December 29 2019 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Actor Omar with three NAACP Image Awards : EPPS
5. 007’s watch, in the later films : OMEGA
10. Sent to, too : CC’ED
14. Independent African country since 1960 : MALI
15. Santa-tracking acronym : NORAD
16. Jennifer of “Pride and Prejudice” (1995) : EHLE
17. Line erasers? : PLASTIC SURGEONS
20. It carries a charge : ION
21. Stable attendant : HOSTLER
22. Half an ouchie? : BOO
23. Despicable : ROTTEN
25. Genre with ad images : POP ART
27. Stores with a blue-and-yellow logo : IKEAS
28. NYC subway line : IRT
31. “The Divine Comedy” division : CANTO
32. Necklines? : CAROTID ARTERIES
35. Tablet since 2013 : IPAD AIR
36. Title line after “Gray skies are gonna clear up” : PUT ON A HAPPY FACE
44. Actress Aimée : ANOUK
45. Sites with masked workers, briefly : ORS
46. Timeworn : BANAL
47. Delivered a screed : RANTED
49. “Man is condemned to be free” philosopher : SARTRE
50. Thou follower, often : … ART
51. Butler’s classic line : YOU RANG?
55. Its first letter often means “more than one” : HOV
56. Echoic phrase from a WWI marching song : SMILE, SMILE, SMILE
59. Smallville name : KENT
60. Gay opening? : ENOLA …
61. Chrysler Building architect William Van __ : ALEN
62. Pointed at, perhaps : ID’ED
63. “That’s unfortunate” : SO SAD
64. Ford contemporary : OLDS

Down

1. Based on observation : EMPIRIC
2. Two-bit boxer : PALOOKA
3. One with a rooting interest : PLANTER
4. Short sibling? : SIS
5. Kitchen bulb : ONION
6. Soft shoes : MOCS
7. “… which __ was irksome to me”: Shakespeare : ERST
8. Three-part region, per Caesar : GAUL
9. Media industry worker : AD REP
10. Left of center? : CEE
11. Greek-style yogurt brand : CHOBANI
12. America, in Acapulco : EL NORTE
13. Autos advertised on “You Bet Your Life” : DESOTOS
18. It’s a dirty look : THE STINK EYE
19. Holders of staples : GROCERY BAGS
24. Confucian path : TAO
26. Expected : PAR
28. Site of an 11-Down yogurt plant, the world’s largest : IDAHO
29. “M*A*S*H” role : RADAR
30. Doesn’t allow out : TRAPS
33. Draft choice : IPA
34. Pointer or point : TIP
36. Hybrid jumping sport with a landing target : PARASKI
37. Lacking heat? : UNARMED
38. Survivor-take-all investment scheme : TONTINE
39. See 40-Down : … OUT
40. With 39-Down, unconventional : FAR …
41. End of a line in the sand, maybe : ANTHILL
42. Sang for an audience of one, sometimes : CAROLED
43. Gridiron numbers : ELEVENS
48. Dispensed amounts : DOSES
49. Winner of 82 PGA Tour tournaments : SNEAD
52. “Don’t think so” : UM, NO
53. Spanish waterways : RIOS
54. Italian recipe word : ALLA
57. Ford’s Crown Vic, originally : LTD
58. Foe of Chiang : MAO

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