Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 5th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 The Phillie Phanatic and Bernie Brewer : MASCOTS
8 Like some goods : DAMAGED
15 Minimal : LEAST
20 How big dogs may travel : IN CARGO
21 Berry, for one : ACTRESS
22 Not warranted : UNDUE
23 Commander of primitive fish? : STURGEON GENERAL
25 Goes (through) carefully : COMBS
26 Ginseng and rooibos : HERBAL TEAS
27 Early hrs. : AMS
28 Muslim judge : HAKIM
29 NFL commentator Michael : IRVIN
30 Leave out : OMIT
32 Longings : DESIRES
34 Open-__ shoes : TOED
35 Festival for dugong relatives? : MANATEE FAIR
40 Rage : IRE
41 Disney’s “__ and the Detectives” : EMIL
43 Tons : SLEWS
44 Burn lightly : SINGE
46 Went for the worm : BIT
49 Tiny crustacean herald? : KRILL THE MESSENGER
54 Lose it : ERUPT
56 Blood system letters : ABO
57 Informal clothes : CASUALS
58 Former Yugoslav leader : TITO
59 Key next to D : C-SHARP
62 Unsurpassed : ALL-TIME
66 Italian wine region : ASTI
67 Help for little fish? : HERRING AIDS
71 Words with a hand up, maybe : I CAN
72 Magician who is a two-time “America’s Got Talent” winner : SHIN LIM
74 Natural light refractor : CORNEA
75 Eco-friendly certification letters : LEED
76 Most stylish : TONIEST
80 Pirate’s cry : YAR
81 Jumping, as a joint : ALIVE
82 Reason to go to a seafood restaurant? : JUST FOR THE HALIBUT
88 Danson of TV : TED
89 Disney’s vision of tomorrow : EPCOT
90 Make up (for) : ATONE
91 Pre-storm state : CALM
93 Warrior prefix : ECO-
94 Crustacean seller? : PRAWN BROKER
98 “Terrible” czar : IVAN
102 Status car : PORSCHE
105 Contrary to popular belief, throwing it won’t endanger birds : RICE
106 Architect Jones : INIGO
107 Dispensed, with “out” : METED
108 Bout decision : TKO
111 Amazing : PHENOMENAL
114 Actor Quinn : AIDAN
115 Marine mammal in the air? : A HIGHER PORPOISE
117 Silly joke response, perhaps : SNORT
118 Symbol of love : RED ROSE
119 Without value : USELESS
120 Baden-Powell who co-founded the Girl Guide movement : AGNES
121 Marginal moves : INDENTS
122 2002 Soderbergh sci-fi film : SOLARIS
DOWN
1 Tennis error : MISHIT
2 Opposite of retro- : ANTERO-
3 Reduced-speed road sign symbol : S-CURVE
4 Union __, Dow Chemical subdivision : CARBIDE
5 Skin, e.g. : ORGAN
6 Shampoo brand : T/GEL
7 What sweeps sweep : SOOT
8 Discoverer of the first ocean route to India : DA GAMA
9 Nails the final : ACES IT
10 High pt. : MTN
11 Neighborhood : AREA
12 Origin : GERM
13 Those, to José : ESAS
14 Connection letters : DSL
15 Vader creator : LUCAS
16 Sukiyaki ingredient : ENOKI
17 Looking up to : ADMIRING
18 Sink : SUBMERGE
19 QBs’ targets : TES
24 “And the people bowed and prayed / To the __ god they made”: Paul Simon, “The Sound of Silence” : NEON
28 Nautical pronoun : HER
31 New Age musician John : TESH
32 Talk out of, with “from” : DISSUADE
33 One reading signs : SEER
35 Peace, in Russian : MIR
36 Boxer Laila : ALI
37 Power source: Abbr. : ELEC
38 Disaster response gp. : FEMA
39 Stupefies : AWES
42 NYSE, e.g. : MKT
44 React to falling prices, perhaps : SELL
45 Gradually impart : INSTILL
46 Almost-ready products : BETAS
47 Word with whiskey or wolfhound : IRISH
48 Solo’s opposite, in music : TUTTI
50 Comic actor Bert : LAHR
51 Angle iron : L-BAR
52 Amos at the piano : TORI
53 Chips partner : SALSA
55 Indicate : POINT TO
59 Twill fabric : CHINO
60 Degree of uncommonness, in some games : SEMI-RARE
61 Pittsburgh’s __ Park : PNC
63 Suggestion for a sprain : ICE IT
64 Author Binchy : MAEVE
65 Stopped : ENDED
68 Many a Prado painting : GOYA
69 Name near Uzbekistan, on maps : ARAL
70 Crucifix letters : INRI
73 It’s often an attic : LOFT
77 Jazzy James : ETTA
78 Demonstrate : SHOW
79 Besides Mo., the only state that borders eight others : TENN
81 NHL Flames’ home : ATL
82 Off-road vehicle : JEEP
83 Yet to happen : UPCOMING
84 Got a goal against : SCORED ON
85 Lang. of about 200,000 Americans : HEBR
86 Letters in old dates : BCE
87 Old Mideast org. : UAR
92 Seat of New York’s Nassau County : MINEOLA
94 Prof.’s degree : PHD
95 Most developed : RIPEST
96 Earth tones : OCHRES
97 Hang on to : KEEP
99 More jungly : VINIER
100 1999 ATP Player of the Year : AGASSI
101 To boot : NO LESS
103 Look parents caution children about : STARE
104 __ on the dollar : CENTS
106 Urge forward : IMPEL
108 “If so … ” : THEN
109 17th-century privateer : KIDD
110 Folklore fiend : OGRE
112 Toi et moi : NOUS
113 Roughly : OR SO
114 Simile words : AS A
115 NFC West team : ARI
116 Term of endearment : HON
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