December 14 2018 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. O on a stand, say : ISSUE
6. “Pokémon: The Series” genre : ANIME
11. Ceremonial exchange : I DOS
15. “The Nightmare Room” series author : STINE
16. Misses without exception : WOMEN
17. Dirty work? : PORN
18. Scuba diver’s destination : WRECK
19. Paramount paramour? : ALPHA ROMEO (from “Alfa Romeo”)
21. Sandwich title? : EARL
22. Watches kids : SITS
23. Sit tight : BIDE
24. Greek goddess carrying a pick? : AFRODITE (from “Aphrodite”)
26. Applies with force, as brakes : SLAMS ON
29. Jelly bean-munching president : REAGAN
30. Color gradation : HUE
31. Modest acknowledgment : I TRY
32. Wolverine relative : WEASEL
35. In the cooler : ON ICE
36. Program for young readers, and a hint to five puzzle answers : PHUN WITH FONICS (from “Fun with Phonics”)
40. Some satellites : MOONS
41. Back up anew : RESAVE
42. European wine area : ASTI
43. Mend, perhaps : SEW
44. iHeartRADIO fare : OLDIES
49. Inventor’s cry of success : IT WORKS!
51. Online scammer’s tool? : PHISHNET (from “fishnet”)
53. Jones of film, familiarly : INDY
54. Motley : PIED
55. Real estate unit : ACRE
56. Dispensers of horse pills? : FARMACISTS (from “pharmacists”)
59. Bop on the bean : BRAIN
60. Bulb in a balloon? : IDEA
61. Boffo Moffo performances : ARIAS
62. “No more for me” : I’M SET
63. Cap’n’s mate : BO’S’N
64. Stroke in a parlor : MASSE
65. Boxing family : BAERS

Down

1. Start of an oath : I SWEAR
2. Attack from above : STRAFE
3. __ Nevada: brewery : SIERRA
4. Clear, as a drain : UNCLOG
5. Reaction to a mouse : EEK!
6. Anticipate : AWAIT
7. “A Walk in the Woods” actor : NOLTE
8. Rowdy rug rats : IMPS
9. “I couldn’t care less” : MEH
10. Facilitate : ENABLE
11. Early Apple audio player : IPOD MINI
12. Made at home : DOMESTIC
13. Mineral source : ORE
14. __-Caps: candy : SNO
20. Coastal inlet : RIA
22. Tendon : SINEW
25. Occurs to, with “on” : DAWNS
26. Early antibiotic : SULFA
27. Fictional flesh-eaters : ORCS
28. TV’s “Science Guy” : NYE
30. Sly chuckles : HEHS
33. Buenos __ : AIRES
34. Crock-Pot dish : STEW
35. First-year law students : ONE LS
36. Nutter Butter Cereal maker : POST
37. Starts without a key : HOT-WIRES
38. True-blue teamster, say : UNION MAN
39. Dumpty-shaped : OVOID
40. English R&B singer Ella __ : MAI
43. Overhead stadium equipment : SKYCAM
45. Greg’s sitcom wife : DHARMA
46. To be safe : IN CASE
47. More spooky : EERIER
48. Angioplasty implants : STENTS
50. Nutritional no. : RDA
51. Greek breads : PITAS
52. “Steppenwolf” author : HESSE
54. Greek letters : PSIS
56. Little lie : FIB
57. It may be about nothing : ADO
58. 401(k) relative, briefly : IRA
59. Food collector, at times : BIB

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