L.A. Times Daily Wednesday Mar 24 2021 Crossword Answers

 L.A. Times Daily - Mar 24 2021 Wednesday Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
"... or __!"	ELSE
"La Bohme" role	MIMI
"Now __ me down to sleep ... "	ILAY
*Fast-food alternatives to burgers	FISHFILETS
*Like half a chance	FIFTYFIFTY
*Matches with known outcomes	FIXEDFIGHTS
*Music group's lead violinist, casually	FIRSTFIDDLE
33-Down demand, perhaps	ASAP
e	REESE
Afternoon snooze	NAP
Ancient mystic	ESSENE
Anger	IRE
APR-reducing loan	REFI
Aussie parrot, briefly	BUDGIE
Banana covering	PEEL
Bee, to Opie	AUNT
Being severely criticized	UNDERFIRE
Beloved	DEAR
Biblical boater	NOAH
Black and blue?	BERRIES
Canyon namesake of dry California winds	SANTAANA
Cartoon mermaid	ARIEL
Concerning	ASFOR
Contrasting ornaments	SETOFFS
County on the English Channel	SUSSEX
Cultural setting	MILIEU
Dennis the Menace, for one	IMP
Diner check	TAB
Fair-hiring letters	EOE
Flair	STYLE
General on a menu	TSO
Give voice to	SAY
H or O, in H2O	ELEMENT
Hi-__ TV	DEF
Hunk's pride	ABS
Imagining	IDEATING
Jazz trumpeter Jones	THAD
Kvetching sounds	OYS
Leave	EXIT
Letters replacing a list	ETC
License plates	TAGS
Luncheon end?	ETTE
Map line: Abbr	LAT
March time	IDES
Marine Corps motto, briefly, and a hint to the answers to starred clues	SEMPERFI
Marked on a ballot	XED
Meeting group	CONFEREES
Monk's title	FRA
Mournful	SAD
Music center?	ESS
Name seen on one's way to the penthouse?	OTIS
Nighttime party	SOIREE
Novelist Jaffe	RONA
Numbered rds	RTES
Office notice	MEMO
Partner in a 2020 peace agreement with Isr	UAE
Photo taken backwards?	SELFIE
Pt. of AAA	ASSN
Punch deliverer	FIST
Quite a ways away	FAR
Recon target	INFO
RN workplaces	ORS
Roald Dahl title heroine	MATILDA
Sailing danger	REEF
San __: Italian resort	REMO
School orgs	PTAS
Sniggler's catch	EELS
Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps	SHOOTOUT
Submitted, as a manuscript	SENTIN
Syrian leader	ASSAD
Thrills	ELATES
Tree with elastic wood	ASH
W.C. Fields persona	SOUSE
Weakens	EBBS
What "X" may mean	TEN
__ Lingus	AER