Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 29th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Like new dollar bills : CRISP
6 Instruction unit : STEP
10 Last year’s frosh : SOPH
14 Mediterranean mayonnaise : AIOLI
15 Place for pews : NAVE
16 Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g. : TRIO
17 Raced toward : RAN AT
18 One cutting staff : AXER
19 Singles : ONES
20 City street spot you usually have to back into : PARKING SPACE
23 TSA __Check : PRE
26 “Annabel Lee” poet : POE
27 Result of a coup, perhaps : OUSTER
28 Sea surrounding Santorini : AEGEAN
30 Relate, as a story : TELL
32 Silly starter? : ESS
33 Unfavorable impression : NEGATIVE TAKE
36 HEATH Bar competitor : SKOR
37 “Bel Canto” author Patchett : ANN
38 Many an Omani : ARAB
42 Winter clock setting : STANDARD TIME
47 UFO operators : ETS
50 Iowa college town : AMES
51 Egg-coloring holiday : EASTER
52 Useless : NO HELP
54 Coll. entrance exam : SAT
55 Business card abbr. : EXT
56 In 2020’s MLB season, each game of one was seven innings … and what each word of three long answers can have : DOUBLEHEADER
60 James of jazz : ETTA
61 See-the-sights travel option : RAIL
62 Banana cluster : BUNCH
66 Came down : ALIT
67 Poet Pound : EZRA
68 Vowel-rich farewell : ADIEU
69 Surrealist Magritte : RENE
70 Burpee purchase : SEED
71 Transplant to a new container : REPOT
DOWN
1 See-the-sights travel option : CAR
2 River inlet : RIA
3 Na+ or Cl- : ION
4 Word with happy or dash : SLAP-
5 Rain-on-the-roof sound : PIT-A-PAT
6 Asp or adder : SNAKE
7 Cab : TAXI
8 Like every other integer : EVEN
9 Vine-covered walkway : PERGOLA
10 Dots on a transit map : STOPS
11 Highly decorative : ORNATE
12 Concert choices : PIECES
13 Uncouth types, in Canadian slang : HOSERS
21 Rice-A-__ : RONI
22 Pout : SULK
23 Thumbs-down reviews : PANS
24 Really smell : REEK
25 Thick & Fluffy waffle brand : EGGO
29 All __: listening : EARS
30 Takes care of : TENDS
31 Sicilian smoker : ETNA
34 Wind indicator : VANE
35 Grub : EATS
39 Baptism, for one : RITE
40 Plastic choice, briefly : AMEX
41 Ernie’s Muppet pal : BERT
43 Like unlikely tales : TALL
44 Current units : AMPERES
45 Enjoy a novel : READ
46 Baked treat that sounds like a place to meet : DATE BAR
47 Make precious : ENDEAR
48 Play the flute : TOOTLE
49 Locked up : SHUT IN
53 Online money-back offer : E-BATE
54 Dinner course : SALAD
57 Thin fog : HAZE
58 The Emerald Isle : EIRE
59 Impolite : RUDE
63 Puppy’s bite : NIP
64 Head of the corp. : CEO
65 Shack : HUT