La Times Crossword Puzzle Answers December 7 2017 Thursday

Clue	Solution
"__ Maria"	AVE
"Hidden Figures" org.	NASA
"I, Robot" writer	ASIMOV
"Stagecoach," for one	OATER
"Would __?"	ILIE
*Award-winning defense unit?	TOPFORT
*Either of a historic PGA pair?	ARNIESARM
*Enforcer of greenhouse gas restrictions?	CARBONCOP
*Manchester hospital hookup?	ENGLISHIV
__ even keel	ONAN
__ welding	ARC
A bit cracked	AJAR
Action word	VERB
Arctic coast explorer	RAE
Biennial games org.	IOC
Big name in craft stores	JOANN
Birdcage feature	PERCH
British nobleman	BARONET
Capri suffix	OTE
Champion swimmer/actor Buster	CRABBE
Chaucer offering	TALE
Consume	EAT
Custom on some cruises	NOTIPS
Directive	ORDER
Director Preminger	OTTO
Director Van Sant	GUS
Discontinued iPod model	NANO
Divisions politiques	ETATS
Enclaved African land	LESOTHO
Flightless birds	RHEAS
Forum attire	TOGA
Khartoum's river	NILE
Korean sedan to be discontinued in the U.S. after 2017	AZERA
Lackawanna's lake	ERIE
LeBron's hometown	AKRON
Louis XIV, par exemple	ROI
Mai __	TAI
Major hassles	ORDEALS
Make smart remarks … and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues	WISEOFF
Making a touchdown	SCORING
Match	AGREE
Mess (up)	GOOF
Metro area SSE of Casper	LARAMIE
Mosque figure	IMAM
Motivate	INSPIRE
Multichannel	STEREO
Multiple-choice choice	OTHER
Nation surrounding 10-Down: Abbr.	RSA
Neatnik's opposite	SLOB
Not insignificant	BIG
Notable deed	GEST
One of the Nereids	IONE
One of the three bears	PAPA
PC panic button	ESC
Pet food brand	ALPO
Pioneering ISP	AOL
Plains tribe	PAWNEE
Ran into	MET
Response to being slain, in texts?	ROFL
Rush hour report topic	TRAFFIC
Saltine brand	ZESTA
Saratoga action	RACES
Saturn SUV	VUE
Sculler's blade	OAR
Source of hard and soft lumber	PINES
Suppress	STIFLE
Those, to Pablo	ESOS
Three-time Wimbledon champ	EVERT
Tofu nutrient	PROTEIN
Trattoria menu suffix	INI
Updates the plant	RETOOLS
Vein contents	ORE
Warm-weather wear	SHORTS
Watch	OBSERVE
Where ewes can hang out	LEAS
Whistling vessel	KETTLE
Words after an estimate	ORSO
Wrap around	ENVELOP