LA Times Crossword January 20 2023 Answers

ACROSS

• Meet portion or portion of meat
  LEG
• Film franchise featuring Lightning McQueen
  CARS
• Regarding
  ABOUT
• Portfolio options for short
  IRAS
• Perched on
  ATOP
• Deteriorating
  WORSE
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of __
  NIMH
• NYC gallery with a Bell helicopter on display
  MOMA
• Melted together
  FUSED
• Dinner roll that provides an unexpected boost?
  ENERGIZERBUN
• Pool necessity
  CUE
• Had as a regular customer
  SOLDTO
• Outlandish stories about Vietnamese soup?
  PHOBALONEY
• Bulky boats
  ARKS
• Lithium-__ battery
  ION
• Seized auto
  REPO
• Tease mercilessly
  RIDE
• Valued at one fancy ballpoint?
  COSTSAPRETTYPEN
• Texters But …
  OTOH
• Monday Night Football commentator Aikman
  TROY
• Young man
  LAD
• Anklebones
  TALI
• Golfers who just need to dance dance dance before every drive?
  TEEBOPPERS
• Stretching muscle
  TENSOR
• Common Market letters
  EEC
• Chophouse order and an apt title for this puzzle?
  NEWYORKSTRIP
• Silky fabric
  SATIN
• The genu- in genuflect
  KNEE
• American tennis phenom Gauff
  COCO
• Begins
  OPENS
• Low-pH stuff
  ACID
• Is shy
  OWES
• Play area
  STAGE
• Egg layers
  HENS
• After taxes
  NET

DOWN

• Command to a prompter
  LINE
• Actress Moriarty who plays Starlight on The Boys
  ERIN
• PlayStation for one
  GAMECONSOLE
• Strappy top for short
  CAMI
• Comprehensive
  ATOZ
• Trevi Fountain city
  ROME
• Like Greenlands population
  SPARSE
• Zero stars
  AWFUL
• Edge
  BOUNDARY
• Sterile work environs
  ORS
• Employ
  USE
• Thank you for coming to my __ Talk
  TED
• Azalea e.g.
  SHRUB
• Park and drive
  GEARS
• If I Were a __: Beyoncé ballad
  BOY
• Horseracing achievement
  TRIPLECROWN
• Will do hon
  OKDEAR
• Crochet loop
  PICOT
• Heckle
  HOOTAT
• Seydoux of No Time to Die
  LEA
• On the facing pg.
  OPP
• Compass dirección
  NORTE
• Mails
  SENDS
• Watering down
  THINNING
• Tarzan creators monogram
  ERB
• Also
  TOO
• Blood groups
  TYPES
• AAA job
  TOW
• Neo-soul artist Badu
  ERYKAH
• Boxers favorite store maybe?
  PETCO
• Feel
  SENSE
• … cut __: end of a carpentry maxim
  ONCE
• Bridle strap
  REIN
• Canvas shoe brand
  KEDS
• Frozen treat brand
  ICEE
• Station
  POST
• Distress signal
  SOS
• Likely (to)
  APT
• Leaves for dim sum
  TEA