December 21 2018 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

LA Times Crossword 21 Dec 18, Friday

 

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1. Spite : VENOM
6. Don’t believe it : MYTH
10. Lying lion in “The Lion King” : SCAR
14. Colleague of Samuel and Sonia : ELENA
15. Yorkshire river : OUSE
16. In fine fettle : HALE
17. Cartoon drawing of Rip Van Winkle? : SLEEPER CEL (from “sleeper cell”)
19. Camera part : IRIS
20. Blackens : TARS
21. “We need to get a cat!” : EEK!
22. Set off : IGNITE
24. Decoration for a Tinseltown party gift? : HOLLYWOOD BOW (from “Hollywood Bowl”)
27. Seat for a shot : STOOL
30. Piedmont province : ASTI
31. Orchestral gong : TAM-TAM
33. Salem winter hrs. : PST
34. Hat-removing event : GUST
38. Be off base : ERR
39. Dismiss a disobedient film computer? : FIRE HAL (from “fire hall”)
42. Future fish : ROE
43. “Oliver Twist” type : WAIF
45. Farm mom : SOW
46. It may be held or bitten : TONGUE
48. “Insecure” Emmy nominee __ Rae : ISSA
50. Bad looks : LEERS
51. Dixie hospitality, e.g.? : SOUTHERN DRAW (from “Southern drawl”)
57. Dig : TUNNEL
58. Macabre monogram : EAP
59. Name of two of Henry VIII’s wives : ANNE
63. Massachusetts motto opener : ENSE …
64. Allowing use of, as a library does … or, in three parts, a hint to four puzzle answers : LENDING OUT (or, “L-ENDING OUT”)
67. First-rate : ACES
68. Angry : IRED
69. Busybody : YENTA
70. Two-time World Series champs : METS
71. Like falling off a log? : EASY
72. Boorish : CRASS

Down

1. Protective wear, often : VEST
2. Self-titled 1969 jazz album : ELLA
3. Poetic negative : NE’ER
4. Not to be repeated : ONE-SHOT
5. Blueprint : MAP
6. Culinary mushroom : MOREL
7. Foul : YUCKY
8. “Ash Wednesday” poet’s monogram : TSE
9. Device that generates solar power : HELIOSTAT
10. Bash : SHINDIG
11. West Indies native : CARIB
12. Colleague of Kagan and Kavanaugh : ALITO
13. Alter with thread : RESEW
18. Unagi, e.g. : EEL
23. Nabbed : GOT
25. Kiddie lit count : OLAF
26. Clean with soap : WASH
27. Brood : STEW
28. Twelve Oaks neighbor : TARA
29. Katz of “Dallas” : OMRI
32. Mother of J.R. and Bobby : MISS ELLIE
33. Row of seats : PEW
35. Advocate : URGE
36. Whiskey __ : SOUR
37. Cafepress.com offerings : TEES
40. Big laugh : ROAR
41. 1970 Kinks hit : LOLA
44. Gym goal : FITNESS
47. Hard-to-define spiritualist : NEW-AGER
49. Cow, for one : SHE
51. Cook, as clams : STEAM
52. Not a heavy weight : OUNCE
53. Up in the air : UNSET
54. Bogotá babies : NENES
55. Family nickname : DADDY
56. N.Y. engineering sch. : RPI
60. Actress Gaye of “Ali” : NONA
61. Bar freebies : NUTS
62. Itinerary info : ETAS
65. Victorian __ : ERA
66. 9/11 Memorial site: Abbr. : NYC

 

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