Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 13th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Springlike : VERNAL
7 Word in France’s national motto : EGALITE
14 Scratched, say : MARRED
20 Skin care brand : AVEENO
21 Michelle’s successor : MELANIA
22 Alpine climbing tool : ICE AXE
23 Newspaper for jeans wearers? : CASUAL OBSERVER
25 Shake and bake, e.g. : RHYMES
26 Rodeo ropes : RIATAS
27 Essen article : DER
28 For example : SAY
29 “Leaves and Navels” artist : ARP
30 Philippine money : PESOS
33 General on a menu : TSO
34 “A Beautiful Mind” mathematician : NASH
36 At the discretion of : UP TO
37 Preceding periods : EVES
38 Apple platform : IOS
39 Newspaper for newlyweds? : HITCHING POST
43 Venetian Renaissance artist : TITIAN
45 Chinese currency : YUAN
47 Six-time NBA MVP, familiarly : KAREEM
48 Hi-tech medical image : CAT SCAN
50 Investor’s concern : RISK
52 Like a solid theory : TENABLE
56 U.S. maritime agcy. : ONI
57 Newspaper for attorneys? : TRYING TIMES
61 Not std. : IRREG
62 Div. that, in its first year of existence, produced a World Series champ : NL EAST
64 Best poker pair : ACES
65 Phnom Penh river : MEKONG
66 Saltimbocca spice : SAGE
68 Company whose spoofed horror film ad has the line, “Why can’t we just get in the running car?” : GEICO
71 Swimmer Ledecky : KATIE
73 Racer Ferrari : ENZO
74 Paperwork, often : HASSLE
76 Get exactly right : NAIL
78 Fake : ERSATZ
80 Island with Dutch as an official language : ARUBA
81 Newspaper for chefs? : GARLIC PRESS
84 Diminish : EBB
87 12th-century English king : HENRY II
89 Place to park it : SEAT
90 Fulfill : SATISFY
92 It starts in the 60s, by most reckonings : OLD AGE
95 Mine car : TRAM
97 Wee bit : LITTLE
98 Newspaper for traffic cops? : TWO-WAY MIRROR
102 2010 health law: Abbr. : ACA
104 Coal-rich valley : SAAR
105 Cut : HEWN
106 Sad : BLUE
107 Four-term prez : FDR
108 Auto repair bill component : PARTS
109 Seine summer : ETE
110 Prefix with cycle : TRI-
112 Deg. for drillers : DDS
114 Like an accomplice : IN ON IT
116 Make changes to : MODIFY
118 Newspaper for Schwinn owners? : BICYCLE COURIER
123 Insect-sized superhero : ANT-MAN
124 Puts away : STASHES
125 Poetic Bible book : PSALMS
126 __ skills : PEOPLE
127 Large chamber groups : SEPTETS
128 Americans in Paris, maybe : EX-PATS
DOWN
1 Short cleaner : VAC
2 “Casino Royale” (2006) actress Green : EVA
3 High-__ monitor : RES
4 Phobia, e.g. : NEUROSIS
5 Diarist first name with a diaeresis : ANAIS
6 Glaudini of early “Criminal Minds” episodes : LOLA
7 Consulate cousin : EMBASSY
8 Artwork base coat : GESSO
9 Bar order : ALE
10 Frying medium : LARD
11 Create : INVENT
12 Clothing store display aid : TIE RACK
13 Kernel holder : EAR
14 “Look!,” to Luis : MIRA!
15 Sore : ACHY
16 King of Spain : REY
17 NY/NJ’s __ Mountains : RAMAPO
18 Applies : EXERTS
19 Absolute ruler : DESPOT
24 Due times four : OTTO
28 Team in some pickup games : SHIRTS
30 San Diego’s __ Park : PETCO
31 Aquafina rival : EVIAN
32 Newspaper for hairstylists? : SETTING SUN
35 Doo-wop syllable : SHA
36 Short seller’s concern : UP MARKET
38 Steamed : IN A RAGE
39 Reagan’s first secretary of state : HAIG
40 Photo-sharing app, briefly : INSTA
41 Once called : NEE
42 1992 Robin Williams role : GENIE
44 Part of un opéra : ACTE
46 Keats’ “Sylvan historian” : URN
49 Where Coca-Cola is KO : NYSE
51 Complain : KICK
53 Newspaper for metalworkers? : BRONZE STAR
54 Emmy winner Kay : LENZ
55 Wafflers brand : EGGO
58 Singer Turner’s memoir : I, TINA
59 “Give __ minute … ” : ME A
60 Glyceride, for one : ESTER
63 Longtime “Band of Renown” leader : LES BROWN
65 “Ben-Hur” villain : MESSALA
66 Ousted Iranian : SHAH
67 Bern’s river : AARE
69 Caboose, for one : CAR
70 Artist’s medium : OILS
72 Angers : IRES
75 Clapton woman who’s “got me on my knees” : LAYLA
77 Deceive : LIE TO
79 Italian wine hub : ASTI
81 2000 A.L. MVP Jason : GIAMBI
82 Gideon Fell creator John Dickson __ : CARR
83 Bk. fair organizer : PTA
85 Key of Schumann’s “Spring Symphony” : B-FLAT
86 Joyce __, Winona Ryder’s “Stranger Things” role : BYERS
88 Mount __: Charley Weaver’s home : IDY
91 “Don’t go in there!” : IT’S A TRAP
93 Grissom on “CSI” : GIL
94 Scholarly : ERUDITE
96 “O, that way __ lies”: Lear : MADNESS
98 On __: famous : THE MAP
99 Sloppy kiss : WET ONE
100 Had because of : OWED TO
101 Baggage porter : REDCAP
103 Foam footwear : CROC
107 Sole order : FILET
108 Tenth of 12 popes : PIUS X
110 Nonstick kitchen brand : T-FAL
111 Ex-Cub Sandberg : RYNE
113 Part of DOS: Abbr. : SYST
115 “Nuh-uh” : NOPE
117 Little dickens : IMP
118 Undergrad degs. : BSS
119 Friend of Fidel : CHE
120 Dockworker’s gp. : ILA
121 CPR expert : EMT
122 Blog feed format letters : RSS
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