La Times Crossword Answers 01/23/24

Across Clues

• Mike and __: fruit-flavored candyIKE
• Spanish small platesTAPAS
• BunglingINEPT
• Supervillain LuthorLEX
• On one’s toesALERT
• Fourth prime numberSEVEN
• Fish-throwing Muppet __ ZealandLEW
• Wall Street fluctuationMARKETSWING
• Sambuca flavorANISE
• Spanish grandmotherABUELA
• Unpaved side of the roadSOFTSHOULDER
• Patella placeKNEE
• Common first section of a menu, familiarlyAPPS
• Food Network host GartenINA
• Jeans accentRIVET
• Architect’s creationDESIGN
• Take a different route, and a hint to the circled lettersCHANGEDIRECTION
• Grumble overBEMOAN
• Swamp reptile, for shortGATOR
• “lol oops”SRY
• ExceedinglyOHSO
• Mountain climber’s goalACME
• Boundary of a black holeEVENTHORIZON
• See where one’s coming fromRELATE
• Like a couch potatoINERT
• Overly cute “So cute!”TOTESADORBS
• Business VIPCEO
• Country singer Gill or writer/producer GilliganVINCE
• DeceitfulnessGUILE
• Meat in a Dr. Seuss titleHAM
• Shutter stripsSLATS
• Les __-UnisETATS
• Player coming off the bench, for shortSUB

Vertical Clues

• “Let me find out”ILLASK
• Passionate aboutKEENON
• Post-divorce partyEXWIFE
• Brings under controlTAMES
• Styled afterALA
• “As __ our agreement”PER
• Noah’s boatARK
• Fantastic dealsSTEALS
• Debate topicISSUE
• More contemporaryNEWER
• Like a supervillainEVIL
• Former MLB catcher Tony in the Caribbean Baseball Hall of FamePENA
• “Star Trek” series, for shortTNG
• Not yet scheduled: Abbr.TBD
• Fondue fuelSTERNO
• Safe spaceHAVEN
• Persuasive columnOPED
• High-strungUPTIGHT
• Sundial threeIII
• Private aid gp.NGO
• “I Hope You Dance” singer Lee __ WomackANN
• Tennis player SwiatekIGA
• Half a droid nameDETOO
• Prefix with systemECO
• Use a colanderSTRAIN
• “Ghosts” networkCBS
• Yonder lassHER
• Minnesota senator KlobucharAMY
• Poison ivy reactionRASH
• High-strungONEDGE
• Prague residentsCZECHS
• “The Island of Doctor __”: H.G. Wells novelMOREAU
• BuryENTOMB
• Put in powerELECT
• Bouquet holdersVASES
• Pilot’s update, brieflyETA
• Reacts to yeastRISES
• Bubble and churnROIL
• One of four active volcanoes in ItalyETNA
• Den setsTVS
• Not trendyOUT
• Fjord kinRIA
• Simple sammieBLT