Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 17th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Squirrel’s cheekful : ACORN
6 Whole bunch : SCAD
10 “I did it!” : TA-DA
14 Spumante specification : BRUT
18 Faith with a shrine in the Hanging Gardens of Haifa : BAHA’I
19 Healing succulent : ALOE
20 Silent stars? : MIMES
21 “The Chi” creator Waithe : LENA
22 Canine that thinks it’s an old-timey news announcer? : CRYING WOLF
24 Bikini in the Pacific, e.g. : ATOLL
25 Eager : AVID
26 Any minute now : SOON
27 Corvallis sch. : OSU
28 Ridiculous : INANE
29 Flanged fasteners : T-NUTS
30 Willingness to support : BUY-IN
32 Bird that thinks it’s a television show host? : TALKING TURKEY
36 Contacted privately, in a way : DM’ED
38 Craps cube : DIE
39 Egyptian peninsula : SINAI
40 Ingredient in some vegan marshmallows : AGAR
42 “The curl experts” hair care brand : OUIDAD
45 Tourney favorite : TOP SEED
48 Marsupial that thinks it’s an actor? : PLAYING POSSUM
51 Agcy. that oversees PubMed : NIH
52 Snare : NET
54 Cambridgeshire cathedral city : ELY
55 Brewery shipments : CASES
56 Cheer syllable : RAH
58 Snapple rival : NESTEA
60 “Homeland” org. : CIA
61 Opposite of 33-Down : HOLA
62 Sets to zero, as a scale : TARES
64 Runs very slowly : SEEPS
65 Alight : LAND
67 Tabbies that think they’re collies? : HERDING CATS
71 Pound sounds : ARFS
72 Pot payments : ANTES
74 Minor in Hollywood : D-LIST
75 Inflict upon : DO TO
77 Italian three : TRE
78 Big name in financial services : SCHWAB
80 Fashion monogram : YSL
81 Cable network that’s a nonprofit : C-SPAN
82 Trouble : AIL
83 Observe : SEE
84 Cozy room : DEN
86 Insects that think they’re outfielders? : CATCHING FLIES
90 Teensy bit : SMIDGEN
93 Wool type : MERINO
94 Olympic swimmers Crocker and Thorpe : IANS
95 “Groovy” : NEATO
96 Picture of Pluto? : CEL
97 “Star __” : WARS
99 Lambs that think they’re census takers? : COUNTING SHEEP
104 Swim events : MEETS
107 Takes a victory lap, maybe : TROTS
108 Reads (over) : PORES
109 Frozen solid? : ICE
111 Caramel candy sold in a tube : ROLO
113 Word after “Lavender” and “Purple,” in song titles : HAZE
114 Red Monopoly piece : HOTEL
115 Bird that thinks it’s a restaurant critic? : EATING CROW
118 Finished : OVER
119 __ City: Pittsburgh : STEEL
120 “__ did I just watch?” : WHAT
121 Don : PUT ON
122 Try again : REDO
123 Little helper? : ASST
124 Simplicity : EASE
125 Pedometer units : STEPS
DOWN
1 Basics : ABCS
2 Pod used as a chocolate substitute : CAROB
3 “Such a flirt!” : OH YOU
4 Occasion to carry an umbrella : RAINY DAY
5 Diarist Anaïs : NIN
6 Carpentry tools : SAWS
7 Social capital : CLOUT
8 Pioneering ISP : AOL
9 Pt. of HDTV : DEF
10 Phoebe or Cronus : TITAN
11 Surrounded by : AMONGST
12 Mutation that removes a DNA sequence : DELETION
13 Interpretation first provided for a SOTU address in 2021 : ASL
14 Comfort item for some tots : BLANKIE
15 Light show? : REVUE
16 Principle celebrated on the first night of Kwanzaa : UNITY
17 Iotas : TADS
20 __-pedi : MANI
23 Used up : GONE
28 Stores with Småland play areas : IKEAS
29 Gives a zero-star review, say : TRASHES
31 Cry from a Mega Millions winner : I’M RICH!
33 Opposite of 61-Across : ADIOS
34 Ball caps or bottle caps : LIDS
35 Remove from the top of an inbox, say : UNPIN
37 Musher’s conveyance : DOGSLED
40 Partnerships : ALLIANCES
41 Jam at a Pride Parade : GAY ANTHEM
43 Awake before the alarm : UP EARLY
44 Headwear sported by Rihanna on the cover of British Vogue : DURAG
46 Consider, as an idea : ENTERTAIN
47 Prepares at a state fair, perhaps : DEEP-FRIES
48 Gym : PE CLASS
49 Lye, in a lab : NAOH
50 Syst. between Baltimore and D.C. : MARC
53 Fez danglers : TASSELS
57 Enters : HEADS IN
59 __ cucumber : SEA
62 Blast letters : TNT
63 “This is your last warning!” : STOP NOW
66 Droplets on a cobweb : DEW
68 LP or EP, e.g. : DISC
69 Official religion of Djibouti : ISLAM
70 Deer sir : STAG
73 Turns blue? : SADDENS
76 Burning : ON FIRE
79 Sired : BEGAT
81 Easter Island’s country : CHILE
85 Nasal irrigation vessels : NETI POTS
87 Backstage crew : TECHS
88 First Nations people : CREE
89 Like some intricate designs : LASER CUT
91 Before birth : IN UTERO
92 “I love everything you’ve done here” : NO NOTES
98 “I’ll drink to that” : AMEN
99 Hunger for : CRAVE
100 Ran very slowly : OOZED
101 Receive : GREET
102 Put on the market : SELL
103 Breads with pockets : PITAS
105 Rich cake : TORTE
106 Single-masted sailboat : SLOOP
107 Mjölnir wielder : THOR
110 Give credit to : CITE
112 Possesses : OWNS
114 Employee benefit option, for short : HSA
115 Manchego source : EWE
116 Cry of recognition : AHA
117 Path finder in a Pathfinder, briefly : GPS
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