Crossword by: C.C. Burnikel
The answer to 39 Across, Walleye, a type of fish, gave us the clue to today’s theme, types of eyes and all of the themed answers ran around the border, hence the ‘wall’ part of the clue.
See all of the answers in the picture of the completed puzzle above for the Thursday December 26 2013 L.A. Times crossword and here are the clues we were given:
ACROSS
1. Chess side
6. Chest bone
9. Stripped
14. Ancient region in Asia Minor
15. Republic on St. George’s Channel: Abbr.
16. Basket willow
17. Pompeii attraction
18. Quicken Loans Arena NBAer
19. Strike site
20. Place to see FDR
21. 40-decibel unit
22. St. Pat’s Day, e.g.
23. Pretend to be
24. Cricket call
26. French pop
29. Large primates
31. Barbary Wars participant, now
33. One of the smart set
36. Seaweed extract
37. Ballpark fig.?
38. Boxing biopic
39. Minnesota’s state fish, and a hint to all 12 border answers in this puzzle
41. Chum
42. Do goo
43. Covent Garden highlight
44. Dalmatian’s spot
46. Slothfulness
48. Meyers of “SNL”
49. Motor suffix
50. “Coffee __?”
52. Pequod captain
56. Shade provider
58. Put in shells, say
59. Little brook
60. Prove untrue
62. Like the vbs. “creep” and “weep”
63. “Please, Mom?”
64. Lay to rest
65. Bolted down some nuts
66. ’50s movie monster destroyed at Mount Aso
67. Calm water metaphor
68. Rosy
69. Brooks Robinson’s base
DOWN
1. Swallows, e.g.
2. Acerbic dispatcher on “Taxi”
3. Moving manga
4. Multiplexes
5. __ in kilo
6. Some copiers
7. “Argo” extra
8. Drink
9. Conductor of the first rescue mission
10. At an angle
11. Best-selling program, in tech lingo
12. Broad foot letters
13. Like some humor
21. Novel query requirement
25. What possums do when threatened
27. Bing, to Google
28. Two under par
30. Investigate, tabby-style
32. Classic
33. Hogwarts teaching
34. Kagan who clerked for Thurgood Marshall
35. Rosetta Stone discovery area
36. Like
40. 1997 film with the tagline “Coming soon. Honest.”
45. Giza pyramid builder
47. Depends (on)
48. Like some sesame-crusted tuna
51. Rich cake
53. Language that gives us “pajamas”
54. Scene of some sworn statements
55. Compulsory poker bet
57. Seas, to Cezanne
60. Important
61. Blowup: Abbr.
63. Old PC monitor
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