Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday December 22nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tropical fruit : PAPAYA
7 Cannabis compound : THC
10 Grabber in an arcade game : CLAW
14 Out of bed : ARISEN
15 Ingredient replaced by applesauce in some recipes : OIL
16 Participated in a bike-a-thon, say : RODE
17 Check again : RETEST
18 *Place that experiments with soup recipes? : PHO LAB
20 Oscar of “Moon Knight” : ISAAC
21 Geological periods : EPOCHS
22 ABBA classic : SOS
23 Humble homes : HUTS
25 Fate : KISMET
29 Trait carrier : GENE
30 Gimlet need : GIN
31 Spanish bear : OSO
32 *Curling team’s specialty? : PERMING ARTS
36 Big rig : SEMI
37 “Montero” singer Lil __ X : NAS
38 Employs : USES
39 *Penalty boxes? : TEMPER ZONES
44 Brown, for one : IVY
45 128 oz. : GAL
46 Swag bag contents : LOOT
47 Accept an extension : RE-SIGN
49 “Eww!” : BLEH
50 Boy : LAD
53 “Beats me!” : NO CLUE
55 Boxer Ali : LAILA
57 Balances, or, phonetically, how to make 18-, 32-, and 39-Across match their clues? : EVENS OUT
60 Silverware wrap : NAPKIN
61 Gimlet need : LIME
62 Old lang. : LAT
63 Cool-weather lining : FLEECE
64 Goad : SPUR
65 Expected : DUE
66 Girls : LASSES
DOWN
1 City Hemingway called “a moveable feast” : PARIS
2 Defensive retort : ARE SO
3 Flatbreads served with labneh : PITAS
4 On the briny : ASEA
5 Response in the kitchen : YES CHEF
6 Pantry pest : ANT
7 Issuer of a Mickey Mantle card sold for a record amount : TOPPS
8 Sunny greeting : HI-HO
9 Press for time? : CLOCK IN
10 Symbol on the Swiss flag : CROSS
11 “haha” : LOL
12 Poet laureate Limón : ADA
13 Part of a mitt : WEB
19 Whatsis : THING
21 Never-ending : ETERNAL
24 __, dos, tres : UNO
26 Code creator : MORSE
27 “The Hundred Dresses” Newbery honoree Eleanor : ESTES
28 Shovel pass, e.g. : TOSS
29 “Get a __!” : GRIP
30 Princess of “Enchanted” and “Disenchanted” : GISELLE
32 Pet-ty offense? : PEEVE
33 TV awards : EMMYS
34 Small rug : MAT
35 May, to Peter Parker : AUNT
36 Mix things up : STIR
40 Easy-to-make waffles : EGGOS
41 Lost heat, as a shower : RAN COLD
42 “Special Ops: Lioness” actress Saldaña : ZOE
43 “Fan-cee!” : OOH LA LA!
48 __ Hebrides : INNER
49 Montana city named for a landform : BUTTE
50 Taps a heart button, say : LIKES
51 Writer Munro : ALICE
52 Many Lego House employees : DANES
54 Feast with haupia and poi : LUAU
56 Gibbons, e.g. : APES
57 Lauryn Hill trio? : ELS
58 Short “Kind of a big deal” : VIP
59 Outback bird : EMU
60 Giants and Titans org. : NFL
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