Crossword by: Marcia Mathis
Welcome to the Christmas day crossword! No guesses for what the theme is today with words in the featured answers like, Rudholf, Santa, Reindeer and Sleigh. Merry Christmas to all of you avid LAT crossword lovers, I hope you are all blessed on this day and also not so bored that you are reading this:)
Here is the complete list of clues we were given by Marcia:
ACROSS
1. Dying-out sound
5. Arafat’s successor
10. __ job
14. Aftershave additive
15. “Tales of Trail and Town” author
16. Super
17. Breeders’ Cup track
19. Paid attendance
20. Soft drink options
21. Hangout featuring doowop music
23. Doo-wop __
24. Uganda’s Amin
27. Toll booth waiter
28. Horticulturist with a berry named for him
35. Part of an act
37. Sucking-up type
38. Anklebones
39. Watertight frames
42. Oscar-nominated Peter Fonda role
43. Home that may include a tunnel
45. Ostensible
47. 2000 Ben Affleck thriller
50. Bill: Abbr.
51. Parisian pal
52. Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr.
55. Periodically
60. Bowler’s concern
62. Former student
63. Classic Leroy Anderson holiday tune
66. Popular bar game
67. Old piano craftsman’s raw material
68. Word in many golf tournament names
69. Fifth Avenue store
70. Midmorning hr.
71. Beckoning sound
DOWN
1. Old hat
2. Natural ability
3. Sitcom Arthur better known by his nickname
4. Idée source
5. Exclamation when a light goes on?
6. Prohibit
7. Edge
8. Staple or glue
9. Aquanaut’s workplace
10. Drops over time
11. Biblical captain
12. Not taken in by
13. Blubber
18. In reserve
22. Easy pace
25. “The bell __ toll for him …”: Donne
26. Stevedore’s gp.
29. Confederacy foe
30. Frigid
31. “__ kidding!”
32. Christmas shopper’s accumulation
33. Paradise
34. Duma negative
35. Ado
36. Ticket seller’s enclosure
40. Solheim Cup cosponsoring org.
41. Junk email
44. Chief Valhalla god
46. “Witness” sect
48. Throws him out, say
49. Develop slowly
53. Nautical table listing
54. Arterial implant
55. Flooring trees
56. Dog bugger
57. Dejected spell
58. Big name in cookies
59. Flashy sign
61. “West Side Story” knife, e.g.
64. Playwright Levin
65. Training site
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