS
Ed.'s stack MSS
Exist ARE
Football kicker's aid TEE
Freezer aisle brand EDYS
Gas observed by 13-Across RADON
Gillette brand ATRA
Gives a thumbs up AGREES
Graduate from a balance bike PEDAL
Health insurance giant CIGNA
Hosp. trauma pro ERDOC
Joined at the elbows ARMINARM
La Liga chant OLE
Like a final exam in a language class, typically ORAL
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Makes a sudden change in direction VEERS
Michael who plays Allan in "Barbie" CERA
Mme., across the Pyrenees SRA
Nile reptile ASP
Not saying anything MUM
Nothing-to-do feeling BOREDOM
On Soc. Sec., perhaps RET
Org. with a white rabbit in its logo PETA
Part of campus Greek life SORORITY
Perched upon ATOP
Physics and chemistry Nobelist Marie CURIE
Religious offshoot SECT
Shoe parts INSTEPS
Sinister smiles SNEERS
Social satirist Mort SAHL
Soft glove material SUEDE
Spot for a needy pet LAP
Spot to begin a hike TRAILHEAD
Spreadsheet unit CELL
The agriculture startup was financed via .. SEEDMONEY
The extreme tourism startup was financed via .. VENTURECAPITAL
The landscaping startup was financed via .. HEDGEFUND
The religious iconography startup was financed via .. ANGELINVESTORS
The shrink-ray startup was financed via .. MICROLOANS
Unable to be successful with FAILINGAT
Wasn't straight LEANED
West Yorkshire home of Kirkstall Abbey LEEDS
Word after hot or lightning ROD
Word on an incumbent's campaign poster REELECT
Workout spots GYMS
__ date: deadline DUE
__ guide USERS
__ one's time: wait BIDE