Crossword by: Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen
Above is a picture of the completed puzzle for the Thursday December 19 2013 L.A. Times crossword and here are the clues we were given by Mary Lou and Jeff:
ACROSS Clues
1. Lines at the checkout?
5. Powdery mineral
9. Org. for a 4-Down
14. It may thicken
15. Baseball’s Jesus or Moises
16. “She loves you” followers, in song
17. Some broadcasting equipment
19. “Cut the chatter!”
20. Hoopster Shaquille
21. Woman in two Goya works
23. Women’s org. based at Constitution Hall
24. Brightly colored beetle
27. Lincoln or Ford
28. MPG watchdog
29. Opposite of sweet
30. Political patronage
33. Proportion
35. Swim competition
36. Degrees of separation from actor Kevin, in a parlor game
39. Common Oscar gown feature
40. Anxious anticipation
41. Dachshunds, familiarly
44. One involved in a pickup
47. __ carte
48. Fourth grade?
49. iPod accessories
52. Sam Spade type
53. Eye layer
55. Roman fountain
56. Not cool
58. Obstinate, and what the other four longest puzzle answers are?
61. Court figure
62. Singer Adams
63. Creepy thing
64. “The Master Builder” playwright
65. Go on and on
66. Busy crawlers
DOWN Clues
1. Support
2. Two-dimensional
3. Funny business?
4. Rescued one, hopefully
5. Minute amount
6. Baba of folklore
7. Device with shuttles
8. John who played Nixon in “The Butler”
9. Bart Simpson catchphrase
10. Salty expanse
11. Person who caters to base interests
12. Watch-Me-Grow fad
13. Celestial
18. Priestly garb
22. Poke
25. Until
26. Cross the threshold
31. Sonata movement
32. Swamp thing
33. Showers, say
34. Followed, as a hunch
36. Laundry room supplies
37. Push
38. Southwestern formation
39. Dumb ending?
41. ’60s dance
42. Prepare to drag
43. More profound
44. Informed
45. Pre-Christmas period
46. Backs of singles
50. GPS recommendation
51. Cry to a diva
54. Classic role for a diva
57. Like the finale of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
59. Bathtub booze
60. __ up: angry
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