L.A. Times Daily - July 26 2017 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Answers

L.A. Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Jul 26 2017 Wednesday 

Clue	Solution
Understand, in slang	GROK
Greek liqueur	OUZO
Time-traveling TV character	DRWHO
Strauss of denim	LEVI
Hair salon sound	SNIP
Setting for much of "Moana"	OCEAN
Final bio	OBIT
"Too bad we have to throw out this uneaten food"	WHATAWASTE
Asian noodle dish	PADTHAI
Bro kin	SIS
Earl Grey, e.g.	TEA
Shrill barks	YELPS
Word with room or center	REC
Storied	FABLED
They may need breaking in	NEWSHOES
Bitter-tasting	ACRID
Sioux City state	IOWA
Doing nothing	IDLE
Small IOU	CHIT
Muppet who loves this puzzle’s four longest answers?	OSCAR
Astronaut Armstrong	NEIL
With perfection	TOAT
Blueprint	PLAN
Chevy muscle car	VETTE
Condition caused by 31-Across, at times	SOREFEET
Snake warnings	HISSES
Darling of baseball	RON
Holey kitchen gadget	SIEVE
Rooter for the Bulldogs	ELI
Bro or sis	SIB
Bennie’s band, in an Elton John hit	THEJETS
Hurls competitive insults	TALKSTRASH
D-Day beach	UTAH
"I swear!"	NOLIE
Lotion additive	ALOE
One of Emeril’s New Orleans eateries	NOLA
Test one’s metal	ASSAY
Many a Punjabi	SIKH
Was positive	KNEW
Yucky guck	GLOP
First name in country music	REBA
Roman poet exiled by Augustus	OVID
Pet product also used for tire traction	KITTYLITTER
Disney’s Lucky Rabbit	OSWALD
Behind the times	UNHIP
New Mexico tribe with a Sun symbol	ZIA
Goes (for)	OPTS
Searches for water	DOWSES
Color TV pioneer	RCA
Way to go, per Horace Greeley	WEST
More than dislike	HATE
Draft category	ONEA
Conflict with planes	AIRWAR
Listen to	HEED
Ski resort vehicles	SNOCATS
Taiwan Strait vessel	CHINESEJUNK
Trivia quiz fodder	FACTS
Blessing preceder	ACHOO
Prickly shrub	BRIAR
McGregor of TV’s "Fargo"	EWAN
"Golden Boy" playwright	ODETS
A-listers	ELITE
Tennis great Monica	SELES
Iona, for one	ISLE
Christmas encouragement	OPENIT
"__ la France!"	VIVE
"Woman in the Mists" subject Dian	FOSSEY
[Snicker]	HEHHEH
"There, there"	ITSOK
Sicilian World Heritage Site	ETNA
Mekong River land	LAOS
Misfortunes	ILLS
Bikini tops	BRAS
Kind of collar or jacket	ETON
Story	TALE
"Pygmalion" playwright	SHAW
Bicycle maker turned automotive giant	KIA
__ Baba	ALI