2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024 LA Times Crossword Clues Hints

LA Times Across Clues

• “Ethan Frome” writer Wharton: EDITH
• Zenith: ACME
• Bygone airline with an iconic terminal at JFK: TWA
• Roughstock event: RODEO
• __ dunk: SLAM
• Pretense: SHAM
• *Center: SWEETHEART
• Pacific Islands root: TARO
• “__ of story!”: END
• Clinking occasion: TOAST
• Made a guest appearance during a jazz set, perhaps: SAT IN
• Cattle chew: CUD
• *Hound: SALTY DOG
• Wedding budget saver, maybe: CASH BAR
• Approximately: OR SO
• Not pro: ANTI
• “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore” coiner: BERRA
• Garden-variety fish?: EEL
• Something not immediately appreciated, or what the answers to the starred clues have?: AN ACQUIRED TASTE
• Neither’s partner: NOR
• “If only I could __ that”: UNSEE
• Charles III, e.g.: KING
• Angler’s need: BAIT
• Cantina sizzlers: FAJITAS
• *Memo: SOUR NOTE
• Signature need: PEN
• Exponent symbol: CARET
• Wage increase: RAISE
• Airport served by BART: SFO
• __ Major: URSA
• *Tablet: BITTER PILL
• “All __ are off!”: BETS
• Self starter?: YOUR-
• Barely beat: EDGED
• Spots: ADS
• Spot: ESPY
• Copenhagen citizens: DANES

LA TImes Down Clues

• Gaelic tongue: ERSE
• Word with payment or pillow: DOWN
• Put a name to a face: ID’ED
• Many an undershirt: TEE
• Bubbly bath: HOT TUB
• On the briny: ASEA
• Elegance: CLASS
• One of the von Trapp girls: MARTA
• Triage pro: EMT
• “OK, now I’m really mad”: THAT DOES IT
• Nintendo antagonist in purple overalls: WARIO
• Interlaced with: AMONG
• Legal suspensions: STAYS
• “Today” co-host Kotb: HODA
• Guitar that Bob Dylan went electric with, familiarly: STRAT
• Smart: CHIC
• Member of the peerage: LORD
• James of “The Godfather”: CAAN
• Montessori year?: ANNO
• Patterns around explosive comic book sound effects: STARBURSTS
• World Series stat: RBIS
• Previously found in poetry?: ERE
• 49-Down spot: REEF
• Volcano with 2,700 years of documented eruptions: ETNA
• Staying power: LEGS
• One of five: QUINT
• Golden Rule word: UNTO
• Similar (to): AKIN
• Some geometry exam answers: AREAS
• Cardinal’s wing?: APSE
• Reacted to a flagrant foul, perhaps: JEERED
• Underwater gear: SCUBA
• Obeyed the coxswain: OARED
• Le Tigre and HAIM: TRIOS
• Devour: EAT UP
• “Glad my effort was good enough”: I TRY
• Leo or Libra: SIGN
• Leave in a hurry: FLEE
• Former GM brand: OLDS
• “Sayonara!”: BYE!
• Kissing in the park, e.g.: PDA

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2408 Thu Aug 22, 2024  LA Times Crossword Clues Hints