LA Times Daily - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Video game figure not controlled by a human: Abbr NPC
LIKE TAKEOUT ORDERS TOGO
"No one told me!" HOWWASITOKNOW
STRONG-ARMS COERCES
Green topper for toast AVOCADO
SOMETIME SOON ANYDAY
UNWELL ILL
FOLLOW, AS A HUNCH ACTON
Be overattentive, as a waiter HOVER
FELLOW CHAP
Classic film noir about a man investigating his own murder DOA
UTOPIA EDEN
BY WAY OF VIA
GARDEN TOOL SPADE
"OUCH!" YOWIE
TINY BITS IOTAS
SCALE CLIMB
Had a new proprietor CHANGEDOWNERSHIP
COAST SHORE
Galaxy body STAR
THIRD-STRINGERS CTEAM
Way for a high schooler to build credit? APCOURSE
Used dynamite on, as a safe BLEWOPEN
Heart of an operation, and a hidden feature of 20-, 26-, and 46-Across COMMANDCENTER
GOLDEN FLEECE SHIP ARGO
ACTOR GOSLING RYAN
Pirouetting, say ONTOE
"CATCH YOU LATER" IMOUT
Like a game headed to overtime TIED
TAVERN OWNER ON "THE SIMPSONS" MOE
STAFF MEMBER? NOTE
Mezcal base AGAVE
Charlize of "Mad Max: Fury Road" THERON
Masala __: milky spiced tea CHAI
Calico or tuxedo CAT
CHICAGO AIRPORT OHARE
Like most of Nunavut's population INUIT
SOCIAL EQUALS PEERS
Bronze, e.g MEDAL
"DAGNABBIT!" DRAT
Catch on (to) GETWISE
MEX. NEIGHBOR USA
STATELY TREE ELM
Flat-bottomed ship BARGE
PINOT NOIR OR MERLOT REDWINE
PERSIAN WORD FOR "KING" SHAH
"MONSTERS, __" INC
Greeting on deck AHOY
CLIMBING GREENERY IVY
Russian "no" NYET
RAIN BUCKETS POUR
Sushi spheres ROE
CONFINES HEMSIN
IN SORRIER SHAPE WORSE
SOLITARY LONE
LEWD OBSCENE
THREE-TIME NBA FINALS MVP DUNCAN TIM
LIKE SCOTCH AGED
Bryant of "Human Resources" AIDY
TERSE SUMMONS SEEME
RIM EDGE
Writer's alias PENNAME
St. Louis-to-Chicago dir NNE
Run errands during a bad storm, say BRAVETHEELEMENTS
MALE DEER HART
Grand opening? MEGA
"ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT" NARRATOR HOWARD RON
SHARPEN HONE
MORTAL DANGER PERIL
"CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON" DIRECTOR LEE ANG
EUROPEAN CAPITAL WEST OF HELSINKI OSLO
Ill-advised action NONO