Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday December 1st 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Welcome gifts at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel : LEIS
5 Deputy : AIDE
9 Some parents : MOMS
13 Mount near Taormina : ETNA
14 Passing remark? : I’M OUT
15 Nike rival : AVIA
16 *LOL OMG : THE DIVINE COMEDY
19 __ year : GAP
20 Actress Collette : TONI
21 Fatal flaw of some Greek heroes : HUBRIS
22 *CU soon : ON THE ROAD
25 Fuel for some grills : GAS
26 Youngest March sister : AMY
27 Some barbecue remains : ASH
29 Young chap : LAD
32 Tesfaye whose stage name is the Weeknd : ABEL
35 Bandleader’s cue : HIT IT
37 Old-fashioned before : ERE
38 Classic demonstration, and a way to describe the relationship between each starred clue and its answer : TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE
42 Indifferent review : MEH
43 Queues : LINES
44 Fission target : ATOM
45 Hindu title : SRI
46 Well-worn : OLD
47 Place for a paraffin body wrap : SPA
49 __ choy : BOK
51 *SRY : ATONEMENT
57 Tiny slice : SLIVER
60 Can of worms, maybe : BAIT
61 “Narcos” org. : DEA
62 *TMI : NOTES ON A SCANDAL
65 Not buttoned : OPEN
66 Actor Rami : MALEK
67 Send for onboarding : HIRE
68 Some twins : BEDS
69 Beltmaking tools : AWLS
70 Not so much : LESS
DOWN
1 Abandon one’s inhibitions : LET GO
2 Hawke of “The Northman” : ETHAN
3 Clumsy : INEPT
4 Like a tear-jerker : SAD
5 __ acid : AMINO
6 Ancient Aegean region : IONIA
7 Not yet settled : DUE
8 Make a lasting impression? : ETCH
9 Green arboreal snake : MAMBA
10 Had to scramble to get out the door, perhaps : OVERSLEPT
11 Calf-length skirt : MIDI
12 Voices : SAYS
14 Cream relative : IVORY
17 Part of a collection : ITEM
18 Really must, informally : OUGHTA
23 “Come no further” : HALT
24 Palm fruits : DATES
28 Number of suspects in Clue : SIX
30 “Alligator Boy” in a 2021 Netflix animated film : ARLO
31 Judge to be : DEEM
32 Places for taking notes? : ATMS
33 __ garden : BEER
34 Put on display : EXHIBITED
35 Accord maker : HONDA
36 Barinholtz of “History of the World, Part II” : IKE
39 Chaps : BLOKES
40 Safflower __ : OIL
41 Polite address : MA’AM
47 Former weekend programming block that featured “Clarissa Explains It All” : SNICK
48 Anti-fur gp. : PETA
50 Bakery features : OVENS
52 Kids’ batting game : T-BALL
53 Fertile spots : OASES
54 __ Bauer : EDDIE
55 Gets warmer? : NEARS
56 Chaucer works : TALES
57 Nose-in-the-air type : SNOB
58 Casual gait : LOPE
59 Oblong tomato : ROMA
63 “Yup” opposite : NAW
64 Bruins’ org. : NHL
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