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24 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Solutions
24 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Tbsp., for example : AMT
- 4 Touchy monarch? : MIDAS
- 9 “United States of Al” network : CBS
- 12 “Very droll” : HA HA
- 14 Representation : IMAGE
- 15 Edible seed : CHIA
- 16 Port near the Red Sea : ADEN
- 17 To date : AS YET
- 18 Wild party : ORGY
- 19 Near-EGOT winner Midler (she’s missing the O) : BETTE
- 21 Org. with admirals : USN
- 22 Reviews briefly : SKIMS
- 23 Gets gasps from : AWES
- 24 Bit of rebar : ROD
- 25 Philippine currency : PESO
- 26 Word often contracted : ARE
- 27 Text lead-in : PREFACE
- 30 “Oversharing!” : TMI!
- 32 Home of the Green Wave : TULANE
- 34 Shrewdness : ACUMEN
- 36 Inventing middle name : ALVA
- 37 Short two-pointer : TIP-IN
- 41 “Critique of Judgment” author : KANT
- 42 Animals drawn in the Lascaux caves : DEER
- 43 Opposite of après : AVANT
- 44 Madrid pronoun : ESTO
- 45 Like email notifications : PAPERLESS
- 48 33-Down members: Abbr. : SRS
- 51 Update follower, perhaps : RESTART
- 52 “‘And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!’”: “The Merchant of Venice” : OPE
- 55 Old TWA competitor : PAN AM
- 57 Coastal raptor : ERN
- 58 Shady place : ARBOR
- 60 Signs : OMENS
- 61 __ al-Fitr: end-of-Ramadan feast : EID
- 62 Greek letter : THETA
- 63 Apple product : IPAD
- 64 “Therefore … ” : AND SO …
- 66 Natural resources : ORES
- 67 “Star Wars” role : LUKE
- 68 Star in Orion : RIGEL
- 69 “That’s that!” : DONE!
- 70 1974 CIA spoof : S*P*Y*S
- 71 Word with home or bed : -STEAD
- 72 Tiny crawlers : ANTS
24 Dec 21, LA Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Obsessed mariner : AHAB
- 2 Added to the official playbook : MADE A RULE
- 3 Start of a seasonal title : THE TWELVE …
- 4 Fla. NBA team, on scoreboards : MIA
- 5 “Not a doubt in my mind” : I’M SURE
- 6 Title, part 2 : … DAYS OF …
- 7 Chair’s prep job : AGENDA
- 8 Wimbledon division : SET
- 9 End of the title : … CHRISTMAS
- 10 Drumroll follower : BIG MOMENT
- 11 Comments : SAYS
- 13 Part of a pot : ANTE
- 15 Smelting fuel : COKE
- 20 “Around the Horn” airer : ESPN
- 22 It’s risky to work on it : SPEC
- 26 Slightly : A TAD
- 28 Fix a messy package, say : RETAPE
- 29 Certain rider’s pace : CANTER
- 31 Grooving on : INTO
- 33 Organization for 48-Across : AARP
- 35 Short strings? : UKES
- 38 Comment about a familiar film : I’VE SEEN IT
- 39 With the contents of this grid’s circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down : PARTRIDGE (in a PEAR TREE)
- 40 Salton, for one : INLAND SEA
- 46 __ control : ARMS
- 47 RBI, e.g. : STAT
- 48 Booty : SPOILS
- 49 Increase : RAMP UP
- 50 Not at all up-front : SNEAKY
- 52 Puck handler? : OBERON
- 53 Strong : POTENT
- 54 Gets rid of : ERASES
- 56 Long range : ANDES
- 59 Mary’s upstairs neighbor : RHODA
- 64 MGM motto word : ARS
- 65 Stale : OLD
