LA Times Crossword September 18 2023 Answers

ACROSS

• Cheese __: Wisconsin snack
  CURDS
• October birthstone
  OPAL
• Solemn oath
  VOW
• Turner of Game of Thrones
  SOPHIE
• Lymph __: immune system part
  NODE
• Amazement
  AWE
• *LGBT+ organization founded in 1990
  QUEERNATION
• Bumped into
  MET
• Bone parallel to the radius
  ULNA
• __-mo replay
  SLO
• Open as a keg
  TAP
• Use an abacus perhaps
  ADD
• *Chin up!
  KEEPSMILING
• Sample size?
  TASTE
• The North Star
  POLARIS
• Hi-__ graphics
  RES
• Doja Cat genre
  RAP
• Mineral that adds shimmer to cosmetics
  MICA
• *Musical film about a convict who learns to play the guitar in prison
  JAILHOUSEROCK
• Glass unit
  PANE
• Name on a 1950s campaign button
  IKE
• In a funk
  SAD
• Part of a bedroom set
  DRESSER
• Kidney-related
  RENAL
• *Completely unapproachable
  ASCOLDASICE
• Egg cells
  OVA
• MyHeritage sample
  DNA
• Bonfire residue
  ASH
• Sink annoyance
  DRIP
• Sci-fi vehicle
  UFO
• Prepare a deck before dealing and what the answers to the starred clues literally do
  CUTTHECARDS
• Clever remark
  MOT
• Reflex hammers target
  KNEE
• Literary comparison
  SIMILE
• Body spray with a Dark Temptation scent
  AXE
• Transgressions
  SINS
• Fresh
  SASSY

DOWN

• Mightve
  COULDA
• Radically changes
  UPENDS
• Actress Perlman
  RHEA
• N NE or NNE
  DIR
• __ of humor
  SENSE
• Leading the pack
  ONTOP
• Finger food at luaus
  POI
• Much __ About Nothing
  ADO
• Soup legume
  LENTIL
• Like some What We Do in the Shadows characters
  VAMPIRIC
• Have an open tab say
  OWE
• Not just damp
  WET
• Crouch down
  SQUAT
• Keg filler
  ALE
• Très chic
  ALAMODE
• Topple (over)
  KEEL
• Hot springs
  SPAS
• Sulks
  MOPES
• The Last of Us actor Offerman
  NICK
• Agcy. managing federal real estate assets
  GSA
• Tests for fit
  TRIESON
• __ away from
  SHIED
• Actress McClanahan
  RUE
• Pickle containers
  JARS
• Often-amusing story
  ANECDOTE
• Gumbo thickener
  OKRA
• Hard to come by
  RARE
• Tech replaced by smartphones
  PDA
• Trousers
  SLACKS
• Former All Things Considered host Michele
  NORRIS
• With zeal
  AVIDLY
• Run out as insurance
  LAPSE
• Fills fully
  SATES
• Kinda
  ISH
• Game with grandmasters
  CHESS
• River blockers
  DAMS
• Actress Thurman
  UMA
• Crafty one
  FOX
• Mono- kin
  UNI
• X at times
  TEN
• Spy-fi org.
  CIA