Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 22nd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Jobs for plumbers : LEAKS
6 Protein-rich vegan fare : TOFU
10 “Warts and all” wart : FLAW
14 Written so as to discourage erasure : IN PEN
15 Library ID : ISBN
16 Witness’ promise : OATH
17 “Quiet!” : ZIP YOUR LIP
19 Pre-performance pitch-setting wind : OBOE
20 Bible man made from earth : ADAM
21 “The Matrix” hero : NEO
22 Chipmunk, e.g. : RODENT
24 State-sponsored gambling game : LOTTO
26 Play-calling gatherings : HUDDLES
27 Sinful financial craving : LOVE OF MONEY
29 Ballpark hooter : BOOER
30 Iron mine output : ORE
31 Bacon go-with : EGGS
35 Form W-2 org. : IRS
36 English national anthem originally in French : O CANADA
40 Half of dos : UNO
41 Belle’s counterpart : BEAU
43 Fútbol cheer : OLE!
44 Clarifying words : I MEAN
46 Exercise involving a push-up position : SQUAT THRUST
50 Bigwigs : TOP GUNS
53 “It __ stopped me yet!” : HASN’T
54 Past the pain of a breakup, say : OVER IT
55 Have something : AIL
56 Stop-motion medium : CLAY
59 Humans-on-the-moon org. : NASA
60 “Just a scratch, really” … and a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 36- and 46-Across : IT’S NOTHING
63 Wrinkle remover : IRON
64 Hammer target : NAIL
65 Simple question type : YES/NO
66 Skin concern : CYST
67 Like a cloudy day : GRAY
68 Pencil maze word : ENTER
DOWN
1 Minnelli of “Cabaret” : LIZA
2 Katelyn Nacon’s role on “The Walking Dead” : ENID
3 Horse with a spotted coat : APPALOOSA
4 Decision that clinches the victory : KEY MOVE
5 __-Caps: candy : SNO
6 Lose interest in : TIRE OF
7 Scandinavian capital : OSLO
8 “The Blacklist” agcy. : FBI
9 Not cut back, as branches : UNPRUNED
10 Edible coloring : FOOD DYE
11 Nutrition info spot : LABEL
12 Make restitution : ATONE
13 Arouses : WHETS
18 “Do __ others … ” : UNTO
23 Emotional poem : ODE
25 Choreographer Saarinen : TERO
26 “Hava Nagila” dance : HORA
27 Passed-on stories : LORE
28 Painter Claude : MONET
29 Highchair wear : BIB
32 Party attendees lineup : GUEST LIST
33 Irksome insect : GNAT
34 Luke, to Anakin : SON
37 Relying (on) : COUNTING
38 Hooray antonym : ALAS
39 Goes public with : AIRS
42 R.E. Lee foe : US GRANT
45 Third-largest German city, to Germans : MUNCHEN
47 Who, in Quebec : QUI
48 How carpaccio is sliced : THINLY
49 Angelic aura : HALO
50 Vodka mixer : TONIC
51 Seed-bearing organ : OVARY
52 Cuban coins : PESOS
55 Where Israel is : ASIA
57 Diarist Frank : ANNE
58 “Son of Frankenstein” role : YGOR
61 Sailor : TAR
62 Nautical rope : TYE
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