Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 24th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 Drains of energy SAPS
5 Pay with a credit card CHARGE
11 FDR’s successor HST
14 Gillette razor ATRA
15 Alabama’s cross-state rival AUBURN
16 Par-three eagle ACE
17 *Nutrition guide FOOD PYRAMID
19 Big coffee holder URN
20 Battery terminals ANODES
21 Chant for Real Madrid OLE OLE!
23 Send (to) for treatment REFER
24 *Comprehensive personal philosophy WORLDVIEW
27 Disney CEO Robert IGER
28 Cross-shaped Greek letters TAUS
29 Yardstick unit INCH
30 Grass farm roll SOD
31 Truth FACT
32 Small boat DINGHY
34 *Horse breeder’s concern BLOODLINE
36 Covent Garden productions OPERAS
39 Driver’s one-eighties UIES
40 Gave birth to HAD
43 CBS legal drama “The Good __” WIFE
44 Yardstick units FEET
45 Novelist Caleb CARR
46 *Figuratively, whence some unexpected ideas LEFT FIELD
49 Mint family herb THYME
50 Corkscrew pasta ROTINI
51 Rose impressively SOARED
52 Big name in ATMs NCR
53 9:00 AM weekday event, typically … and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be BANK OPENING
56 To this moment YET
57 Lacking nothing ENTIRE
58 Falco of “Nurse Jackie” EDIE
59 Insured investments: Abbr. CDS
60 Ready for more action RESTED
61 Run the show LEAD
DOWN
1 African adventures SAFARIS
2 In a single try AT ONE GO
3 Checked for errors PROOFED
4 More glum SADDER
5 Little isles CAYS
6 “Ben-__”: Heston epic HUR
7 Org. with many judges ABA
8 Grapevine fodder RUMORS
9 Barbecue GRILL
10 Came to a close ENDED
11 Semi activity HAULING
12 With 36-Down, nocturnal bird with a shrill cry SCREECH …
13 Down-for-the-count count TEN
18 Part of mph PER
22 Like ewe, but not me OVINE
24 City between Austin and Dallas WACO
25 Best in an épée match OUTDUEL
26 Tot’s query WHY?
28 New Mexico art colony TAOS
31 Home of the SEC’s Gators FLA
32 Nutrition regimen DIET
33 Officeholders INS
34 One of hockey’s Hulls BRETT
35 Stretched the truth LIED
36 See 12-Down OWL
37 Poked a hole in PIERCED
38 Concerted tries EFFORTS
40 Fall outing in a wagon HAYRIDE
41 Country south of Georgia ARMENIA
42 Made deeper, as a shipping lane DREDGED
44 Deceptive fencing moves FEINTS
45 Coco of fashion CHANEL
47 __ optic cable FIBER
48 Completely absurd INANE
49 Low digit TOE
51 Went quickly SPED
52 Home of MoMA… NYC
54 Hobbyist’s buy KIT
55 Smelter input ORE