La Times Crossword Answers 05/21/22

Across Clues

• Support that’s often riggedMAST
• Role, metaphoricallyHAT
• Pair sharing a <3 necklace, probablyBFFS
• Instruments in some Gershwin worksALTOSAXES
• “I don’t mind __ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels”: NashEELS
• Tabula rasaCLEANSLATE
• Joie de vivreELAN
• Susan who wrote, “The writer’s first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth”SONTAG
• Sources of fleeting joy?YACHTS
• “Wrong hand, silly”YOUROTHERRIGHT
• Active front?RETRO
• PostulantNOVICE
• Grace period?AMEN
• “Toodles!”TATA
• Tree on the Lebanese flagCEDAR
• Latin lawLEX
• Place to get high and pass out?TOPBUNK
• Rx writers, oftenDRS
• Device that requires spin controlLATHE
• Inoculation fluidsSERA
• Literary alter egoHYDE
• Self-consoling sighITRIED
• Animal in Aboriginal cave paintingsDINGO
• Line on a handwriting testNEATNESSCOUNTS
• One of two tarot card groupsARCANA
• Went viralBLEWUP
• State whose road signs feature 8-DownsUTAH
• Academic termSCHOOLYEAR
• Nice parentMERE
• Dessert with a high pointSOFTSERVE
• Son of HeraARES
• GRE org.ETS
• Like a fly ball to the warning trackDEEP

Vertical Clues

• Safari runnersMACS
• Heterogenous unionALLOY
• One working with a dictatorSTENO
• PerfectlyTOATURN
• Lacks optionsHASGOTTO
• Rose up on stageAXL
• Leaves in a potTEA
• Symbol of 53-AcrossBEEHIVE
• Was awash in euphoriaFELTGIDDY
• Study aidFLASHCARD
• Three-part fig.SSN
• BagSNARE
• Eyelid issueSTYE
• Make dough or breadEARN
• Earthenware vesselCROCK
• BagsTRAPS
• Breeding groundsHOTBEDS
• ClippedTERSE
• Wiped outALLIN
• One having a cow?MEATEATER
• Not well-done in the leastEXTRARARE
• Derived from goldAURIC
• Brandon __: Hilary Swank’s “Boys Don’t Cry” roleTEENA
• Tiny tech powering Iron Man and Black Panther’s suitsNANOBOTS
• Tours of dutyHITCHES
• SweetHONEYED
• Fox holesDENS
• “Mine! Mine! Mine!” criers in “Finding Nemo”GULLS
• Small pouchesSACS
• Poetic contractionTWERE
• PolishedSUAVE
• Get setPREP
• Actress ThurmanUMA
• Rowing implement?HOE
• Many times o’erOFT