La Times Crossword Answers 11/25/23

Across Clues

• Clip followerCLOP
• Softens, in a wayDAMPS
• Clock toggleAMPM
• Big name in morning TVRIPA
• Dread, perhapsAWAIT
• Missouri representative BushCORI
• BalancedEVEN
• DelectableTASTY
• Like Oberlin since 1837COED
• Small businesses?MINIMARTS
• Oregon city on the Deschutes RiverBEND
• Pitching areas?ADSPACES
• Pet that needs a sitter?LAPCAT
• ManipulateUSE
• Deliver letters?DICTATE
• Place to check inFRONTDESK
• Earring Magic __: collectible doll of 1993KEN
• Colorful Victorian houses in San Francisco, e.g.PAINTEDLADIES
• Squeak of surpriseEEK
• TossesJETTISONS
• ReadyPREPARE
• Island in the CycladesIOS
• Instruments that may have 21 stringsSITARS
• Creator of spine-tingling content?ASMRTIST
• Picks up onGETS
• Jump-starts a training regimen?SKIPSROPE
• Amanda of “Brockmire”PEET
• Buttonholes, e.g.SLITS
• “Seriously?”ITIS
• “Contact” org.SETI
• One of the racing AndrettisMARCO
• Board stickerDART
• Tennis legend who wrote a history of African-American athletesASHE
• Orem residentUTAHN
• Those, in SpanishESOS

Vertical Clues

• Taco topper that may be infused with limeCREMA
• Spitting nailsLIVID
• Plays firstOPENS
• Street food also known as golgappaPANIPURI
• Storage systems?DATACENTERS
• SavvyAWARE
• Clipper partsMASTS
• Places to retire?PITS
• DumpSTY
• StomachACCEPT
• Lunar New Year treatsMOONCAKES
• Comes beforePREDATES
• Start of summer or winterMID
• Need in some preservation effortsMASONJARS
• Computer security concernBACKDOORS
• Cartoon girl who popularized “meh”LISASIMPSON
• Sue Bird’s jersey numberTEN
• Lunch spotDELI
• Part of a vampire costumeFAKETEETH
• French crownTETE
• Rachel Carson subj.DDT
• Low pointsPERIGEES
• Without getting worked upINSTRIDE
• Some indie releasesEPS
• “Wonderful Tonight” memoirist BoydPATTIE
• Director KurosawaAKIRA
• “What’s the __?”: Kim Possible catchphraseSITCH
• “Iliad” charactersIOTAS
• VP between Hubert and GeraldSPIRO
• Lab workTESTS
• Pallet pieceSLAT
• Free spotPSA
• Big D campusSMU