Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 12th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Guitarist Paul : LES
4 Flamboyant Dame : EDNA
8 Play with a receiver : PASS
12 Chance to roll the dice, say : TURN
16 In the archives : ON FILE
19 Wishes undone : RUES
20 Specialty : AREA
21 Customizable cookie : OREO
22 Ship’s accountant : PURSER
23 Like members of Gamblers Anonymous? : AGAINST ALL ODDS
26 Tiny racer : SLOT CAR
28 Resort town NNE of Santa Fe : TAOS
29 Chopin wrote a “Revolutionary” one : ETUDE
30 Assembled : MET
31 Put-__: masquerades : ONS
34 Former British automaker : RELIANT
38 Autumn flower : ASTER
40 Like a popular crusader : CAPED
43 King Cole and others : OLD SOULS
47 Federal biomedical agcy. : NIH
48 Like a church deacon? : ABOVE THE FOLD
52 Draft status : ONE-A
53 What a shortage suggests : NEED
55 “This is the truth” : I CAN’T LIE
56 Hang out in the sun : LET DRY
58 “Splendor in the Grass” screenwriter : INGE
59 First name in Israeli statehood : GOLDA
60 Plagued : GNAWED
63 Sister of the moon goddess Selene : EOS
64 Listening aid : EARBUD
66 Wafer brand : NECCO
67 “The Far Side” cartoonist Larson : GARY
69 Like a balloon company with a depleted helium supply? : OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT
75 Subdue, as a color : MUTE
76 Sailor’s “Stop!” : AVAST
77 Utah national park : ARCHES
80 Beach tone : TAN
81 Cheap hooch : ROTGUT
83 Muff : BOTCH
87 Rope material : HEMP
88 Cello-supporting rod : ENDPIN
90 Support for a big top : TENT POLE
92 Boo-boo : OWIE
93 Aspersion : SLUR
94 Like one shopping for disposable phones? : AFTER BURNERS
98 List-ending abbr. : ETC
99 Saturn moon named for a Titan : HYPERION
101 Yoga posture : ASANA
102 Get a load of : AMASS
104 American League East city : TORONTO
107 Farm clucker : HEN
108 Back muscle, briefly : LAT
109 Three-time Tony winner Rivera : CHITA
112 Sitar music : RAGA
115 Classic jazz nickname : SATCHMO
119 Like supporters of a Seattle daily? : BEHIND THE TIMES
125 One-dimensional : LINEAR
126 Seven-time Wimbledon winner : GRAF
127 “Relax, I’ll take care of it!” : OK OK
128 European luxury wheels : BMWS
129 Eye : PEER AT
130 Soul mate? : BODY
131 Gear teeth : COGS
132 Dutch word meaning “farmer” : BOER
133 Bank deposit, perhaps : ORE
DOWN
1 Directory name : LISTEE
2 Sister of Orestes : ELECTRA
3 Flu fighters : SERA
4 Horse-and-buggy, e.g. : ERA
5 Enjoyed, in slang : DUG
6 Bar order : NEAT
7 Actor __ Kate Dillon of “Billions” : ASIA
8 So last year : PASSE
9 Museum focus : ART
10 Raft, or where you might see one : SEA
11 Actor Mineo : SAL
12 Toddler’s train sound : TOOT TOOT
13 Pakistani tongue : URDU
14 Comedian Foxx : REDD
15 Wine quality : NOSE
16 Special or black follower : OPS
17 Nada, to Noël : NUL
18 Like sausage’s main ingredients? : FROM THE GROUND UP
24 Easter opening? : NOR-
25 Camera option : LENS
27 Ornate 18th-century style : ROCOCO
32 Kind of architect : NAVAL
33 Opposite of save : SPEND
35 WC : LOO
36 Poorly : ILL
37 Throw into confusion : ADDLE
38 “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” soloist : ANNIE
39 Tuscany city : SIENA
41 Blues singer James : ETTA
42 FedEx rival : DHL
44 Like one caught in a storm? : UNDER THE WEATHER
45 Brown in a Croce song : LEROY
46 Opines, for instance : SAYS
49 Beehive, e.g. : BIG DO
50 Peak in an Eastwood movie : EIGER
51 Fight with foils : FENCE
54 Coming-out : DEBUT
57 Lawn tool : EDGER
61 Commonly injured knee part, briefly : ACL
62 Trouble : WOE
65 Where embryos grow : UTERI
66 Annual coll. hoops competition : NIT
68 Dried chili pepper : ANCHO
70 Budgetary excess : FAT
71 Family-friendly rating : TV-G
72 __ cuisine : HAUTE
73 Dimethyl sulfate, e.g. : ESTER
74 “Politically Incorrect” host : MAHER
75 Virile : MANLY
78 Throws off : EMITS
79 Technical details : SPECS
80 New Age pianist John : TESH
82 Walking __ : ON AIR
83 Heat meas. : BTUS
84 Talk show host in the National Women’s Hall of Fame : OPRAH
85 Metric weight : TONNE
86 Bankrupts, with “out” : CLEANS
89 Spruce up : PRETTIFY
91 Magic org. : NBA
95 Rock’s __ Fighters : FOO
96 Old Opry network : TNN
97 More crude, language-wise : SALTIER
100 Stable color : ROAN
103 Rigg co-star on “The Avengers” : MACNEE
105 Long hikes : TREKS
106 Muesli morsel : OAT
109 Longtime NYC punk rock club : CBGB
110 Sub : HERO
111 “If __ a Hammer” : I HAD
113 The “Gee” in Bee Gees : GIBB
114 Water, in some pistols : AMMO
116 Purina rival : ALPO
117 Goat quote : MAA
118 Table scrap : ORT
120 Sleepy cohort? : DOC
121 Ref’s ruling : TKO
122 Slop slurper : HOG
123 Fleecy one : EWE
124 Ukr., once : SSR
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