La Times Crossword Answers 12/20/23

Across Clues

• Athletic brand that shares its name with a big catPUMA
• Cold desert in AsiaGOBI
• “Shucks!”DARN
• Asked for proof of age, sayIDED
• Admissions hurdleEXAM
• “Let’s Dance” singer DavidBOWIE
• Like 9-DownsTOGO
• SemesterTERM
• Super cool digs?IGLOO
• High price to pay, metaphoricallyANARMANDALEG
• Bell bottoms optionLEES
• Pudge on an infantBABYFAT
• Eclectic musician BrianENO
• Star cluster that resembles a bird of preyEAGLENEBULA
• Oscar nod, brieflyNOM
• Key mistake?TYPO
• “Shucks!”DRATIT
• Letting in a draft, maybeAJAR
• Part of the “Law & Order” franchise, familiarlySVU
• Blow hardGUST
• Mediterranean microstateMONACO
• One-named Irish singerENYA
• Tuna roll toppingROE
• Health regimen modeled on the cuisine of Japan’s Ryukyu IslandsOKINAWADIET
• CeaseEND
• Screamed, perhapsREACTED
• “One __ at a time”STEP
• Salad dressing brand, and a feature of 19-, 29-, and 47-Across?HIDDENVALLEY
• Guiding beliefCREDO
• “Out! Out!”SHOO
• Made itCAME
• “Hadestown” playwright MitchellANAIS
• Lawsuit basisTORT
• Cash for cardsANTE
• Bend out of shapeWARP
• Boo-booOWIE
• Covert convo startPSST

Vertical Clues

• Bread with tzatzikiPITA
• Japanese soup noodleUDON
• Grandiose delusionsMEGALOMANIA
• Really digADORE
• Have one’s voice heardGETASAY
• Beasts that pulled covered wagonsOXEN
• Avon product?BARD
• Third No. 1 hit for the Black Eyed PeasIMMABE
• Stuffed diner’s requestDOGGYBAG
• Piercing toolAWL
• Kia modelRIO
• Recent prefixNEO
• “Sorry” singer JustinBIEBER
• __ and greetMEET
• Get, as a jobLAND
• “Where do you see yourself in five years” subjectFUTUREPLANS
• Brie of “Community”ALISON
• Heavily inkedTATTED
• Utterly charmENAMOR
• “I swear!”NOJOKE
• Apple Maps techGPS
• Really dugLOVED
• Party bowlful from 53-AcrossRANCHDIP
• College, to BritsUNI
• Open-air enclosures for some petsCATIOS
• Had to payOWED
• Political endorsementYESVOTE
• Poori flourATTA
• LengthensADDSTO
• Yosemite peak, familiarlyELCAP
• DIY siteEHOW
• Tuna roll wrapNORI
• 911 responders: Abbr.EMTS
• Chuck, slangilyYEET
• Cry from a crowCAW
• Molecule in some vaccinesRNA
• Unit of cornEAR