L.A. Times Daily - Dec 26 2023

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Clues Answers
"Better late than never," e.g ADAGE
"Can you explain?" HOWSO
"It follows logically that ... " ERGO
"Me too," more formally ASDOI
"Pronto!" ASAP
"Yellowjackets" network, briefly SHO
"You've got some __!" NERVE
Alter __ EGO
Annoys IRKS
Another, in Spanish OTRA
Ballet barre bend PLIE
Big D NBA squad MAVS
Bookstore section GENRE
Brand of riding mowers DEERE
Chest muscle, for short PEC
Chillingly strange EERIE
Chops, as an onion DICES
Cloak and __ DAGGER
Collaborative sites WIKIS
Come to a stop HALT
Credit card user PAYER
Dev of "Lion" PATEL
Disgusting VILE
Dog collar dangler IDTAG
Down Under bird EMU
Duck down EIDER
Dutch cheese EDAM
Extra sports periods, briefly OTS
Extraordinarily large WHOPPING
Feature of some espadrilles WEDGEHEEL
Finishes ENDS
Fish that may be black or blue COD
Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across SIMPLEMACHINE
Giant party BASH
Go on tiptoe SNEAK
Golfer Michelle __ West WIE
Grow cuttings from a succulent, say PROPAGATE
Clues Answers
Gymnastics rings position held with the body parallel to the ground LEVERHANG
Hesitation syllables UHS
Historic site in Jordan known as the Rose City PETRA
In __ of LIEU
Japanese noodle UDON
Lah-di-__ DAH
Liver, for one ORGAN
Maintain KEEP
Make a real mess SCREWTHINGSUP
Many moons __ AGO
Mardi __: pre-Lenten festival GRAS
More mature OLDER
Nephew's sister NIECE
Norse god of war ODIN
Notion IDEA
Part of BPOE ELKS
Pepper in extremely hot curry dishes GHOSTCHILI
Per person APOP
Picked-off pass, for short INT
Practice in the ring SPAR
Prominent feature of a fennec fox EARS
Rightmost computer menu, often HELP
Ruins at Durrington Walls that once consisted of wooden posts, not stones SUPERHENGE
Shakespeare's mad king LEAR
Skilled (at) ADEPT
Spill the beans BLAB
State of mind MOOD
Swim team swimwear SPEEDO
Tortoise's fabled competitor HARE
Toward sunrise EAST
Units led by colonels BRIGADES
Very long time AEONS
Winona's "Beetlejuice" role LYDIA
Witnessed SEEN
Works alone RIDESSOLO
[as per the original] SIC
__ out a win: almost lose EKE