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20 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Solutions
20 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Get ready, as for surgery : PREP
- 5 Dada lover? : MAMA
- 9 Breathe like a hot dog : PANT
- 13 Trevi Fountain city : ROME
- 14 “Yeah, right!” : AS IF!
- 15 Stomach woe : ULCER
- 16 “In memoriam” bio : OBIT
- 17 Shout : YELL
- 18 Caulking need : PUTTY
- 19 Dome-shaped frozen areas at the two ends of the Earth : POLAR ICE CAPS (RICE in the middle)
- 22 Distinctive manner of writing, say : STYLE
- 23 Sit-__: protests : INS
- 24 Bro’s sibling : SIS
- 27 One in charge of a depot : STATION AGENT (IONA in the middle)
- 32 Throw in : ADD
- 35 Zip, in soccer : NIL
- 36 Slow musical movement : LENTO
- 37 Cognac, crème de cacao and cream cocktail : BRANDY ALEXANDER (YALE in the middle)
- 42 Swahili’s language group : BANTU
- 43 1950s prez : IKE
- 44 On the __: sneakily : SLY
- 45 Over an extended period : IN THE LONG RUN (ELON in the middle)
- 50 Scratch (out), as a living : EKE
- 51 Smidgen : TAD
- 52 Harbor cities : PORTS
- 56 Junior high … and what each set of circles is? : MIDDLE SCHOOL
- 60 “__ Secretary”: Téa Leoni title role : MADAM
- 63 Ultra-modest skirt : MAXI
- 64 Microsoft browser : EDGE
- 65 Banishment : EXILE
- 66 Enthusiastic : AVID
- 67 Big jump : LEAP
- 68 Came’s opposite : WENT
- 69 Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald or Thurmond : NATE
- 70 Share on Facebook, say : POST
20 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Yorick’s skull in “Hamlet” and the dagger in “Macbeth,” e.g. : PROPS
- 2 Automaton : ROBOT
- 3 Poet Dickinson : EMILY
- 4 Rose features : PETALS
- 5 Polite request : MAY I?
- 6 “Just __ … ” : A SEC
- 7 1,760 yards : MILE
- 8 Merged union: Abbr. : AFL-CIO
- 9 In addition to : PLUS
- 10 Assume a role : ACT
- 11 Bottom line : NET
- 12 Give it a go : TRY
- 15 Swedish university city : UPPSALA
- 20 Like a prof. emeritus : RET
- 21 Columnist Landers : ANN
- 24 Transmits : SENDS
- 25 Major chip maker : INTEL
- 26 Kid’s bedtime request : STORY
- 28 “… have you __ wool?” : ANY
- 29 Andalusian aunt : TIA
- 30 Messin’ around, in rap slang : ILLIN’
- 31 With 41-Down, boomer’s kid : GEN-
- 32 “Steal This Book” author Hoffman : ABBIE
- 33 Had a beer, say : DRANK
- 34 “Divine Comedy” poet : DANTE
- 38 Utmost degree : NTH
- 39 Eventually and aptly, after “in” : … DUE TIME
- 40 Heart test: Abbr. : EKG
- 41 See 31-Down : -XER
- 46 Young fellow : LAD
- 47 Extra guy who’s “out” : ODD MAN
- 48 Scanned bars: Abbr. : UPC
- 49 Of little value : NO HELP
- 53 Wyoming’s state sport : RODEO
- 54 Roman wraps : TOGAS
- 55 Took a nap : SLEPT
- 56 Brewer’s need : MALT
- 57 Etna output : LAVA
- 58 Leave the room : EXIT
- 59 One of a cube’s six : SIDE
- 60 Kitty’s sound : MEW
- 61 Lumberjack tool : AXE
- 62 Terrible racket : DIN
