La Times Crossword Answers 12/22/23

Across Clues

• Tropical fruitPAPAYA
• Cannabis compoundTHC
• Grabber in an arcade gameCLAW
• Out of bedARISEN
• Ingredient replaced by applesauce in some recipesOIL
• Participated in a bike-a-thon, sayRODE
• Check againRETEST
• *Place that experiments with soup recipes?PHOTOLAB
• Oscar of “Moon Knight”ISAAC
• Geological periodsEPOCHS
• ABBA classicSOS
• Humble homesHUTS
• FateKISMET
• Trait carrierGENE
• Gimlet needGIN
• Spanish bearOSO
• *Curling team’s specialty?PERFORMINGARTS
• Big rigSEMI
• “Montero” singer Lil __ XNAS
• EmploysUSES
• *Penalty boxes?TEMPERATEZONES
• Brown, for oneIVY
• 128 oz.GAL
• Swag bag contentsLOOT
• Accept an extensionRESIGN
• “Eww!”BLEH
• BoyLAD
• “Beats me!”NOCLUE
• Boxer AliLAILA
• Balances, or, phonetically, how to make 18-, 32-, and 39-Across match their clues?EVENSOUT
• Silverware wrapNAPKIN
• Gimlet needLIME
• Old lang.LAT
• Cool-weather liningFLEECE
• GoadSPUR
• ExpectedDUE
• GirlsLASSES

Vertical Clues

• City Hemingway called “a moveable feast”PARIS
• Defensive retortARESO
• Flatbreads served with labnehPITAS
• On the brinyASEA
• Response in the kitchenYESCHEF
• Pantry pestANT
• Issuer of a Mickey Mantle card sold for a record amountTOPPS
• Sunny greetingHIHO
• Press for time?CLOCKIN
• Symbol on the Swiss flagCROSS
• “haha”LOL
• Poet laureate LimónADA
• Part of a mittWEB
• WhatsisTHING
• Never-endingETERNAL
• __, dos, tresUNO
• Code creatorMORSE
• “The Hundred Dresses” Newbery honoree EleanorESTES
• Shovel pass, e.g.TOSS
• “Get a __!”GRIP
• Princess of “Enchanted” and “Disenchanted”GISELLE
• Pet-ty offense?PEEVE
• TV awardsEMMYS
• Small rugMAT
• May, to Peter ParkerAUNT
• Mix things upSTIR
• Easy-to-make wafflesEGGOS
• Lost heat, as a showerRANCOLD
• “Special Ops: Lioness” actress SaldañaZOE
• “Fan-cee!”OOHLALA
• __ HebridesINNER
• Montana city named for a landformBUTTE
• Taps a heart button, sayLIKES
• Writer MunroALICE
• Many Lego House employeesDANES
• Feast with haupia and poiLUAU
• Gibbons, e.g.APES
• Lauryn Hill trio?ELS
• Short “Kind of a big deal”VIP
• Outback birdEMU
• Giants and Titans org.NFL