LA Times Crossword December 1 2022 Answers

ACROSS

• Period after Shrove Tuesday
  LENT
• Lyricist Gershwin
  IRA
• Inca __: Peruvian soft drink
  KOLA
• Mideast rulers
  EMIRS
• Blues org.
  NHL
• Passing words?
  OBITS
• *Bounce around the Caribbean say
  ISLANDHOP
• Tropical ray
  MANTA
• Beg
  PLEAD
• Its open!
  COMEIN
• Brought into a discussion
  CCED
• *1983 film that won an Oscar for Best Original Song
  FLASHDANCE
• Adjust after a wrong turn
  REROUTE
• Courts
  WOOS
• The Waste Land poet
  ELIOT
• Place to make a round trip?
  BAR
• Lab animal
  RAT
• Greeting between members of an exclusive club and whats hiding in the answer to the starred clues?
  SECRETHANDSHAKE
• Sked Dont know yet
  TBA
• Pack it in
  EAT
• Petco Park player
  PADRE
• Apiece
  EACH
• Animal that can run using its flippers
  SEALION
• *School of Hindu philosophy
  JAINDHARMA
• Antique car design feature
  FINS
• Houston team
  ASTROS
• French bread?
  EUROS
• Sun block?
  VISOR
• *Was completely clueless
  HADNOIDEA
• Pueblo dwelling material
  ADOBE
• Country rockers Little __ Town
  BIG
• Willing parties?
  HEIRS
• Just scrapes (by)
  EKES
• Smelters supply
  ORE
• Show appreciation at a poetry slam
  SNAP

DOWN

• Lanai wreath
  LEI
• First responders briefly
  EMS
• Bupkis
  NIL
• Feature of a magicians stage
  TRAPDOOR
• Gulp down quickly
  INHALE
• Darkwing Duck character Dr. __ Dendron
  RHODA
• French peak
  ALP
• __ dragon
  KOMODO
• 2000s first family
  OBAMAS
• Tablecloth fabric
  LINEN
• Top story?
  ATTIC
• NBC sketch show
  SNL
• Well-reasoned
  SANE
• Skillful
  DEFT
• A major for one
  CHORD
• Peak
  CREST
• Big star
  CELEB
• Writer Jong
  ERICA
• __ Lake
  SWAN
• Colorados Sleeping __ Mountain
  UTE
• Sonar operator?
  BAT
• Pie chart lines
  RADII
• Ohio hometown of poet Rita Dove
  AKRON
• Cold temperatures
  TEENS
• Support pros
  TECHS
• omg so funny!
  HAHA
• Tub with jets
  SPA
• 50-50 facetiously
  HALFSIES
• Wrap
  ENROBE
• Fangirls over perhaps
  ADORES
• Greasy fingerprint maybe
  SMUDGE
• Merit
  EARN
• Programming language with a coffee cup logo
  JAVA
• Lines that break the fourth wall
  ASIDE
• No harm no foul!
  ITSOK
• Show again
  REAIR
• Im excited!
  OOH
• The White Lotus network
  HBO
• Annoying racket
  DIN
• Notable stretch of time
  ERA
• Nile cobra
  ASP