Here are the answers to L.A. Times Daily Crossword puzzles Wednesday August 9 2017.

Heckler’s array – JEERS
Slender woodwind – OBOE

Crony – BUD
Taxpayer’s dread – AUDIT
With 24-Across, Chilean poet with a Nobel Prize – PABLO
Suffix with Vietnam – ESE
*One may follow the wedding dress – BRIDALTRAIN
Total – SUM
Drunk – SOT
Pontiac that was Motor Trend’s 1968 Car of the Year – GTO
Orchestra overseer – MAESTRO
See 14-Across – NERUDA
Places for holsters – HIPS
Swedish pop quartet – ABBA
Arnold’s crime – TREASON
Stand for a photo? – TRIPOD
Evaluation for a would-be painter – ARTTEST
Got together – MET
*Avant-garde – NEWWAVE
“The guy over there” – HIM
Makes harmonious – ATTUNES
Frightens – SPOOKS
“Whoa, bro!” – EASYNOW
Tiny branch – TWIG
Feudal drudge – SERF
Low-risk govt. securities – TNOTES
Strategy – TACTICS
Granola morsel – OAT
27-Down user’s need – PIN
Master – PRO
Familiar slogan … or, based on its last word, what each answer to a starred clue is? – CATCHPHRASE
Every one – ALL
Poetry Muse – ERATO
__ Hebrides – INNER
Knight who played a newsman – TED
Food-growing prefix – AGRO
Checked out before a heist – CASED
Quick punches – JABS
Currency since 1999 – EURO
Cut and paste, e.g. – EDIT
Freed (of) – RID
Put on, as a play – STAGE
Decide not to join – OPTOUT
Trivia night locale – BAR
The Affordable Care Act became law during it – OBAMAERA
“On the Waterfront” director Kazan – ELIA
*Westminster’s top canine – BESTINSHOW
Take by force – USURP
Floor models – DEMOS

__ of a kind – ONE
P.O. box item – LTR
Horse’s hoof protection – SHOE
Afternoon rest – NAP
Makes use of, as experience – DRAWSON
Bread box? – ATM
La __ Tar Pits – BREA
*Harsh and wintry – BITTERCOLD
Off-rd. transports – ATVS
Pedometer unit – STEP
Taxing task – ONUS
Reject as false – DENY
Luau torch type – TIKI
Attended without a partner – WENTSTAG
Chinese menu abbr. – MSG
Heaviest U.S. president – TAFT
Extra NBA periods – OTS
Joyful shout – WOOHOO
Mar. 17 figure – STPAT
“Guitar Town” rocker Steve – EARLE
Strike gently – TAP
Guiding principle – ETHIC
Zamboni’s milieu – ICE
“Fame”-ous Irene – CARA
Harsh reviews – PANS
“That makes sense” – ISEE
Stereotypical Geek Squad employee – NERD
WNBA position – CTR
Genetics lab subject – RNA