La Times Crossword Answers 11/08/23

Across Clues

• Keep an eye onWATCH
• Early riser?SUN
• Folded fareTACOS
• Vegan beauty brandAVEDA
• Tax proCPA
• Surname of Bo and SunnyOBAMA
• “Despacito” singer LuisFONSI
• Tablet downloadAPP
• Taking a personal day, sayNOTIN
• Cube root of eightTWO
• When an album drops, e.g.RELEASEDATE
• 46-Down Emmy winner GildaRADNER
• Divest of wrapping paper, perhapsOPEN
• DecongestUNCLOG
• “¡Hasta luego!”ADIOS
• “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” actress Little __NELL
• Far from freshSTALE
• Spot for a soakSPA
• Big goalDREAM
• “I wonder … “HMM
• Clean a spillMOPUP
• Taking a personal day, sayOFF
• Pungent bulbONION
• Dig upMINE
• Chicken homesCOOPS
• Street __SMARTS
• Edamame unitsPODS
• Food word that is plural in Italian but singular in EnglishPANINI
• Chad Michael Murray teen drama set in North CarolinaONETREEHILL
• Brief “I can’t unhear that”TMI
• Rock icon Smith who wrote the memoir “Just Kids”PATTI
• Crossed (out)XED
• Golden beerLAGER
• Scandal-plagued energy companyENRON
• Is for you?ARE
• Upscale HondaACURA
• “Nothing __!”DOING
• Shirt size: Abbr.MED
• Country on the Gulf of AdenYEMEN

Vertical Clues

• Drift on the breezeWAFT
• Declare openlyAVOW
• *Staff symbol for a bassoon pieceTENORCLEF
• Items in jewel casesCDS
• CoifHAIRDO
• Beaufort __SCALE
• Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have?UPPERATMOSPHERE
• Cabbage in baechu kimchiNAPA
• *Symphonic composition that evokes another art formTONEPOEM
• HomesABODES
• Settlement-building game with hexagonal tilesCATAN
• ExcludeOMIT
• LevelheadedSANE
• Lang. of CanadaENG
• Planter contentsSOIL
• Penne __ vodkaALLA
• Back up, on a PCUNDO
• Foam toy brandNERF
• 2017 Kendrick Lamar albumDAMN
• Endorse as a couple, in slangSHIP
• *Wig adhesiveSPIRITGUM
• Fourth-down playPUNT
• Bonobos, e.g.APES
• *Accessory that changes colorMOODRING
• Country northeast of 66-AcrossOMAN
• BouquetNOSE
• “The fabric of our lives,” per an ad sloganCOTTON
• NBC show with Punkie JohnsonSNL
• “A Few Figs From Thistles” writerMILLAY
• __ dishPETRI
• HelpedAIDED
• Piece with a viewOPED
• Prefix with botNANO
• LSAT, e.g.EXAM
• OnlyMERE
• Country north of 40-DownIRAN
• ProACE