LA Times Crossword Clues and Answers December 29, 2023

ACROSS

• Sponge (off)
  MOOCH
• Degs. for CFOs
  MBAS
• 1040 ID figs.
  SSNS
• Place to perform
  VENUE
• Additionally
  ALSO
• Shiny sticker?
  EPEE
• The worst description of poor purses?
  PROSPEROUS
• __ chips
  PITA
• Breading choice
  PANKO
• Has quite a kick
  ZINGS
• Rx writer
  DOC
• Completely unlike a docile man?
  DEMONIACAL
• Investment firm figure
  ANALYST
• Agent informally
  REP
• Simu of Kims Convenience
  LIU
• Italian birthplace of Paganini
  GENOA
• Element in some smoky whiskies
  PEAT
• Filmmaker Lee
  ANG
• The furthest thing from tidier rooms?
  DORMITORIES
• Call (out)
  CRY
• Swimmer Torres who won 12 Olympic medals
  DARA
• Literary form
  ESSAY
• Consists of
  HAS
• Letters before a pen name
  AKA
• Spartan
  AUSTERE
• The opposite of one who is not against?
  ANTAGONIST
• Patch perhaps
  SEW
• Size for fries
  LARGE
• Cut a rug
  DANCE
• Gloating cry
  IWIN
• Treated with a decided lack of due respect?
  PERSECUTED
• Promontory
  CAPE
• Pennsylvania city across from Presque Isle State Park
  ERIE
• Sports news
  TRADE
• Seers?
  EYES
• Over and done with
  PAST
• Madonna hit that begins Strike a pose
  VOGUE

DOWN

• 2023 World Series honor for Corey Seager
  MVP
• Poetic contraction
  OER
• Double Fantasy singer
  ONO
• Astrological delineation
  CUSP
• __ filter
  HEPA
• Word with fish or meat
  MARKET
• Sign of spring
  BLOOM
• Tempe sch.
  ASU
• Scouring brand
  SOS
• Retro tone
  SEPIA
• SoulCycle offering
  SPINCLASSES
• Bottom line
  NETGAIN
• Shell-less gastropod
  SEASLUG
• Comes to a halt
  ENDS
• Some plastic fasteners
  ZIPTIES
• Peace Nobelist Hammarskjöld
  DAG
• Single
  ONE
• Peppermint pattern
  CANDYSTRIPE
• Ice cream cookie
  OREO
• In the ballpark
  NEAR
• Liverpool lav
  LOO
• Gridiron stat
  YARDAGE
• Educational org.
  PTA
• Shortfin shark
  MAKO
• Turkey neighbor
  IRAN
• NYC hrs.
  EST
• Ceremonial goblet
  CHALICE
• Bolted
  RANAWAY
• Equal
  ARE
• Evergreen shrub
  YEW
• How cutlery is typically sold
  ASASET
• Alternative magazine name
  UTNE
• Hong Kong politician and social activist Chow
  AGNES
• Luther star Elba
  IDRIS
• Video surveillance letters
  CCTV
• Irish capital
  EURO
• Oomph
  PEP
• Bullpen fig.
  ERA
• __ sale
  TAG
• Georgetown closer
  EDU
• Barely passing mark
  DEE