La Times Crossword Answers 12/28/23

Across Clues

• BuckSTAG
• Condiment often applied with chopsticksWASABI
• Out of harm’s waySAFE
• QuiteOHSO
• Howard who has two Oscars for Best Original SongASHMAN
• Thank God, maybePRAY
• Cut out earlyBAIL
• Backless furnitureSTOOLS
• Crop unitACRE
• Walking stickSTAFF
• Non-neutral particlesIONS
• Is soreACHES
• Actor whose final film role was in 1961’s “The Misfits”CLARKGABLE
• Piano exerciseSCALES
• Endows (with)IMBUES
• Refers (to)ALLUDES
• Hallelujah kinHOSANNA
• Shallot, for oneBULB
• Boeing rivalAIRBUS
• Wedding invite requestRSVP
• Pro who wears a Star of Life emblemEMT
• GenuineREAL
• Canon SLR cameraEOS
• Apt spot to do the running man?POLITICALPARTY
• James Blunt’s “__ Beautiful”YOURE
• Helps in a bad wayABETS
• Apt spot to breakdance?WRECKINGBALL
• Long hikeTREK
• __ of New York: photoblog with street portraits and interviewsHUMANS
• AfflictsAILS
• River through AswanNILE
• Respond impatientlySNAPAT
• Gadget review siteCNET
• Let the cat out of the bagTOLD
• Pre-MBA hurdleGMAT
• Like custardEGGY

Vertical Clues

• Cries and criesSOBS
• “How about __!”THAT
• Cambodia’s continentASIA
• Apt spot to swing dance?GOLFCLUB
• Used to beWAS
• MovingASTIR
• TrembledSHOOK
• Mixed in withAMONG
• Model woodBALSA
• __ and outsINS
• Apt spot to do the moonwalk?SPACEBAR
• Part of the St. Louis skylineARCH
• Cost of a rideFARE
• Spots on spudsEYES
• Got the heck out of DodgeFLED
• Poor offeringALMS
• On a cruiseASEA
• “About us” blurbsBIOS
• “¿Quién __?”: Spanish “Who knows?”SABE
• Not smoothCLUMPY
• More than one would likeALLTOOWELL
• DisturbingUNSETTLING
• Official messengersENVOYS
• WeakensSAPS
• Apple virtual assistantSIRI
• Much of a shipwreckHULL
• Cam buttonREC
• Easy for ewe to say?BAA
• Stuck to the shadowsLURKED
• Galway’s isl.IRE
• Some lab workersTECHS
• Part of PBRPABST
• Lawyers’ org.ABA
• Do up again, as a corsetRELACE
• “__ Fu Panda”KUNG
• Quran scholarIMAM
• Wine-producing valleyNAPA
• Minute annoyanceGNAT
• Dynamite kinTNT
• __ GrandeRIO
• DrumstickLEG
• Hog’s digsSTY