La Times Crossword Answers 11/24/23

Across Clues

• ChuckleheadsBOZOS
• Marcus Aurelius, for oneSTOIC
• Distraction in a dr.’s waiting roomMAG
• Meet partEVENT
• Confection typically flavored with saffron and rosewaterHALVA
• Make publicAIR
• *Obstacle encountered at dawn?EARLYBURDEN
• Letters before a takeIMO
• RusePLOY
• Flamenco shoutOLE
• Sleep study subjectAPNEA
• *Plot where blue bars of soap grow?COASTGARDEN
• Pro Football Hall of Famer TroyAIKMAN
• __ rollHONOR
• Certain cross-country travelerSKIER
• Two or three, sayAFEW
• Setup punchesJABS
• Chest muscles, brieflyPECS
• Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred cluesENDIN
• Four-award acronymEGOT
• Big Apple storeSAKS
• FibberLIAR
• “Pride Is the Devil” rapperJCOLE
• Soaks up the sunBASKS
• Short revitalizerCATNAP
• *Time when tall, thick grass covers a golf course?ROUGHSEASON
• “It’s open!”ENTER
• Soup containerCAN
• Western gas chainARCO
• Avocado discardPIT
• *Shoutout to a ride-hailing app?UBERMENTION
• System starter?ECO
• “They were no match for me!”GOTEM
• Center of Renaissance artITALY
• Actor CariouLEN
• PertSASSY
• Anti-anxiety drugXANAX

Vertical Clues

• Appliance alertBEEP
• Not quite roundOVAL
• Round number?ZERO
• MerelyONLY
• Porcine penSTY
• NFL coach with the most career winsSHULA
• Scale allowancesTARES
• Not freshOLD
• Secret suffixIVE
• Ancient land on the Dead SeaCANAAN
• *Everyone’s favorite fire-breathing monster?MAINDRAGON
• Mann of popAIMEE
• [But I don’t wanna do my homework!]GROAN
• WindfallBOON
• CastPROJECT
• Jaguar, for oneCAR
• His and hersTHEIR
• Gala garbGOWN
• Egyptian cobrasASPS
• Maker of BILLY bookcasesIKEA
• *Controller part that gets worn out playing “Mortal Kombat”?KICKBUTTON
• Text, e.g.MESSAGE
• Star __: expensive spiceANISE
• Rx overseerFDA
• Whirled weaponBOLA
• Pedometer unitSTEP
• Large deerELKS
• “SNL” alum HooksJAN
• “I dunno” gesturesSHRUGS
• Post-op wear for some petsCONE
• Drive awayREPEL
• Waiting in the wingsONICE
• Surveyor’s unitsACRES
• __ the Owl: Rice University mascotSAMMY
• Naan flourATTA
• “Glass Onion” filmmaker JohnsonRIAN
• Bar mixerCOLA
• Black gemstoneONYX
• Campy scarfBOA
• UFO aviatorsETS
• SquashNIX