La Times Crossword Answers 01/20/24

Across Clues

• “Designing Women” co-starPOTTS
• Constellation critterURSA
• “Might as well” hashtagYOLO
• Watch partSTRAP
• Got down to businessSETUPSHOP
• Botanical openingSTOMA
• Auto-graph?CARSELFIE
• Salmorejo baseTOMATO
• Going around in circles, sayLOST
• German conjunctionUND
• “Encanto” uncleBRUNO
• Some peaceful protestsLIEINS
• Comment before “He was dead the whole time,” hopefullySPOILERALERT
• Salt componentION
• Finest formAGAME
• Morally bankruptEVIL
• Cooks upBREWS
• Ayesha Rascoe’s networkNPR
• 4-Down qualityUMAMI
• Informal get-togetherSESH
• Pool unitsGENES
• Langston Hughes Library designerLIN
• “Let me recover from that”INEEDAMOMENT
• Tears it up on the slopesSHREDS
• StagePUTON
• Cable abbr.SHO
• Knob-handled toolsAWLS
• “Ish”SORTOF
• Mane squeezes?PONYTAILS
• Serving a purposeUTILE
• Paws-itive homebody?INDOORCAT
• Cliffside town west of MálagaRONDA
• SquadTEAM
• Like freshly moisturized skinDEWY
• Bad lookSNEER

Vertical Clues

• Soft callPSST
• Inflatable pilot in “Airplane!”OTTO
• Ska instrumentsTROMBONES
• Wheat-free soy sauceTAMARI
• Flippers?SPATULAS
• Women of Troy’s sch.USC
• Rihanna’s “As __ as You and Me”REAL
• Time out in the park?STROLLERNAP
• Barbie owner?AUSSIE
• Fashion house co-founded by Pierre BergéYSL
• “Love that for you!”OHFUN
• Cuts for Canadian-style baconLOINS
• News stand?OPED
• Filmmaker JacksonPETER
• Donor type, brieflyONEG
• Part of a halftime snack for many a soccer playerORANGESLICE
• ArticleITEM
• Bros, e.g.SIBS
• Toner targetPORE
• Totally psychedAMPED
• Part of a heart-to-heart exchangeVALENTINE
• “You convinced me”IMIN
• Trap collectionLINT
• Sound like a fanWHIR
• Performances that might earn major props?USOTOURS
• Grounded birdsEMUS
• “Swell”NEATO
• Part of PEIEDWARD
• Big name in saltMORTON
• DazzledSHONE
• Passport producerHONDA
• Narrow peninsulaSPIT
• Leaves on the sideSLAW
• Tavern adjectiveOLDE
• Cause of quakesFEAR
• Hebrew for “day”YOM
• Total messSTY