L.A. Times Daily - July 6 2017 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Answers

L.A. Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Solutions - July 6 2017 Thursday

Clue	Solution
Many opera villains	BASSI
Georgia __	TECH
’70s Israeli prime minister	MEIR
Ration out	ALLOT
Antioxidant-rich fruit in smoothies	ACAIBERRY
Some earrings	HOOPS
Celestial explosion	SUPERNOVA
Midwestern pair	NEBRASKANSAS
Japanese prime minister since 2012	ABE
Cold War weapons	ICBMS
Northeastern pair	MAINEWHAMPSHIRE
Ready followers?	ORNOT
Jumper cable connection	ANODE
Did lunch, say	ATE
Morse clicks	DITS
Fly catchers	MITTS
Corp. money execs	CFOS
Puerto Rican pronoun	ESO
Bandleader’s cry	HITIT
Ring figure?	CARAT
Southwestern pair	NEWMEXICOLORADO
Queen __ lace	ANNES
Lode load	ORE
What the answers to three "pair" clues share, both in this grid and in reality	STATEBORDERS
Soldier of Fortune subject	MERCENARY
D-sharp equivalent	EFLAT
Grifter	CONARTIST
__ del Sol	COSTA
Prepare for mailing	SEAL
On the less windy side	ALEE
Woods components	TREES
Automobil route	BAHN
Healing salve	ALOE
Frustrating roommate for a neatnik	SLOB
Many opera heroines	SOPRANOS
"I’ll take that action"	ITSABET
Checklist item	TASK
Galápagos locale: Abbr.	ECUA
Bos’n’s boss	CAPN
Hustles	HIES
Stand-up sort	MENSCH
Mancinelli opera "__ e Leandro"	ERO
Robbins of Baskin-Robbins	IRV
Shaggy Scandinavian rug	RYA
Slow-cook, in a way	BRAISE
Give a darn?	SEW
Former African secessionist territory	BIAFRA
"The Wind in the Willows" character	MRTOAD
Handles	SEESTO
Italian headquarters of Maserati	MODENA
Out of the sack	ARISEN
Around, so to speak	INTOWN
French-speaking republic	HAITI
Escapade	ANTIC
"Crossroads of America" in Indiana, e.g.	MOTTO
Law-and-order gps.	PDS
Pancake-making aid	MIX
Nurtured	CAREDFOR
Mother of Pearl, in an 1850 novel	HESTER
PC part?	CORRECT
Cantina quaff	MESCAL
Head of England?	LOO
Masonry support	ANTA
Word with coat or shirt	TAIL
Gaelic tongue	ERSE
Bunch of bits	BYTE
"What __ could I say?"	ELSE
Evaluate	RATE
D.C. Metro stops	STAS
Escher and Hammer	MCS
Fair-hiring letters	EOE
Protein-building molecule	RNA