La Times Crossword Answers 10/10/23

Across Clues

• Chess piece that’s often the first to be playedPAWN
• [I’m shocked!]GASP
• “I’m Every Woman” singer Chaka __KHAN
• Gobi localeASIA
• “__ girl!”ATTA
• Sweet sandwichSMORE
• JuniorTHIRDYEAR
• “No kidding!”THATSO
• Black and blue, sayBICOLOR
• TopSHIRT
• StomachGUT
• Age of Attila’s reignFIFTHCENTURY
• Question that introduces doubtORISIT
• Writers McEwan and FlemingIANS
• Pollen gathererBEE
• Bagless vacuum pioneerDYSON
• Japanese box lunchBENTO
• Warning with a URLNSFW
• Like some Adventist ProtestantsSEVENTHDAY
• Ticklish MuppetELMO
• Came to lightAROSE
• Changes directionVEERS
• Campground inits.KOA
• Mashed avocado, for shortGUAC
• Litter box userPETCAT
• Almost too lateELEVENTHHOUR
• Lucy of “Charlie’s Angels”LIU
• SquanderWASTE
• Fingertip-to-fingertip measurementARMSPAN
• ChoosesELECTS
• Popular television programming block, and an apt title for this puzzlePRIMETIME
• Mojave landformsMESAS
• Fencing swordEPEE
• North __ Sea: lake fed by the Syr Darya riverARAL
• Like a cereal barOATY
• Opinion samplingPOLL
• Govt.-issued IDsSSNS

Vertical Clues

• Gentle touchPAT
• San Francisco street crossing HaightASHBURY
• Arm pain from playing too much NintendoWIIITIS
• DEA agentNARC
• Bookstore section with Jeanette Winterson and Andrew Sean GreerGAYLIT
• Tasted, quaintlyATEOF
• Get-goSTART
• AveragePAR
• Target rivalKMART
• JacuzzisHOTTUBS
• Talk Like a Pirate Day soundsARS
• New prefixNEO
• Lower legsSHINS
• Get byDOFINE
• Official approvalTHENOD
• Rip intoSCATHE
• Mars, for oneGOD
• CluesHINTS
• One who makes sure fighting between the Sharks and the Jets doesn’t get out of hand?REF
• Archery woodYEW
• AverageSOSO
• Rip intoBERATE
• Cain’s oldest sonENOCH
• Russian “no”NYET
• Crows aboutVAUNTS
• Disinclined (to)AVERSE
• __ out a livingEKE
• “ur soooo funny!”LOL
• “I’m No Angel” starMAEWEST
• Oblong pastriesECLAIRS
• 1988 Best PictureRAINMAN
• “The Simpsons” disco guySTU
• Knight’s talesGESTS
• WallopPUMMEL
• Brief holiday?VACAY
• Silent Marx brotherHARPO
• Bay windowORIEL
• Education advocacy gps.PTAS
• Punk subgenreEMO
• Grassy expanseLEA
• High spiritsPEP
• High trainsELS