La Times Crossword Answers 09/29/23

Across Clues

• Some twitchesTICS
• Cicada predatorsWASPS
• Challenges for nanniesIMPS
• CompatriotALLY
• Bracelet spotANKLE
• “Smashing!”NEAT
• Official portraitist for a Mongolian leader?KHANARTIST
• “Water for Elephants” novelist GruenSARA
• Sinus infection woesEARACHES
• SheerUTTER
• Suddenly become alertSNAPTO
• Tone downEASE
• Condiment for an Ottoman leader?SULTANPEPPER
• __ curlsBICEP
• Tends to a draftEDITS
• Paris streetRUE
• R&B singer ReddingOTIS
• HitchesSNAGS
• Cartoon girl who often says “Swiper, no swiping” to a masked foxDORA
• WebNET
• Afternoon hr.ONEPM
• Creator of a cocky hareAESOP
• Paltry stipend for a Middle Eastern leader?EMIRPITTANCE
• Scoreboard countOUTS
• EffectIMPACT
• ThronesSEATS
• AlcovesRECESSES
• Stretched to the maxTAUT
• Humble abode for an Arab leader?SHEIKSHACK
• Hobby farm measureACRE
• Horror or mysteryGENRE
• Haitian friendAMIE
• Comparison wordTHAN
• Jacket woolTWEED
• Coat with gold leafGILD

Vertical Clues

• Points of viewTAKES
• Omar of CongressILHAN
• Civil War nurse BartonCLARA
• Automatic transmission parts?SYNAPSES
• Pop art icon played by Bowie in “Basquiat”WARHOL
• Chip in a new potANTE
• Goes downhill fastSKIS
• “__ fix thx!”PLS
• Complete groupSET
• Keeping up (with)INSTEP
• Impossible Burger’s lackMEAT
• PeelPARE
• LeadSTAR
• Cause troubleACTUP
• ExploitsUSES
• “The Imitation Game” encryption machineENIGMA
• Some 2BR listingsAPTS
• CreedsTENETS
• Go with the flowADAPT
• AcesPROS
• Italian bread?EURO
• Use a scythe onREAP
• Hip hop’s __ Thugs-n-HarmonyBONE
• ThingITEM
• Big name in credit cardsCITI
• Huffy stateSNIT
• High-pile carpet styleDEEPSHAG
• Numbered pieceOPUS
• High spotsACMES
• Raising a stink?ROTTEN
• Barely cutNICKED
• “Ditto,” more formallyASAMI
• Poet Day-Lewis who wrote the Nigel Strangeways detective novels as Nicholas BlakeCECIL
• Expressed disapprovalTSKED
• RBI or ERASTAT
• A popEACH
• Vibe picked up by a psychic, supposedlyAURA
• Russo who plays Frigga in Marvel’s “Thor” filmsRENE
• Dún Laoghaire’s landEIRE
• Rank above cpl.SGT
• FellHEW