December 5 2018 L.A. Times Daily - Crossword Clues and Answers

Complete List of Clues/Answers

 

Across

1. Insurance submission : CLAIM
6. Spars on the briny : MASTS
11. Spanish I verb : AMO
14. Vital body vessel : AORTA
15. Choristers who are usually women : ALTOS
16. Young bloke : LAD
17. Get increasingly steamed : DO A SLOW BURN
19. “Diary of a Wimpy __”: Jeff Kinney book series : KID
20. Home of the NHL’s Blues : STL
21. Scrape off : ABRADE
22. Radio hobbyists : HAMS
23. Rickie Fowler’s org. : PGA
24. One way to travel : RAIL
26. Provocative social media tactic : FLAME TROLLING
32. Old Italian bread? : LIRE
34. Jai __ : ALAI
35. Forearm-related : ULNAR
36. Wee hr. : ONE AM
38. Approves : OKS
39. Disciple’s query : IS IT I?
40. “Am not!” retort : ARE SO!
41. Spa treatment : PEEL
43. Bullet __: list highlight : ITEM
44. Battlefield order : FIRE WHEN READY!
47. __ Mode, designer voiced by Brad Bird in “Incredibles 2” : EDNA
48. Strive : VIE
49. Skinny : INFO
51. Sleeping bag closer : ZIPPER
55. Getting stuff done, initially : TCB
58. “Who, me?” : MOI?
59. Striking white stripe between a horse’s eyes : FACIAL BLAZE
61. From A to Z : ALL
62. Venue with skyboxes : ARENA
63. Expected : USUAL
64. Animation frame : CEL
65. Venomous snake : ADDER
66. Hindu spiritual writing : SUTRA

Down

1. Despicable dudes : CADS
2. Ransack : LOOT
3. Depleted sea : ARAL
4. “__ Quiet Uptown”: “Hamilton” song : IT’S
5. Spanish dessert wine : MALAGA
6. Bryn __ College : MAWR
7. Goya’s “Duchess of __” : ALBA
8. It may be ear-piercing : STUD
9. Bullfight figure : TORERO
10. ID gradually being omitted from Medicare cards : SSN
11. Water’s capability to neutralize acid : ALKALINITY
12. Injure badly : MAIM
13. Track ratios : ODDS
18. President who appointed two women to the Supreme Court : OBAMA
22. Sledding spot : HILLSIDE
23. “Yes, fine by me” : PLEASE DO
25. Pierre’s “his” : A LUI
26. Second cup at a diner, e.g. : FREE REFILL
27. Unite on the sly : ELOPE
28. Spoken for : TAKEN
29. Stairway element : RISER
30. Statistician Silver : NATE
31. Dire : GRIM
32. Bakery unit : LOAF
33. Cross inscription : INRI
37. Like harvested hay : MOWN
42. Video game stage : LEVEL
45. Black ice, e.g. : HAZARD
46. Boeing rival : AIRBUS
49. All-in-one Apple : IMAC
50. Florida State player, familiarly : ‘NOLE
52. Secured, as a win : ICED
53. Source of cones : PINE
54. Early late-night TV host : PAAR
55. Lacking slack : TAUT
56. Business magnate : CZAR
57. Olympics coach Karolyi : BELA
59. Tower authority: Abbr. : FAA
60. The SEC’s Tigers : LSU

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