L.A. Times Daily - May 2 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 L.A. Times Daily - May 2 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"All kidding __ ... "	ASIDE
"C'est la __!"	VIE
"Joy of Cooking" writer Rombauer	IRMA
"Moby-Dick" ship	PEQUOD
"Of course!"	YES
"Riverdale" actor Goree	ELI
"Same here!"	METOO
"Sorry, can't help ya"	NODICE
"Star Wars" pilot Dameron	POE
"__ of Girls' Things": poem by Sharon Olds	ODE
"__ the season ... "	TIS
*Chilled caffeinated drink	ICEDCOFFEE
*Close-knit, influential group	INNERCIRCLE
*Cold War barrier	IRONCURTAIN
*English name of a West African republic	IVORYCOAST
1970s tennis star Nastase	ILIE
Accumulate, as charges	RUNUP
Actress Fanning	ELLE
Affirmative votes	YEAS
Baghdad's country	IRAQ
Barrel of laughs	RIOT
Beer company based in Hawaii	KONA
Blueprints	PLANS
Brazilian berry	ACAI
Ceramics oven	KILN
CIA predecessor	OSS
Comply with	OBEY
Concrete-reinforcing rod	REBAR
Cosmetician Lauder	ESTEE
Dance move	STEP
Descendants	SCIONS
Fin. neighbor	NOR
Former Yankee slugger, familiarly	AROD
Frying liquids	OILS
Holy book	BIBLE
Hoppy brews, briefly	IPAS
In a lazy way	IDLY
In the thick of	AMID
Internal regulation for a club	BYLAW
Is sorry about	RUES
Legal org	ABA
Lemon	DUD
Lummox	OAF
Majorino of "Veronica Mars"	TINA
Meadow moms	EWES
Medicinal units	PILLS
Metal tab that protects a shoe	TOEPLATE
Mid-American Conference university in Indiana	BALLSTATE
NFL officials	REFS
Nimble	AGILE
Not well	ILL
Oil cartel acronym	OPEC
Orderly	NEAT
Part of the Three Musketeers' credo	ONEFORALL
Pass (through) slowly	SEEP
Peters out	DIES
Pt. of HDTV	DEF
Radar screen spot	BLIP
Refrain syllables	LALA
Risotto grain	RICE
Royal son	PRINCE
Saunter	AMBLE
Skeleton prefix	ENDO
Slanted, as a typeface	ITALIC
Slim woodwind	OBOE
Small valley	DALE
Some nest eggs, for short	IRAS
Spots to buy stamps: Abbr	POS
Take away	MINUS
Tearjerker featuring Anna Chlumsky in her feature-film debut	MYGIRL
The 411	INFO
Tiny potted tree	BONSAI
Triteness	BANALITY
Ward on "FBI"	SELA
Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues	ISEE
Worldwide humanitarian gp	UNICEF
__ facto	IPSO
__-lock brakes	ANTI