La Times Crossword Answers 02/20/24

Across Clues

• Stretched the truthLIED
• Takes a breakRESTS
• Garçon’s workplaceCAFE
• Actress KendrickANNA
• Love, in FrenchAMOUR
• Operatic high pointARIA
• Folk singer JoanBAEZ
• *Many stadium screensJUMBOTRONS
• GI field fareMRES
• Phoenix suburbMESA
• Fannie __: federal mortgage agencyMAE
• *Seven-star pattern in Ursa MajorBIGDIPPER
• Little League precursorTBALL
• “__ thoughts?”ANY
• Vegetable in a podPEA
• Fr. holy womanSTE
• Ballet garbTUTU
• Piece of adviceTIP
• Insensitive, in a wayNONPC
• *Curly-haired dogsSTANDARDPOODLES
• Spreadsheet softwareEXCEL
• “Low” rapper __ RidaFLO
• “Smooth Operator” singerSADE
• Actor Pacino and singer GreenALS
• Alias lettersAKA
• Summer shadeTAN
• Nile Valley countryEGYPT
• *Skimpy garment credited to fashion designer Mary QuantMINISKIRT
• Summer signLEO
• “Firefly” actor TudykALAN
• Brad of “Moneyball”PITT
• Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred cluesDOWNSIZING
• Draw (in)LURE
• Nurse Jackie portrayer FalcoEDIE
• Spanish titleSENOR
• Poems of praiseODES
• Wetlands plantREED
• “Fire away!”ASKME
• Flow slowlySEEP

Vertical Clues

• R&D settingLAB
• “Almost ready”INAMINUTE
• Fuel surcharge, e.g.ENERGYTAX
• StunnedDAZED
• “The Big Bang Theory” chum of Sheldon and LeonardRAJ
• 6-foot Aussie birdEMU
• WWI battle site in FranceSOMME
• Potato or yamTUBER
• Low-budget hotels, for shortSROS
• Mustang or PintoCAR
• Enticing odorAROMA
• End-of-term examFINAL
• Equipment used in oil production?EASEL
• Result of some needleworkTATTOO
• Opposite of guzzleSIP
• Clubs for 27-AcrossBATS
• Blossom partsPETALS
• DuoPAIR
• Road curvesBENDS
• “Jersey Shore” nicknameSNOOKI
• Take the lid offUNCAP
• Adobe creationPDF
• Insipid remarkPLATITUDE
• Source of fragrant woodCEDARTREE
• Triangular river formationsDELTAS
• StrategyPLAN
• Inbox subfolderSENT
• Snake once sacred in 50-AcrossASP
• Respected leaderELDER
• Rock with inner beautyGEODE
• “That smarts!”YOWIE
• Some puzzle book offeringsMAZES
• How paper contracts are signedININK
• Metric weightsKILOS
• Middle Simpson kidLISA
• Actor BeattyNED
• Snack, in slangNOM
• Higher ed hurdleGRE
• Telepath’s claimESP