L.A. Times Daily - Wednesday Dec 29 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 L.A. Times Daily - Dec 29 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Can I go already?"	AREWEDONE
"You __ be kidding!"	GOTTA
*Computer storage device	USBDRIVE
*Delivery job not as common as it once was	PAPERROUTE
*Nostalgic locale	MEMORYLANE
*Solar system's home	MILKYWAY
15-Across piece	REED
32-Down of July '81	LADYDI
An arm and a leg	LIMBS
Apple product since 1998	IMAC
Bad doings	EVIL
Badger	NAG
Ball stars	DEBS
Bar mitzvah dances	HORAS
Beach umbrella benefit	SHADE
Bear with cold porridge	MAMA
Best Play, e.g	ESPY
Birthplace of St. Francis	ASSISI
Bit of trickery	PLOY
Bounced, in a bad way	KITED
Boys Town is a suburb of it	OMAHA
Changes	ALTERS
Churn	ROIL
Costume ball sights	MASKS
Debonair	SUAVE
Dedicated lines	ODE
Depressed area	SLUM
Disappearing Asian sea	ARAL
DVR button	REW
Exacting standard	RIGOR
Genie's digs	LAMP
Gloria's mom in '70s TV	EDITH
Goofs off	LAZES
Gulf States ruler	EMIR
Half of an Arnold Palmer	ICEDTEA
Holmes who played Jackie Kennedy in two TV miniseries	KATIE
Hula swivelers	HIPS
It was deorbited in 2001	MIR
Jellyfish defense	VENOM
Jones, so to speak	URGE
Kachina doll carver	HOPI
Knife in the cooler?	SHIV
Kombu, e.g	KELP
Letters for debtors	IOU
Like an investigative dive	DEEP
Like knockoffs	ERSATZ
Linger in the bath	SOAK
Loads	OODLES
Lode load	ORE
Madagascar mammal	LEMUR
McGwire rival	SOSA
Midwife co-worker	DOULA
Musician's mailing	DEMO
Navel formation	INNIE
Network with Comedy and Family channels	HBO
Newsy snippet	SOUNDBITE
Omit in speech	ELIDE
Pay, with "down"	PLUNK
Peachy keen	SWELL
Scatter	STREW
Search for, for many	GOOGLE
Spring or League opener	ARAB
Squeaks (by)	EKES
Staying power	LEGS
Stiff wind?	OBOE
Take the wheel	STEER
Total ticket sales	GATE
Turn aside	AVERT
Underhanded approach, and a hint to the answers to starred clues	LOWROAD
Used a bit, maybe	DRILLED
Uses the overhead bin for	STOWS
Vatican-related	PAPAL
Wedding day acquisition	INLAW
Wedding day VIP	BRIDE
What turns pets into poets?	ANO
Word with pool or wave	TIDAL