Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 6th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Nicaraguan president Daniel : ORTEGA
7 Elaborate dos : COIFS
12 Complicated situations : MESSES
18 Brit’s editorial : LEADER
19 Formally disciplined : WROTE UP
21 Clothing : ATTIRE
22 Disney dog serving in Congress? : LADY OF THE HOUSE
24 Nova __ : SCOTIA
25 “Ah, me!” : ALAS
26 Spring zodiac sign : ARIES
27 Mil. decorations : DSCS
29 Put up : ERECT
30 Dorm, briefly : RES
31 Part of FNMA? : MAE
32 Assumed the role of : ACTED AS
34 Dale’s brother, away from their home turf? : CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK
42 Name near the top of a “Citizen Kane” movie poster : ORSON
43 Bed-and-breakfast, maybe : INN
44 Lord’s Prayer start : OUR
45 “If all __ fails … ” : ELSE
49 One of Snow White’s pals acting shellfish-ly? : HAPPY AS A CLAM
54 Surveillance tactic : STAKEOUT
56 Photo __ : OPS
57 City near Provo : OREM
58 Arch type : OGEE
60 O, The __ Magazine : OPRAH
61 Fernando’s fire : FUEGO
62 URL intro : HTTP
64 Suffice : SERVE
65 Trendy berry : ACAI
68 Franchises owned by Donald’s girlfriend? : DAISY CHAINS
73 Line holder : REEL
74 Gets thinner : BALDS
76 Big name in pet food : IAMS
77 Sweatshirt options : HOODS
79 Bear : ABIDE
80 Egyptian Christian : COPT
82 Sign of cooking : ODOR
83 Well put : APT
86 Games category : TABLETOP
88 Kitchen cooker belonging to 22-Across’ beau? : TRAMP STEAMER
93 “Night” author Wiesel : ELIE
94 Baseball card stat. : RBI
95 Trick taker, often : ACE
96 “Rolling in the Deep” singer : ADELE
97 Plans made by Bambi’s skunk buddy? : FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
104 Subject of 2001’s “Blow” : COCAINE
107 “Bravo!” : OLE
108 Tide competitor : ERA
109 Battery part : ANODE
110 Chowder order : BOWL
112 Informal byes : CIAOS
114 Heave-ho : BOOT
118 Enigma : RIDDLE
120 Hoggett’s pig strolling on a forest path? : BABE IN THE WOODS
123 Feral feline : OCELOT
124 Developing : IN UTERO
125 Perfect spot : UTOPIA
126 Moistens overnight, maybe : BEDEWS
127 Backgammon piece : STONE
128 Quarterback, at times : PASSER
DOWN
1 Cantina cooker : OLLA
2 Authentic : REAL
3 “Et voilà!” : TA-DA
4 Big name in ice cream : EDY’S
5 Old Metro maker : GEO
6 Sounds from a kennel : ARF ARF
7 Manitoba tribe : CREE
8 Fireworks reactions : OOHS
9 “Who am __ judge?” : I TO
10 Like some laws or lords : FEUDAL
11 Figured (out) : SUSSED
12 More, in Madrid : MAS
13 “And so on and so forth,” for short : ETC ETC
14 Shop owners : STOREKEEPERS
15 Located : SITED
16 “Fear of Flying” author Jong : ERICA
17 Capacity count : SEATS
19 Bridge ancestor : WHIST
20 Ab neighbor : PEC
23 Not kosher : TREF
28 Manual gesture of respect : SALUTE
31 “__ Lisa” : MONA
33 “Cooking From the Hip” chef Cat __ : CORA
34 Silver salmon : COHO
35 ’60s civil rights activist __ Brown : H RAP
36 Yahoo and MSN : ISPS
37 Suddenly appear, with “up” : POP
38 “This round’s __” : ON YOU
39 Minute Maid brand : HI-C
40 Blowup: Abbr. : ENL
41 Audio giant : BOSE
46 “Casablanca” actor Peter : LORRE
47 Urbane : SUAVE
48 Singing Merman : ETHEL
50 Cézanne’s “Boy in __ Vest” : A RED
51 Dreamcast maker : SEGA
52 Mine, in Metz : A MOI
53 Closet pests : MOTHS
55 Ali’s 37 : KOS
59 3.0, e.g.: Abbr. : GPA
61 Nonsense : FIDDLE-FADDLE
62 Marriott rival : HYATT
63 Channel showing many old MGM and RKO films : TCM
65 Let up : ABATE
66 Plotting ring : CABAL
67 One can help you get off : ALIBI
69 Bit of a draft : SIP
70 Its four-word name was reduced to four letters in 1973 : IHOP
71 Okays : NODS
72 Sweep’s target : SOOT
75 “Comprende?” : SEE
78 King’s iconic vision : DREAM
80 All-natural flytrap : COBWEB
81 Five-year-old Ron Howard first played him in 1960 : OPIE
83 “Absolutely!” : AMEN
84 Bombard : PELT
85 Chic modifier : TRES
87 1982 Disney sci-fi film : TRON
89 Red inside : RARE
90 Unlike this ans. : ACR
91 __ culpa : MEA
92 Citrus drink suffix : -ADE
98 Hide : LIE LOW
99 Mountain ash trees : ROWANS
100 Nearly entirely : ALL BUT
101 “Cool!” : NEATO!
102 David who played Rhoda’s husband Joe : GROH
103 Relax : EASE UP
104 Chocolate substitute : CAROB
105 Chilled : ON ICE
106 In need of deciphering : CODED
111 Kimono sash : OBI
112 Diez squared : CIEN
113 About, on a memo : IN RE
114 Barrage from bleacher “birds” : BOOS
115 “Uh-oh!” : OOPS!
116 Yellow comics dog : ODIE
117 Bygone despot : TSAR
119 UFO crew : ETS
121 DDE’s WWII domain : ETO
122 Org. for the Williams sisters : WTA
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