La Times Crossword Answers 01/27/24

Across Clues

• Start of communications with NATOALFA
• Building blocksABCS
• Seacrest vehicle, familiarlyIDOL
• Baby hippoCALF
• Studio Ghibli’s animated fuzz ballSOOTSPRITE
• Rhyming song that’s acted outIMALITTLETEAPOT
• Fanning of “Coraline”DAKOTA
• Uber CEO KhosrowshahiDARA
• Article in a French periodicalLES
• InAMID
• Some shortcutsMACROS
• “I’m late!”GOTTARUN
• Overflow (with)TEEM
• “Ew, no”UGH
• Doner __: Turkish dishKEBAB
• Gems formed by silica depositsOPALS
• Get upARISE
• Valuable diamond, sayACE
• “Ask anyone else”NOTIT
• ChangeCENTS
• FumingIRATE
• Shiba __INU
• Meet face-to-face?KISS
• MagnifiedENHANCED
• Pro who worked with MagicKAREEM
• “Memories of the Future” author HustvedtSIRI
• Cribbage piecePEG
• Just soNEAT
• Figure in a Clement Clarke Moore poemSTNICK
• First play written by a Black woman to be produced on BroadwayARAISININTHESUN
• Many a Gillian Flynn workCRIMENOVEL
• Gladys Knight, for oneALTO
• Sardine cansTINS
• Used cars?RODE
• With 57-Down, rom-com tropeMEET

Vertical Clues

• Rock typeACID
• Dharma teacherLAMA
• Barrage of criticismFLAK
• SolventAFLOAT
• “Easter Parade” starASTAIRE
• Spam makerBOT
• DispassionateCOLD
• Video game distribution platformSTEAM
• A GershwinIRA
• Strategically politeDIPLOMATIC
• Chiwere speakersOTOES
• “I’m down”LETS
• Classic Fender, for shortSTRAT
• Message on some holiday cardsPEACEONEARTH
• “That tracks”ITMAKESSENSE
• Home of the Museum of the FutureDUBAI
• Default action, informallyREPO
• Quick dip?GUAC
• Princess Fiona, after sunsetOGRE
• “Nope”THINKAGAIN
• Mother-of-pearlNACRE
• Part of a full English breakfastBEANS
• Stick figure’s torsoLINE
• First earring, maybeSTUD
• MixSTIR
• Symbol of ScotlandTHISTLE
• ReceiveSEEIN
• Starting hr. for someNINEAM
• Gymnast StrugKERRI
• EstateMANOR
• AccordPACT
• Late show broadcaster?TIVO
• “__ of Dogs”: Wes Anderson filmISLE
• See 66-AcrossCUTE
• Bedhead problemKNOT
• CyberchatsIMS
• Composer RoremNED