The answer to “Fast-food chain that began as a hot dog cart, and what this puzzle's circled letters do?” in the LA Times Crossword

ACR "All Eyez on Me" rapper 11 ltr DWN "Fire Shut Up in My Bones," e.g. 5 ltr ACR "Future Nostalgia" singer Lipa 3 ltr DWN "I'll pay this time" 4 ltr ACR "Not answering email," briefly 3 ltr DWN "RuPaul's Drag __" 4 ltr DWN "Se __ español" 5 ltr ACR "Thus with a kiss I die" hero 5 ltr DWN Ability to see what others can't 3 ltr DWN Actress Fanning 6 ltr DWN Amped up 6 ltr ACR Antler point 4 ltr DWN Bakery offering 6 ltr DWN Bourbon barrel 4 ltr DWN Brogue, for one 6 ltr ACR Capitol canvas for "The Apotheosis of Washington" 4 ltr DWN Chalice, e.g. 3 ltr ACR Cherubic god 5 ltr DWN Cinephile's site 4 ltr DWN Comedian André 4 ltr DWN Cuckoo clock part 4 ltr DWN Decryption need 3 ltr DWN Dedicate, as time 6 ltr DWN Disney villain with hair of blue flame 5 ltr ACR Drawing toy that uses aluminum powder 11 ltr ACR FX drama about New York City's ball culture 4 ltr DWN Feature of some happy and sad emoji 4 ltr ACR Film technique derived from the French for "to assemble" 7 ltr ACR Foxy 3 ltr DWN Foxy 6 ltr DWN Grad school hurdle 6 ltr DWN Harmonious society 6 ltr ACR Has a meal 4 ltr DWN Ice bath spots 4 ltr ACR In flight 5 ltr ACR Jilt 5 ltr ACR Jumbled mess 4 ltr ACR Laughs during an "SNL" appearance, say 15 ltr DWN Like a gooseberry 4 ltr ACR Like a toddler mid-bath 5 ltr DWN Link destination 3 ltr DWN Litigate 3 ltr ACR Magazine release 5 ltr DWN Manilow's "hottest spot north of Havana," familiarly 4 ltr DWN Nesting cozily 4 ltr DWN Now, in Nicaragua 5 ltr ACR Opening day pitcher, typically 3 ltr DWN Org. for Sarah Strong and Hannah Hidalgo 4 ltr DWN Paperless reads 6 ltr DWN Peak 4 ltr DWN Pessimist's words 6 ltr DWN Progress slowly 4 ltr DWN Protein in some melts 4 ltr DWN Quite a bit 4 ltr ACR Rectitude 5 ltr DWN Red __ beet 3 ltr ACR SAT prep subj. 5 ltr ACR Serve a meal to 4 ltr ACR Settle, as a debt 5 ltr