Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday December 24th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tbsp., for example : AMT
4 Touchy monarch? : MIDAS
9 “United States of Al” network : CBS
12 “Very droll” : HA HA
14 Representation : IMAGE
15 Edible seed : CHIA
16 Port near the Red Sea : ADEN
17 To date : AS YET
18 Wild party : ORGY
19 Near-EGOT winner Midler (she’s missing the O) : BETTE
21 Org. with admirals : USN
22 Reviews briefly : SKIMS
23 Gets gasps from : AWES
24 Bit of rebar : ROD
25 Philippine currency : PESO
26 Word often contracted : ARE
27 Text lead-in : PREFACE
30 “Oversharing!” : TMI
32 Home of the Green Wave : TULANE
34 Shrewdness : ACUMEN
36 Inventing middle name : ALVA
37 Short two-pointer : TIP-IN
41 “Critique of Judgment” author : KANT
42 Animals drawn in the Lascaux caves : DEER
43 Opposite of après : AVANT
44 Madrid pronoun : ESTO
45 Like email notifications : PAPERLESS
48 33-Down members: Abbr. : SRS
51 Update follower, perhaps : RESTART
52 “‘And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!’”: “The Merchant of Venice” : OPE
55 Old TWA competitor : PAN AM
57 Coastal raptor : ERN
58 Shady place : ARBOR
60 Signs : OMENS
61 __ al-Fitr: end-of-Ramadan feast : EID
62 Greek letter : THETA
63 Apple product : IPAD
64 “Therefore … ” : AND SO
66 Natural resources : ORES
67 “Star Wars” role : LUKE
68 Star in Orion : RIGEL
69 “That’s that!” : DONE
70 1974 CIA spoof : S*P*Y*S
71 Word with home or bed : -STEAD
72 Tiny crawlers : ANTS
DOWN
1 Obsessed mariner : AHAB
2 Added to the official playbook : MADE A RULE
3 Start of a seasonal title : THE TWELVE
4 Fla. NBA team, on scoreboards : MIA
5 “Not a doubt in my mind” : I’M SURE
6 Title, part 2 : DAYS OF
7 Chair’s prep job : AGENDA
8 Wimbledon division SET
9 End of the title : CHRISTMAS
10 Drumroll follower : BIG MOMENT
11 Comments : SAYS
13 Part of a pot : ANTE
15 Smelting fuel : COKE
20 “Around the Horn” airer : ESPN
22 It’s risky to work on it : SPEC
26 Slightly : A TAD
28 Fix a messy package, say : RETAPE
29 Certain rider’s pace : CANTER
31 Grooving on : INTO
33 Organization for 48-Across : AARP
35 Short strings? : UKES
38 Comment about a familiar film : I’VE SEEN IT
39 With the contents of this grid’s circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down : PARTRIDGE
40 Salton, for one : INLAND SEA
46 __ control : ARMS
47 RBI, e.g. : STAT
48 Booty : SPOILS
49 Increase : RAMP UP
50 Not at all up-front : SNEAKY
52 Puck handler? : OBERON
53 Strong : POTENT
54 Gets rid of : ERASES
56 Long range : ANDES
59 Mary’s upstairs neighbor : RHODA
64 MGM motto word : ARS
65 Stale : OLD
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