La Times Crossword Answers 12/08/23

Across Clues

• Short shotsPICS
• ShocksJOLTS
• Gum balls?WADS
• Shade in a neutral paletteECRU
• Nebraska rail hubOMAHA
• Actor GuinnessALEC
• Odd remedy for an overhead crack?CEILINGWAX
• Speak effusivelyGUSH
• ShockSTUN
• RejectionsNOS
• “You can’t mean me!?”MOI
• Go downhill fastSKI
• Pennies that are a dime a dozen?COMMONCENTS
• Super __PAC
• Met favoritesARIAS
• TruismAXIOM
• Sundance Film Festival stateUTAH
• Club kinBLT
• __ carteALA
• Percussion instrument for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?RELIGIOUSCYMBAL
• “Hardly!”NOT
• Same old same oldRUT
• RationalSANE
• CX-5 and CX-50 automakerMAZDA
• Olympian and actress SonjaHENIE
• DeclineSAG
• Sacrifice of some data storage space?CLOUDCEDING
• Prefix with friendlyECO
• Tanqueray productGIN
• Tofu, basicallySOY
• Munch Museum cityOSLO
• Really distastefulICKY
• Jewelry in the shape of a swan?CYGNETRING
• Committed perjuryLIED
• Gochujang originKOREA
• Red’s friend in “The Shawshank Redemption”ANDY
• BoysLADS
• More confidentSURER
• Baseball gripping pointSEAM

Vertical Clues

• Delt neighborPEC
• Gear for 49-AcrossICESKATE
• DecisiveCRITICAL
• Chekov colleagueSULU
• Garfield’s humanJON
• “Daaaang!”OMG
• Kim Wexler’s field on “Better Call Saul”LAW
• Marvel villain who collected the Infinity StonesTHANOS
• Early invader of Great BritainSAXON
• JokesterWAG
• Many college donorsALUMNI
• Bygone ChryslerDESOTO
• Rupture in a church groupSCHISM
• Native of Peru’s Urubamba ValleyINCA
• Like a bass or a boaSCALY
• Urge (on)SPUR
• Planetary pathORBIT
• Ventimiglia of “This Is Us”MILO
• RipenedMATURED
• Chances to determine proficiencyEXAMS
• Holi celebrantHINDU
• Get credit for?ACTIN
• Urges onGOADS
• Olympic gymnast LeeSUNI
• Court boundaryBASELINE
• World’s heaviest snakeANACONDA
• Component of some small castlesLEGO
• Montreal universityMCGILL
• Garza who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movementALICIA
• Utterly exhaustedZONKED
• “Oh, hi!”HEYYOU
• Versatile celeb’s achievementEGOT
• RoostersCOCKS
• Some Mex. spousesSRAS
• Quilting qty.YDS
• “Why, I oughta … “GRR
• Name-clarifying wordNEE
• Otoscope targetEAR
• Workout spotGYM