Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday December 11th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Draft sources : KEGS
5 Arabic for “commander” : EMIR
9 Parts of a code : LAWS
13 Pelvic parts : ILIA
14 __ tag : NAME
15 Candied, as apples : GLACE
17 Annual assembly of breakfast lovers? : WAFFLE-CON
19 Wee Scot : BAIRN
20 Visibly upset : IN TEARS
21 Exhaust, as a welcome : OUTSTAY
23 Sci. course : BIO
24 Words with waves : HIS
25 __ Sutra : KAMA
26 Draft pick : LAGER
29 “No problem!” : SURE CAN
31 Playing a fifth qtr., say : IN OT
32 Langston Hughes Library designer Maya : LIN
33 Melted cheese concoction : FONDUE
36 G, in the key of C : SOL
37 Bathroom fixture trial version? : TEST TUB
39 9 to 5, say: Abbr. : HRS
40 Like the Inca : ANDEAN
42 Electric __ : EEL
43 Marshy spots : BOGS
44 Former flier with a NY/Newark/DC/Boston shuttle : EASTERN
46 Prairie home : TEPEE
47 Tirade : RANT
49 Plural French pronoun : ILS
50 Get : SEE
51 Real asset … or no asset at all? : BIG HELP
53 Repeat : ITERATE
57 Keys : ISLES
58 Educators’ concerns … or, a phonetic hint to how four long puzzle answers were derived : ABSENTEES or ABSENT ES
60 Gruff : SHORT
61 Together, so to speak : SANE
62 Smell __ : A RAT
63 Napping, perhaps : ABED
64 Natural gas additive : ODOR
65 Sit : POSE
DOWN
1 Only bird whose beak has nostrils at the end : KIWI
2 Verve : ELAN
3 Talent : GIFT
4 Conservative choice : SAFE BET
5 Start of el año : ENERO
6 Computers with Apple cores : MACS
7 Twitter shorthand : IMO
8 “Le déjeuner des canotiers” painter : RENOIR
9 Pride Month letters : LGBT
10 One with a home in Nome : ALASKAN
11 Strategy for holding it while in the bathroom line? : WAIT AND HOP
12 Skedaddle : SCRAM
16 “Dark Sky Island” singer : ENYA
18 Den : LAIR
22 Worthwhile : USEFUL
24 Camouflage wearers, at times : HUNTERS
26 Edelstein of “The Kominsky Method” : LISA
27 Quote book abbr. : ANON
28 Mess made while melting down old jewelry? : GOLDEN GLOB
29 Part of the fam : SIS
30 Male swan : COB
32 Soup legume : LENTIL
34 Desire : URGE
35 Latin infinitive : ESSE
37 Univ. aides : TAS
38 Pin in the back : TEN
41 Blinking diner sign : EAT HERE
43 Draft source : BEER TAP
45 Sun Bowl city : EL PASO
46 __ Vogue : TEEN
47 Cleanup hitter’s stats : RBIS
48 “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” host Tyler : AISHA
50 Guide : STEER
52 City limits sign abbr. : ESTD
53 Money-object link : IS NO
54 Leader of space? : AERO-
55 Tazo products : TEAS
56 Santiago-to-Buenos Aires dirección : ESTE
59 Unenviable : BAD