December 24 2018 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Pumpkin-growing place : PATCH
6. Bitter : ACRID
11. Heat in the microwave : ZAP
14. How a timely stage entrance is made : ON CUE
15. Letter after eta : THETA
16. “Strange Magic” band : ELO
17. Pieman meeter of rhyme : SIMPLE SIMON (giving “simple sugar”)
19. Jack of “Barney Miller” : SOO
20. Persian Gulf ship : OILER
21. Croc’s cousin : GATOR
23. Bovine baby : CALF
26. Toronto NHL team : MAPLE LEAFS (giving “maple sugar”)
29. Upper crust groups : ELITES
31. Corp. kingpin : EXEC
32. Baseball’s Doubleday : ABNER
33. Pad __: Asian noodles dish : THAI
35. Bank acct. addition : DEP
38. Artificial sweetener … and what the end of 17-, 26-, 48- and 58-Across is, literally : SUGAR SUBSTITUTE
42. Moody music genre : EMO
43. Scheme : PLOT
44. Capital of Morocco : RABAT
45. Motown music genre : SOUL
47. Highly adorned : ORNATE
48. Iconic hat-shaped L.A. restaurant : BROWN DERBY (giving “brown sugar”)
53. Hershey’s nibble : KISS
54. Goldbricks : LOAFS
55. “Fame” singer Cara : IRENE
57. Six-pack muscles : ABS
58. George Washington hairpiece : POWDERED WIG (giving “powdered sugar”)
64. Tiny source of teen angst : ZIT
65. __ Lauder : ESTEE
66. Debonair : SUAVE
67. USN rank : ENS
68. Light beer brand : COORS
69. Binge : SPREE

Down

1. Stamp sellers: Abbr. : POS
2. Singer DiFranco : ANI
3. Film buffs’ channel : TCM
4. Brit’s hot “spot” : CUP OF TEA
5. Prefix with port : HELI-
6. Totally lost : AT SEA
7. Nest tweet : CHIRP
8. Sleep stage : REM
9. Simpson trial judge Lance __ : ITO
10. Hang down : DANGLE
11. Keebler cracker : ZESTA
12. Socially chilly : ALOOF
13. Standard & __ : POORS
18. Shade trees : ELMS
22. Former nuclear agcy. : AEC
23. Stop : CEASE
24. LP record : ALBUM
25. Jargon : LINGO
27. Fewest : LEAST
28. Way off the highway : EXIT
30. Miscalculate : ERR
33. Bridal gown netting : TULLE
34. “The Deuce” network : HBO
35. Persian Gulf emirate : DUBAI
36. French states : ETATS
37. “For __ sake!” : PETE’S
39. Tater : SPUD
40. Like damaged mdse. on sale : IRR
41. Really drunk : TANKED UP
45. Personal ad woman: Abbr. : SWF
46. Unsolicited, as a manuscript : ON SPEC
47. __ and terminer: criminal court : OYER
48. Burn brightly : BLAZE
49. Batman’s sidekick : ROBIN
50. Brewers’ kilns : OASTS
51. Successful hitchhiker : RIDER
52. Saints quarterback Drew : BREES
56. Storied loch : NESS
59. Baja bear : OSO
60. Intl. commerce group : WTO
61. Basic card game : WAR
62. “__ been thinking … ” : I’VE
63. “Golly!” : GEE!

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