La Times Crossword Answers 02/06/24

Across Clues

• Tree coveringBARK
• Put up, as wallpaperHANG
• Tabloid coupleITEM
• MargarineOLEO
• Emotionally distantALOOF
• Weigh station rigSEMI
• Four Corners stateUTAH
• Ancient Greek regionIONIA
• Settled on a perchALIT
• *Customer support line, typicallyTOLLFREENUMBER
• Barbecue chef’s spice concoctionRUB
• “Barton Fink” director JoelCOEN
• *Male ministerMANOFTHECLOTH
• Step before a “big kid bed”CRIB
• December decorWREATH
• CompeteVIE
• “Morning Edition” mediumRADIO
• Raggedy __ and Andy dollsANN
• Venue for a major 1-DownARENA
• __ de TriompheARC
• Mottled horsesPINTOS
• Airline that doesn’t fly on ShabbatELAL
• *Rolled meaty entree that may be served “wet”BEEFENCHILADA
• “You’ve Got Mail” director EphronNORA
• Short albums, for shortEPS
• “Too complicated to explain,” and a way to describe the end of the answer to each starred clue?ITSAWHOLETHING
• Big birds of AustraliaEMUS
• Greek fable writerAESOP
• Mental flashIDEA
• Apple Watch assistantSIRI
• Email option since 1997YAHOO
• HarvestREAP
• Brief “Chat soon”TTYL
• “__ Yankees”DAMN
• Sugar amts.TSPS

Vertical Clues

• Boxing matchBOUT
• Voice range higher than tenorALTO
• TangibleREAL
• Vegetable also called a German turnipKOHLRABI
• Blue accessory for Maggie SimpsonHAIRBOW
• __ vera gelALOE
• Sold-out amountNONE
• EnterGOIN
• “The House of the Spirits” novelist AllendeISABEL
• Latin American soapTELENOVELA
• Gulf States rulerEMIR
• Research univ. near HarvardMIT
• TapFAUCET
• EnjoyableFUN
• Chocolaty coffee drinkMOCHA
• Era associated with modern furnitureMIDCENTURY
• Senegal currencyFRANC
• First extra inningTENTH
• Home of the Vietnam National Museum of HistoryHANOI
• “Proud Mary” singer TurnerTINA
• MendHEAL
• GrumpCRAB
• Deeply un-well?RARE
• Covent Garden performanceOPERA
• Keep out of college sports for a seasonREDSHIRT
• ” … Kind of?”INAWAY
• Consider overnightSLEEPON
• Paleontologist’s discoveryFOSSIL
• FittingAPT
• “You found the right person”IMIT
• LeaderHEAD
• Workplace-focused workplace: Abbr.OSHA
• Weaving machineLOOM
• __ of MarchIDES
• Spring’s opposite, in tidesNEAP
• Intervening spacesGAPS
• Approximate fig.EST