Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday December 25th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Oft-heard disembodied voice : SIRI
5 Fauna component : ANIMAL
11 [It vanished!] : PFFT
15 Turkmenistan neighbor : IRAN
16 Ford’s second commercial success : MODEL A
17 Senator’s helper : AIDE
18 One standing before the king and queen : PAWN
19 Frederick Douglass, notably : ORATOR
20 European border range : URAL
21 Seasonal favorite : DECK THE HALLS
24 Maneuver : STEER
26 Circle dance : HORA
27 Fabric-dyeing process : BATIK
30 Sycophant : TOADY
31 Toss insults (at) : SNIPE
32 Sport for swingers? : POLO
33 They’re often seen on slides : AMEBAS
39 Don’t have to guess : KNOW
40 With 43-Across, 21-Across chorus line : FA-LA-LA-LA-LA
43 See 40-Across : LA-LA-LA-LA
44 Entertains : HOSTS
48 Part of BPOE : ELKS
49 Phase : STAGE
54 Fit to serve : ONE-A
55 Seriously off the mark, as a throw : WILD
56 Show appreciation to : THANK
58 Asian desert : GOBI
62 King of Judea : HEROD
63 Seasonal favorite : LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
66 63-Across chorus line : PA RUM PUM PUM-PUM
67 Rascal : SCAMP
68 Like Oscar of “The Odd Couple” or “Sesame Street” : MESSY
DOWN
1 Opposite of guzzle : SIP
2 Novelist Levin : IRA
3 Unfair outcome : RAW DEAL
4 Demanding : IN NEED OF
5 Uncontrolled : AMOK
6 Word with due or true : NORTH
7 Yukon Gold source : IDAHO
8 Poet’s concern : METER
9 Greeting in a state nickname : ALOHA
10 Spencer of “Good Morning America” : LARA
11 ’50s-’70s singer with 11 Top 12 hits : PAUL ANKA
12 Inventory evaluation term : FIRST IN
13 Org. that tests cosmetics : FDA
14 Business card no. : TEL
22 Yell : CRY
23 Freight meas. : LBS
24 Indy 500 initialism : STP
25 Excessively : TOO
28 Wall St. event : IPO
29 Royal Botanic Gardens locale : KEW
33 Like : A LA
34 What Y can imply : MALE
35 Mideast carrier : EL AL
36 Resist, with “at” : BALK
37 Woeful word : ALAS
38 Mineo of “Rebel Without a Cause” : SAL
41 Gore and Green : ALS
42 __ Cruces : LAS
44 Lanford Wilson’s “The __ Baltimore” : HOT L
45 Where impatient hands might be placed : ON HIPS
46 Washington airport : SEA-TAC
47 Hindu philosophy : TANTRA
50 Annoying sorts : TWERPS
51 Boeing competitor : AIRBUS
52 Like Eeyore’s outlook : GLOOMY
53 Swirl : EDDY
57 “Project Runway” host : KLUM
58 Econ. stat : GDP
59 Tulsa sch. with a Prayer Tower : ORU
60 Mooch : BUM
61 Pesky sort : IMP
62 Iron-rich blood pigment : HEME
64 Ruler of anc. Rome : EMP
65 Silent : MUM
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