La Times Crossword Answers 02/23/24

Across Clues

• Tries outDEMOS
• NosegayPOSY
• Pod whose cross sections are pentagonalOKRA
• Skip a syllable or twoELIDE
• UntilUPTO
• “Stay” singer LisaLOEB
• __ Cup: PGA Tour prizeFEDEX
• Pollinator who can’t fly?GROUNDBEE
• Middle of dinner?ENS
• PerfectIDEAL
• “Island of the Blue Dolphins” novelist ScottODELL
• Parents in the Hundred Acre Wood?RAISESTHEROO
• Joie de vivreZEST
• EmoANGSTY
• Storage furnitureCHEST
• Prize moneyPURSE
• Sphere in old referee whistlesPEA
• A popEACH
• Camera setting, and what shortened 18-, 24-, 47-, and 58-Across?FSTOP
• Otter kinMINK
• Durango dayDIA
• Apt rhyme for “freeze”SEIZE
• Well-mannered blokesGENTS
• Goofs in proofsERRATA
• TrompPLOD
• Product of Shenandoah Valley shepherds?VIRGINIAWOOL
• Bird in a bevyQUAIL
• Hot spotsOVENS
• SignalCUE
• Experimental soft cheese?TRIALBRIE
• Glossy materialSATIN
• 55-Down, properlyISNT
• Like most whiskeyAGED
• Heart Eyes or OK HandEMOJI
• Fancy spreadPATE
• Fool (with)MESS
• Wrap sheetSARAN

Vertical Clues

• Schedule for laterDEFER
• Two-time WNBA MVP __ Delle DonneELENA
• Many a sedanMIDSIZECAR
• Amit Majmudar’s “__ to a Drone”ODE
• People’s superlativeSEXIEST
• Sound of the NorthwestPUGET
• O iconOPRAH
• Took second, saySTOLE
• Second personYOU
• One whose trick-learning years are behind themOLDDOG
• “The Mamba Mentality: How I Play” writer BryantKOBE
• Rod and __REEL
• Cain’s brotherABEL
• Nary a soulNOONE
• “Spring forward” lettersDST
• Quick meeting?SESH
• Tough talk?RASP
• Damage control proSPINDOCTOR
• High-stakes shelterTENT
• Shaggy beastsYAKS
• RelinquishCEDE
• 31-Down abundanceHAIR
• Pump lettersPSI
• Lays aisle-mateUTZ
• Bass outputROE
• “__ the Turtle”: University of Maryland catchphraseFEAR
• “I would like some more catnip, please”MEOW
• Bootlegger’s vesselSTILL
• Visual aidsGLASSES
• Really take offAVIATE
• Blame (on)PIN
• CanyonGORGE
• Campus climbersIVIES
• Focus of Maslow’s hierarchyNEEDS
• Message board?OUIJA
• Red Square honoreeLENIN
• Sample collector, maybeQTIP
• __ MajorURSA
• 62-Across, improperlyAINT
• “Bang!”BAM
• Org. for OBsAMA