L.A. Times Crosswords Answers – Monday July 5 2021

Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Monday July 5 2021.
“I claim that!” – DIBS
“If u ask me … ” – IMO
“Just as I thought!” – AHA
“Killing Eve” channel – BBC
“No dessert for me today” – IMONADIET
“No thanks” – PASS
“The years just zip by!” – TIMEFLIES
“Thor” actor Idris – ELBA
“What __ you looking at?” – ARE
”I wanna try!” – LEMME
180-degree reversal – UTURN
Actor Epps – OMAR
Actress Vardalos – NIA
Attacks – COMESAT
Blending of one hue to the next, from the French for “shaded” – OMBRE
Classic dog name – FIDO
Clothing – GARB
Coffee or tea – DRINK
Country singer McGraw – TIM
Crystal ball gazer – SEER
David Muir and Lester Holt – NEWSMEN
Dog in Oz – TOTO
Dominate in competition – OWN
Dough for spanakopita – FILO
Draws to a close – ENDS
Dwarfed, with “over” – TOWERED
Edge of a glass – RIM
Enjoyed immensely – ATEUP
Farmland measure – AREA
Fashion designer Saab – ELIE
Fashioned after – ALA
Fella – BUB
Finished, as a deck – STAINED
Formal objections – PROTESTS
Friendly dog greetings – WAGS
Get big on Twitter – TREND
Gibberish – MUMBOJUMBO
Grammy winner India.__ – ARIE
Hunt for bargains – SHOP
Invite to enter – ASKIN
Iwo __ – JIMA
Kind of salad named for a NYC hotel – WALDORF
Landfill emanation – ODOR
Light in a socket – BULB
Like strung guitar strings – TAUT
Love, in Lima – AMOR
Lyft patrons – RIDERS
Make a dent in – MAR
Mister Rogers – FRED
Mister, in Mumbai – SRI
Nada – NONE
Ocean froth – SPUME
Ole Miss rival – BAMA
One who scoffs at Bud, perhaps – BEERSNOB
Overtime round, e.g. … and what a black square acts as for the circled words? – TIEBREAKER
Passed-down stories – LORE
Perform better than – OUTDO
Planets, in poems – ORBS
Ralph Kramden’s pal – EDNORTON
Random criticism – POTSHOT
Regrets – RUES
Ritzy California beach city – MALIBU
Ski resort trails – RUNS
Smooth engine sound – HUM
Smooth engine sound – PURR
Sought-after celeb – ALISTER
Springsteen’s __ Band – ESTREET
Stinging insect – WASP
Support for a side plank exercise – ARM
Tax evader’s comeuppance – IRSAUDIT
The Chicks or ZZ Top – TRIO
Tick off – MIFF
Ticks off – IRKS
Used WhatsApp, say – IMED
Very beginning – GETGO
Very long stretch – EON
Warning after a slice – FORE
__-mo videos – SLO