La Times Crossword Answers 11/16/23

Across Clues

• Smartphone softwareAPPS
• Air Force hotshotACE
• New Jersey city south of ParamusLODI
• Take risksDARE
• Club __SODA
• “Climb aboard!”HOPIN
• #1SLOW
• Forming a tight groupCLUSTERING
• #2SLOT
• One learning the ropesTRAINEE
• Rebel, in a wayACTOUT
• #3SOOT
• E-file org.IRS
• Roger Rabbit and Bugs BunnyTOONS
• Hindu sageGURU
• #4LOOT
• Home of the NCAA’s BuckeyesOSU
• Hamilton notesTENS
• Smile that may be sillyGRIN
• Hurried, and what this puzzle’s word ladder literally did in eight steps?PICKEDUPTHEPACE
• Mata __HARI
• Get (into) carefullyEASE
• Wearable souvenirTEE
• #5LOST
• Careful phrasing, perhapsTACT
• Feature of some 42-AcrossesVNECK
• Flight coordinators: Abbr.ATC
• #6POST
• Crystal-lined stonesGEODES
• False testimonyPERJURY
• #7PAST
• Metaphor for a fresh startCLEANSLATE
• #8FAST
• All eyes and earsALERT
• North __ Sea: Kazakh lakeARAL
• Desierto’s lackAGUA
• OodlesTONS
• Useful Scrabble tileESS
• Easy winROMP

Vertical Clues

• PitchesADS
• IntimatePAL
• Debate sidePRO
• Attaches, as a buttonSEWSON
• Fancy neckwearASCOT
• Future stallionCOLT
• Dean’s email suffixEDU
• Petty of “Orange Is the New Black”LORI
• Stubbornly clinging to preconceived notionsOPINIONATED
• Cabbage for tacos?DINERO
• Gulp downINGEST
• Wealthy New York family on HBO’s “The Gilded Age”ASTOR
• Furnace outputHEAT
• Farm structuresTROUGHS
• SheenLUSTER
• OnATOP
• Start of a Mozart opera titleCOSI
• ATM featureTOUCHSCREEN
• QuestionableSUSPECT
• African grazerGNU
• Gloss recipientLIP
• Copy cats?EDITORS
• Keanu of “The Matrix”REEVES
• “WandaVision” actress DenningsKAT
• Parlor art, informallyTAT
• Gospel singer WinansCECE
• Surprised criesEEKS
• Purring snugglerLAPCAT
• Verdi opera set in CyprusOTELLO
• Safe havensASYLA
• Within walking distance, sayNOTFAR
• Pre-euro Irish coinPUNT
• Iona University athletesGAELS
• DisturbsJARS
• K-12 fundraising gps.PTAS
• “__ you for real?”ARE
• Before nowAGO
• TotalSUM
• Activate, as a 24-DownTAP