Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 15th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pulitzer-winning Ferber novel SO BIG
6 PC key not used by itself CTRL
10 “Joy to the World,” e.g. CAROL
15 Costa del __ SOL
18 Mocedades song covered by Eydie Gormé as “Touch the Wind” ERES TU
20 Riskily off base AWOL
21 All-inclusive adjective EVERY
22 Peak pique IRE
23 *Landmark near Waikiki DIAMOND HEAD
25 Carafe size LITER
26 Opposite of trans CIS
27 Comes down with GETS
28 Printer supply TONER
29 *Down time on Wall Street? BEAR MARKET
31 67.5 deg. ENE
32 Junior SON
33 ’80s soap rebooted in 2017 DYNASTY
35 __ podrida: Spanish dish OLLA
36 “Sweeney Todd” tool STROP
38 Mary __ KAY
40 One-named Deco artist ERTE
41 Sick to the max ILLEST
43 What prospective borrowers compare RATES
45 Discipline with poses YOGA
46 2015 Best Actress Larson BRIE
47 *It’s larger than a littleneck CHERRYSTONE
50 *Where land and ocean meet SEABOARD
54 Cascades peak SHASTA
55 Bethesda medical agcy. NIH
56 Cut SEVER
57 Society page word NEE
58 Duck named for the long-feathered part of its anatomy PINTAIL
60 Stand-up quality? POSTURE
63 “Straight Up” singer ABDUL
65 Bad road condition? RAGE
66 *Cowhide accessory LEATHER BELT
69 One often has ticks LIST
70 “Consequently … ” AND SO …
72 Snuggled, in a way SPOONED
73 Broad Eurasian region SIBERIA
75 GATT successor WTO
76 Plain __: obvious TO SEE
78 Gist NUB
80 Recall targets LEMONS
81 *Negative-studier’s aid LIGHTBOX
83 *Kozy Shack dessert RICE PUDDING
86 MTV sci-fi show “__ Flux” AEON
87 Quick run DASH
88 Tough tests ORALS
89 1964 Nobel Prize decliner SARTRE
92 Tenth: Pref. DECI-
93 Narc’s org. DEA
94 Best way to leave the casino AHEAD
98 “A Death in the Family” writer AGEE
99 Land adjoining a mansion DEMESNE
101 “Miss Saigon” setting ‘NAM
103 TiVo predecessor VCR
104 *Fancy decoration particles GOLD POWDER
107 Come to pass OCCUR
109 Phony (up) HOKE
110 The “E” in BCE ERA
111 Alaskan native ALEUT
112 *Former Queens home of the US Open FOREST HILLS
114 Not of the cloth LAY
115 Victoria, to William IV… NIECE
116 Computer __ USER
117 Gets to the bottom of SOLVES
118 Cry of success YES
119 Unloaded? SOBER
120 Submerged threat REEF
121 Art of verse POESY
DOWN
1 Papyrus plants, e.g. SEDGES
2 Get situated ORIENT
3 Jalopy BEATER
4 Things to believe in ISMS
5 ’60s song car with “three deuces and a four-speed and a 389” GTO
6 “Call Me Irresponsible” lyricist CAHN
7 Outdoorsy, taste-wise TWEEDY
8 Detroit Lions’ mascot ROARY
9 Honorary degree for attys. LLD
10 Sugar Plum Fairy’s instrument CELESTA
11 Fly AVIATE
12 Take another shot RETRY
13 City on Utah Lake OREM
14 Vega’s constellation LYRA
15 Tool with a curved blade SICKLE
16 Protruding windows ORIELS
17 “The Vampire Chronicles” vampire LESTAT
19 Word that may precede itself UNTO
24 Shrek’s bestie DONKEY
29 River transport BARGE
30 Loggers’ contest ROLEO
32 Peloponnesian War victor SPARTA
34 Noble gas NEON
37 Electra’s brother ORESTES
39 PGA part: Abbr. ASSN
41 “Dies __” IRAE
42 Early fall baby’s sign LIBRA
44 Are losing TRAIL
45 Talk Like a Pirate Day refrain YO-HO-HO
46 Cuts at an angle BEVELS
47 Red wine CHIANTI
48 Sad sack HANGDOG
49 Walk quietly TIPTOE
50 Desertlike SERE
51 Hearth item sometimes called a firedog ANDIRON
52 Extending the life of REUSING
53 Mouth formations DELTAS
54 Urban planner’s concern SPRAWL
56 Pin in a ring, say SUBDUE
59 Textbook section LESSON
61 Six-yr.-term pol SEN
62 Ditch TRENCH
64 Complexion spoiler BLEMISH
67 High point APEX
68 Actress Swinton TILDA
71 Weasel relative OTTER
74 Madhouse BEDLAM
77 Shawm descendant OBOE
79 Fraternal gp. BPOE
82 Despised HATED
83 Indy entrant RACER
84 Egyptian fertility goddess ISIS
85 Voyager 2 destination URANUS
87 Harvest goddess DEMETER
89 How Yoda spoke SAGELY
90 Trading places? AGORAE
91 Track events RELAYS
92 Figure out DEDUCE
93 Formal order DECREE
95 Advance in the race? EVOLVE
96 “Supernatural” co-star Jensen __ ACKLES
97 Beyond “business casual” DRESSY
99 Dimwitted “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” dinosaur DWEEB
100 Rope loop NOOSE
102 Liberal __ ARTS
105 Chef’s collection PANS
106 Potpourri OLIO
108 Random House co-founder CERF
109 Hawaii County seat HILO
112 Pelt FUR
113 Kangaroo move HOP
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