February 24 2019 L.A. Times Daily - Feb 24 2019 Puzzle Solution

L.A. Times Daily - Feb 24 2019 Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
"Barefoot Contessa" cook Garten	INA
"Hair" styles	AFROS
"I'll get this one"	ONME
"JAG" spin-off	NCIS
"Just __"	ASKING
"Morning Joe" network	MSNBC
"My mom is gonna kill me!"	IMDEAD
"Picnic" playwright	INGE
"Rebel Without a Cause" actor	SALMINEO
"The Hurt Locker" backdrop	WAR
"This is my __"	STOP
"To conclude ... "	LASTLY
"Who cares?"	SOWHAT
"You're a big girl now"?	MATURITYUPDATE
2015 Payne Stewart Award honoree Ernie	ELS
2016 MLB retiree	AROD
Ad infinitum	NOEND
Agassi rival	SAMPRAS
Area 51 creatures, it's said	ETS
Balladeer Michael	BOLTON
Band aide	ROADIE
Battleship letters	USS
Be there	ATTEND
Bread grain	OAT
Brewery fixtures	VATS
Bungalow inundated with vacationing relatives?	OVERRUNHOME
Bush or Clinton, once	YALIE
Bygone Fords	LTDS
Campus recruiting gp	ROTC
Candy invented in Austria	PEZ
Capital that's home to the Potala Palace	LHASA
Charity	ALMS
Cheese companion	MAC
Chekov's orig. "Star Trek" rank	ENS
Chuck	TOSS
Confident	SURE
Crêpe cousin	BLINTZE
Dallas-to-Houston dir	SSE
Decorative jug	EWER
Dept. formed under Carter	ENER
Did, but doesn't now	USEDTO
Dining selection	ENTREE
DIY mover	UHAUL
Dodge logo critter	RAM
Dog or dogie	ANIMAL
Doggone mad	IRATE
Dr. Leary's turn-on	LSD
Easy pill to swallow	GELCAP
Fiend of fantasy	OGRE
Flung with force	HEAVED
Freshly stained	WET
Funny BBQ scene that got cut?	SPITOUTTAKE
Ghee-brushed bread	NAAN
Give the okay	SAYYES
Govt. water-testing sites	EPALABS
Gp. advocating adoption	SPCA
Great Lakes' __ Canals	SOO
Green of "Robot Chicken"	SETH
Group bar orders	CARAFES
Group unhappy with election results?	DOWNCASTPARTY
Hammer throw trajectory	ARC
Has too much	ODS
Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives"	TERI
Hugh of "House"	LAURIE
Humorist Barry	DAVE
Important span	ERA
Impudent sort	SNIP
It may be lit during the holidays	FIRTREE
It may be scented	CANDLE
It might be generic	DRUG
It's often bookmarked	URL
Jack Reacher creator Child	LEE
Jazz count	BASIE

Clues	Answers
Job ad abbr	EOE
Journalist Larson	ERIK
Kids nagging parents about lack of air conditioning?	HOTOFFSPRING
Legendary soccer star	PELE
Less favorable	WORSE
Line dance step	TOETAP
Links army leader	ARNIE
Loan letters	IOU
Massage offering	OILRUB
Minute dispute	SPAT
Mother canonized by Pope Francis	TERESA
Muses' domain	ARTS
New-product div	RANDD
NHL Hall of Famer Stan	MIKITA
Novelist Waugh	ALEC
Old Venetian coin	DUCAT
On the job, initially	TCB
One of Tom Brady's three	ESPY
Pal of Aramis	ATHOS
Pasta water prep instruction	ADDSALT
Pianist Peter	NERO
Piazza De Ferrari city	GENOA
Poor, as excuses go	SAD
Pose a greater climbing challenge	STEEPEN
Postgame staple	RECAP
Pre-calc course	TRIG
Predator and Iconia computers	ACERS
Preview from St. Peter?	AFTERWORLDTOUR
Pro shop purchase	POLO
Put on conspicuous display	FLAUNT
Puts the worm on	BAITS
Queen's mate	DRONEBEE
Question doggedly	GRILL
Quite a stretch	EONS
Relative who shares your birthday, perhaps	TWIN
Return ID	SSN
Revenue for a monarchy?	KINGDOMINCOME
Rich deposit	LODE
Ristorante suffix	INI
River of Pisa	ARNO
Rope in	ENTICE
Roundup catcher	LASSO
Rubbernecks, with "at"	GAPES
Running total	TALLY
San Simeon family	HEARSTS
Sandal features	TSTRAPS
Seductive sort	VAMP
Seedless plants	FERNS
Shoe with lots of holes	CROC
Should have said	MEANT
Sidestepped	GOTBY
Sleep __	MODE
SoCal daily	LATIMES
Struggling to decide	TORN
Substandard	POOR
Sullen	DOUR
Takes care of a toy?	PETSITS
The Bee Gees, e.g	TRIO
They may be wireless	BRAS
Touch gently	PAT
Tourney ranking	SEED
Triathlon component	SWIM
Unlikely winner of a trite joke contest?	CORNUNDERDOG
Unpleasant noise	DIN
Unwitting victim	STOOGE
Upscale automaker	AUDI
Vail toppers	SKIHATS
Vicksburg soldiers	REBS
Virginia senator Kaine	TIM
Which one	WHO
Withdrawn	SHY
WWII surrender celebration	VEDAY
__ column: concrete-filled steel support	LALLY