Here are the answers to L.A. Times Daily Crossword puzzles Thursday August 24 2017.

Support financially – BACK
Hurricane, e.g. – STORM

Drainpipe section – TRAP
Face cream additive – ALOE
Medicare component – PARTA
Leaping critter – HARE
Depend (on) – RELY
Had superior skills in – EXCELLEDAT
Word on really bright Crayolas – NEON
Jazz great Montgomery – WES
Helen Reddy’s “__ Woman” – IAM
Commentary page – OPED
Turned out to be – ENDEDUP
Blew hard – GUSTED
Way back when – AGESAGO
Helped start the pot – ANTED
Comic Johnson – ARTE
Big __ – MAC
Regret – RUE
Not alfresco, and what this puzzle is vis-à-vis its border answers – INDOORS
Craft built in the 2014 film “Noah” – ARK
Nile snake – ASP

Yemeni seaport – ADEN
Speed – HASTE
Become resentful – GETSORE
Vampire’s bed? – CASKET
Painter Manet – EDOUARD
Sketch material – GAGS
Commuter org. in the Loop – CTA
__ Butterworth – MRS
“Wild Blue Yonder” mil. group – USAF
Waterway between the major islands of New Zealand – COOKSTRAIT
Leg-covering skirt – MAXI
Green Gables heroine – ANNE
Boardroom prop – EASEL
Part of FEMA: Abbr. – EMER
Caboose place – REAR
Broadway platform – STAGE
Fries, for instance – SIDE
Silo neighbor – BARN
Toward protection, at sea – ALEE
Great Sand Dunes National Park st. – COLO
Pinnacle of a lecture series – KEYNOTE
Erupted – SPEWED
Strained – TAXED
Tolkien henchmen – ORCS
GPS suggestion – RTE
Feign illness to avoid work – MALINGER
Motifs – THEMES
“Far out, dude!” – RAD
Notre Dame’s Parseghian – ARA
Kennel guest – PET
Put on board – LADE
Spa treatment – PEDI
Big name in stationery – EATON
Ornamental fabric – DAMASK
Lorre’s “Casablanca” character – UGARTE
Pita feature – POCKET
Tech company’s origin, perhaps – GARAGE
On the shelf – UNUSED
Move in the direction of – STEPTO
Threw in – ADDED
Sushi roll topping – ROE
Tells a story – NARRATES
Layered do – SHAG
Takes for granted – ASSUMES
Lollipop – SUCKER
Feed bag feed – OATS
Once-per-player chess move – CASTLE
“Norwegian Dances” composer – GRIEG
Tamale dough – MASA
Scandinavian language – SAMI
Used a hatchet on – AXED
Cause for alarm – FIRE
Honda or Hyundai – CAR
Pepsi product that’s also its calorie count – ONE
Springsteen’s “Working __ Dream” – ONA
Scoundrel – RAT