Crossword by: Ray Hamel
Theme: Today’s theme is that little device that changed how we listen to music forever…the iPod. Each of the themed answers start with a model of iPod and these are the touch, shuffle, nano and mini.
Above is a picture of the completed puzzle for the Tuesday December 24 2013 L.A. Times crossword and here are the clues and the answers we were given by Ray:
Across Clues
1. Peak ACME
5. Morning co-host Kelly RIPA
9. Sub finder SONAR
14. Paint layer COAT
15. “An apple __ …” A DAY
16. Japanese cartoon art ANIME
17. Score before an extra point TOUCHDOWN (giving “iPod Touch”)
19. Annapolis frosh PLEBE
20. Slide down a slope SKI
21. Artist’s choice OILS
22. Actress Sissy SPACEK
23. Extinct emu-like bird MOA
24. Ones who don’t stay off the grass? STONERS
25. Ship deck game SHUFFLEBOARD (giving “iPod Shuffle”)
30. Juan’s “Enough!” NO MAS!
31. Australian canine DINGO
32. Put bucks on the Bucks, say BET
35. Droid downloads APPS
36. Fashionable beach resorts LIDOS
37. Do away with, as a vampire SLAY
38. Foot, in anatomy PES
39. Bit of info DATUM
40. Delivery specialist? STORK
41. Microscopic bit NANOPARTICLE (giving “iPod Nano”)
43. Fan mail sender, e.g. ADMIRER
46. Rower’s blade OAR
47. Grouches CRANKS
48. Far from daydreaming RAPT
50. Hawaii’s Mauna __ LOA
53. New staff member HIREE
54. Part of many a Mod wardrobe MINISKIRT (giving “iPod Mini”)
56. Spring water brand EVIAN
57. Screen symbol ICON
58. On the briny ASEA
59. Reckons DEEMS
60. Instrument hit with a mallet GONG
61. Popular Apple, versions of which begin 17-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across IPOD
Down Clues
1. Takes steps ACTS
2. Kitchen worker COOK
3. Haleakala National Park’s island MAUI
4. And so on: Abbr. ETC
5. Firestone offering RADIAL
6. Fan mail recipient IDOL
7. Furry feet PAWS
8. “Atlas Shrugged” author Rand AYN
9. Japanese city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics SAPPORO
10. Not 58-Across ON LAND
11. Sister’s daughter NIECE
12. “America the Beautiful” shade AMBER
13. Stinks REEKS
18. __ it: travels on foot HOOFS
22. Antler sporters STAGS
23. Museum curators’ degs. MFAS
24. California wine valley SONOMA
25. Pic SNAP
26. Keep the faith HOPE
27. “Steee-rike!” callers UMPS
28. Manuscript recipient EDITOR
29. Make more expensive, as on eBay BID UP
32. Political coalition BLOC
33. Actor James __ Jones EARL
34. Tot TYKE
36. Pool paths LANES
37. Use a swizzle stick STIR
39. Grows dimmer DARKENS
40. Baseball card figures STATS
41. Common workday starting hr. NINE AM
42. Rodeo skill ROPING
43. Was sore ACHED
44. Motivation DRIVE
45. Nobelist Curie MARIE
48. Loaded, in Lima RICO
49. In a short time, quaintly ANON
50. Speech therapist’s target LISP
51. Sandwich cookie OREO
52. Ever so slightly A TAD
54. Russian jet fighter MIG
55. Chiang __-shek KAI
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