L.A. Times Daily - December 30 2019 Monday Crossword Puzzle Solution

L.A. Times Daily - Dec 30 2019 Monday 

Clues	Answers
'Don't give up yet!' ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues	HANGINTHERE
'Love __ Battlefield': Pat Benatar hit	ISA
'Verrrry funny'	HAHA
*Baseball batting statistic measured in degrees	LAUNCHANGLE
*Common food thickening agent	XANTHANGUM
*High-ranking heavenly beings	ARCHANGELS
10-Down may have a sixth one	SENSE
Accustom (to), as hardship	INURE
Actress __ Brie of 'Mad Men'	ALISON
Altoids container	TIN
Appear to be	SEEM
Arizona city or landform	MESA
Basics	ABCS
Beet or ginger	ROOT
Beloved British princess	DIANA
Best songs countdown list	TOPTEN
Boise's st	IDA
Calendar entries	DATES
Capri or Wight	ISLE
Chillax	UNWIND
Clothing designer Perry	ELLIS
Congregation response	AMEN
Cooking need	HEAT
Coolness under pressure	POISE
Corned beef on __	RYE
Crescent point	CUSP
Cucumbers used as pickles	GHERKINS
Dad's brother	UNCLE
Emcee's opening	INTRO
Every bit (of)	ALL
Fable writer	AESOP
Fibber's admission	ILIED
Flightless South American bird	RHEA
Foil metal	ALUMINUM
Fragrant climbing plant	SWEETPEA
Frozen periods	ICEAGES
Gloomy aura	PALL
Guerrilla Guevara	CHE
Guy watching Telemundo, probably	LATINO
Hall of talk TV	ARSENIO
Highway off-ramp	EXIT
Improvise	ADLIB
In addition	TOO
In olden times	LONGAGO
In the ballpark	CLOSE
Indian lentil dish	DAL
Inlaid artwork	MOSAIC
L.A. commuter org	MTA
Lakers rivals, on NBA scoreboards	LAC
Letterspacing technique, in typography	KERNING
Made-to-order	CUSTOM
Make, as money	EARN
Moral standard	ETHIC
Most harsh	STERNEST
Movie takes	SCENES
MPG-testing org	EPA
Number of U.S. states with three-word capitals	ONE
Paris airport	ORLY
Pete of the N.Y. Mets who broke Aaron Judge's rookie record for home runs in 2019	ALONSO
Peyton's quarterback brother	ELI
Protagonist	HERO
Room for a broom	CLOSET
Rx writers	MDS
See 27-Across	SEERS
Short albums, for short	EPS
Singer Del Rey	LANA
Smell detector	NOSE
Somewhat	ATAD
Soy sauce often gluten-free	TAMARI
Start to shine	LIGHTUP
Stomp all over	TRAMPLE
Suffix with fluor-	IDE
Tiger's ex-wife	ELIN
Tolkien creature	ENT
Yellow-striped pool ball	NINE
__ v. Wade	ROE