La Times Crossword Answers 01/31/24

Across Clues

• TracksCUTS
• Eva of “Green Acres”GABOR
• Bidding siteEBAY
• “Pronto” lettersASAP
• DelightELATE
• Rachel Maddow’s fieldNEWS
• Simon or GarfunkelNAME
• Terra __COTTA
• Small valleyDELL
• *Bakery employees who offer free samples?CUPCAKEHOLDERS
• PurposeUSE
• ShedLOSE
• Summer hrs. in PortsmouthEDT
• Some DEA employeesNARCS
• Smallest state in IndiaGOA
• Stable stapleOAT
• *Mistakes made while preparing a simple breakfast?POPTARTFOULS
• “Frozen” sisterELSA
• MisstepERROR
• Water wasterDRIP
• *Comfort food with a high price tag?POTPIEOFGOLD
• BackAGO
• “The A-Team” actorMRT
• Abbr. before a yearESTAB
• Fundraising org.PTA
• Gets faintDIMS
• Laundry brandERA
• Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clueROOMFORDESSERT
• Soap brandLAVA
• French 101 infinitiveAVOIR
• Last remarks?OBIT
• Improves in a cellar, sayAGES
• Barbershop quartet partTENOR
• Soap brandDOVE
• Pigeon fancier on “Sesame Street”BERT
• AdversaryENEMY
• Took a hatchet toAXED

Vertical Clues

• Tourist destination on the YucatánCANCUN
• Chant for the red, white, and blueUSAUSA
• Mess (with)TAMPER
• Job detail, for shortSPEC
• Geico iconGECKO
• Medicinal plantsALOES
• Come clean?BATHE
• “A Man Called __”: Tom Hanks film based on a Fredrik Backman novelOTTO
• Down-to-earthREAL
• DoneENDED
• Excursion where one might see something brewing?BEERTOUR
• Pointed toolsAWLS
• Designer monogramYSL
• To bootALSO
• Like many students at Gallaudet UniversityDEAF
• Sleep apnea apparatus, initiallyCPAP
• High seas quaffGROG
• Other, in OaxacaOTRO
• Wong of “Birds of Prey”ALI
• Recipe amt.TSP
• EqualPEER
• Relaxed paceTROT
• Dog park soundARF
• LikelihoodODDS
• BEACH Act org.EPA
• RecordLOG
• Brief visitSTOPOVER
• Islamic leaderIMAM
• “Not that much”LESS
• Place to driveTEEBOX
• Show upARRIVE
• Part of RBIBATTED
• Canapé base, maybeTOAST
• Worker with a monotonous routineDRONE
• Cold feet or hot seatIDIOM
• Full of cheerMERRY
• Breathe fire, sayRAGE
• Inevitable endFATE
• Pizza placeOVEN
• Bartender’s supplySODA
• Chocolate __LAB