LA Times Crossword January 21, 2024, Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• Some small dogs
  TOYS
• Musubi wrap
  NORI
• Intel research
  RECON
• African capital where Akan is spoken
  ACCRA
• Scram!
  SHOO
• Germ carrier?
  BRAN
• Russian crepes
  BLINI
• Frasiers brother
  NILES
• *This should be just right my furry friends?
  ASYOUCATSLIKEIT
• Liquid-Plumr rival
  DRANO
• Origins
  ROOTS
• Fair-hiring initials
  EEO
• Indian flatbread
  ROTI
• Color that is equal parts blue and green
  CYAN
• *Peculiar pair at the office?
  THEODDCOMPANYCOUPLE
• Has motivation for
  CARESTO
• Bout enders briefly
  TKOS
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody director Lemmons
  KASI
• Dwarf planet named for a goddess of discord
  ERIS
• MYOB part
  OWN
• Dam on the Nile
  ASWAN
• Escher museum site with The
  HAGUE
• Sleepy pal
  DOC
• *Things that make you go hmm … ?
  THEDOUBTPRODUCERS
• Tour guides badge words
  ASKME
• Baby sheep
  LAMB
• ABC News anchor David
  MUIR
• Duds
  TOGS
• Push back in a way
  RESIST
• Reef-dwelling Pixar character
  NEMO
• Be prepared org.
  BSA
• New prefix
  NEO
• *Salon pro whos a genius with AquaNet?
  THEHAIRSPRAYWIZ
• Butterfield of Sex Education
  ASA
• Work on a lawn
  MOW
• Old-timey dagger
  SNEE
• Breathe Right user maybe
  SNORER
• Mete (out)
  DOLE
• Substandard
  POOR
• Wager
  RISK
• Many Vegas lights
  NEONS
• *Lament from a Red Sox fan?
  DAMNWICKEDYANKEES
• 1981 cable debut
  MTV
• Teeny bit
  SKOSH
• Skating legend Sonja
  HENIE
• Hill worker?
  ANT
• Permeate
  SEEP
• If the __ fits …
  SHOE
• Wild guess
  STAB
• Sneaky coward
  DASTARD
• *Eerie Midwestern downtown area?
  ASTRANGECHICAGOLOOP
• Grease actress Conn
  DIDI
• Sand hill
  DUNE
• __ you for real?
  ARE
• Hasbro game that requires quick reflexes
  BOPIT
• Make up (for)
  ATONE
• Embedded narrative and a description of the answer to each starred clue
  PLAYWITHINAPLAY
• Switchboard section
  PANEL
• Out
  PASSE
• Not pizzicato
  ARCO
• No. in a forecast
  TEMP
• Lock
  TRESS
• Word on a triangular sign
  YIELD
• Exemptions for top seeds
  BYES
• __ buco
  OSSO

DOWN

• Former Eurasian leader
  TSAR
• Rather
  OHSO
• Rock the baby around the world etc.
  YOYOTRICKS
• Comforts
  SOOTHES
• Night Court TV network
  NBC
• British pop singer Rita
  ORA
• Made the grade
  RATED
• Bee or butterfly
  INSECT
• Sac fly result
  RBI
• Antlered ruminant
  ELK
• Olds of old
  CIERA
• Shallot kin
  ONION
• __ Gritty Dirt Band
  NITTY
• Your point is?
  AND
• Big top performance
  CIRCUSACT
• Skeet target
  CLAYPIGEON
• Kidney-related
  RENAL
• With a single voice
  ASONE
• Takes advantage of
  USES
• Gander
  LOOK
• Eww!
  ICK
• Short And yet …
  OTOH
• Woodworking connector
  DOWEL
• Utah city near two national parks
  MOAB
• Soft summons
  PSST
• Lanikai Beachs island
  OAHU
• Like some grilling planks
  CEDAR
• Got up
  AROSE
• Confidentiality doc
  NDA
• Typists meas.
  WPM
• Curaçao neighbor
  ARUBA
• Hard on the ears
  NOISY
• Goad
  URGE
• Canadian gas brand
  ESSO
• Intelligence for Your Life host John
  TESH
• Hilton competitor
  OMNI
• Some airport rides
  UBERS
• Attracts
  DRAWS
• Charles River sch.
  MIT
• Andante and adagio
  TEMPI
• Hotmail provider
  MSN
• La Scala performance
  OPERA
• Flask filler
  HOOCH
• Got up
  AWOKE
• Harness strap
  REIN
• Homey lodgings
  INNS
• Big Little Lies actress Kravitz
  ZOE
• Throws in
  ADDS
• Time in the tub
  SOAK
• Nearly finished!
  ALMOSTDONE
• Orchard fruit originally from Ohio
  ROMEAPPLES
• Come on in!
  ENTER
• Answered an invite
  RSVPD
• Puts in a Hall of Fame say
  ENSHRINES
• Kylo of the Star Wars sequels
  REN
• Jamaican genre
  SKA
• Sport with bamboo swords
  KENDO
• Hold it horses!
  WHOA
• Share hot goss
  DISH
• Himalayan recluse
  YETI
• Citation abbr.
  ETAL
• Degrade oneself by
  STOOPTO
• Word with year or rear
  END
• South American palm
  ACAI
• Drink list?
  BARTAB
• Asian noodle
  SOBA
• Get used (to)
  ADAPT
• Instrument in Hindi cinema
  SITAR
• Pet in a tank
  GUPPY
• Zhou who hosted Nixon
  ENLAI
• Stop
  CEASE
• Walt Disney Concert Hall architect Frank
  GEHRY
• Alpo rival
  IAMS
• Tit for tat e.g.
  TYPO
• Some city trains
  ELS
• Luxury bag monogram
  YSL
• Tied the knot
  WED
• Broomball surface
  ICE
• Denials
  NOS