December 18 2018 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

L.A. Times Daily - Dec 18 2018

 

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1. Zsa Zsa’s older sister : MAGDA
6. NYC winter hours : EST
9. Italian city known for its cheese : PARMA
14. How French fries are fried : IN OIL
15. Sgt., e.g. : NCO
16. Knight’s horse : STEED
17. *Entrance protection from the elements : STORM DOOR (firestorm & fire door)
19. Moneyed group : HAVES
20. “You’re asking too much” : IT’S A LOT
21. Yankee or Oriole, for short : ALER
22. __-deucey : ACEY
24. *Monopoly utility : WATER WORKS (firewater & fireworks)
27. Metal fuel holder : GAS CAN
29. “Honestly!” : I SWEAR!
30. John at a piano : ELTON
31. Winter wear : COAT
34. Wall and 42nd, in NYC : STS
35. *Lotto America, since 1992 : POWERBALL (firepower & fireball)
39. Egyptian snake : ASP
42. They’re drawn in pubs : ALES
43. Western law group : POSSE
47. Shallow sea areas : SHOALS
50. Trouser measure : INSEAM
51. *Home security system : HOUSE ALARM (firehouse & fire alarm)
55. Furry “Star Wars” creature : EWOK
56. Chicago daily, familiarly : TRIB
57. Pigged out : OVERATE
59. Pierce, as an hors d’oeuvre : SPEAR
60. Warm, cozy places … and a hint to what can precede both parts of the answers to starred clues : FIRESIDES
63. Slowly, in music : LARGO
64. Fla. neighbor : ALA
65. Love, Italian-style : AMORE
66. Director Welles : ORSON
67. Light brown : TAN
68. Cylindrical pasta with pointed ends : PENNE

Down

1. Prefix with print : MIS-
2. Hill crawler : ANT
3. Most sticky, as a sweet treat : GOOIEST
4. Corrupt policeman : DIRTY COP
5. Donation to the poor : ALMS
6. WWII bomber __ Gay : ENOLA
7. Dart : SCOOT
8. Rich cake : TORTE
9. Disbelieving cries : PSHAWS
10. Having bottomed out, as prices : AT A LOW
11. Worships : REVERES
12. Kalahari mongoose : MEERKAT
13. Much of the Sunday paper : ADS
18. Rooster’s wake-up time : DAWN
22. Have more birthdays : AGE
23. Berkeley sch. : CAL
25. Actress Hayworth : RITA
26. H.S. grads-to-be : SRS
28. Year, in Yucatán : ANO
31. Disney collectible : CEL
32. Iron source : ORE
33. Tummy muscles : ABS
36. Ice Cube’s “It __ Good Day” : WAS A
37. Hosp. staffer : LPN
38. Get stuck in traffic, say : LOSE TIME
39. Campfire residue : ASH
40. Had a good day on the links : SHOT PAR
41. Sommeliers, often : POURERS
44. Attached by thread : SEWED ON
45. __ Paulo : SAO
46. Longtime Mass. senator’s monogram : EMK
48. Italian cheese : ASIAGO
49. James of the Lakers : LEBRON
50. ’50s Hungarian premier Nagy : IMRE
52. Diet-friendly : LO-FAT
53. Hometown of St. Teresa : AVILA
54. Showed once more : RERAN
58. On the double, in memos : ASAP
59. __-mo : SLO
61. Suffix with west : -ERN
62. Set eyes on : SEE

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