Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday December 27th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Stop lying RISE
5 Suburban expanse LAWN
9 Comes impressively into view LOOMS
14 One may be pitched to a publisher IDEA
15 Canal that helps connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ERIE
16 Capital SSW of Damascus AMMAN
17 A vat, some cloth, etc.? DYER NEEDS
19 Surprise in a bottle GENIE
20 Shade tree ELM
21 Jazz saxophonist __ Cobb ARNETT
23 Angle or angler’s necessity LINE
24 One in a Mesoamerican cleanup crew? MAYAN SWEEPER
26 Not from around here ALIEN
29 Any of four palindromic emperors OTTO
30 Gels SETS
31 Moody IN A PET
35 Object of podiatric study TOE
38 Apothecary’s concern? PHIAL MANAGEMENT
41 Serious misdeed SIN
42 Not on the fence OPTING
43 Túpac Amaru, e.g. INCA
44 Beige look-alike ECRU
46 Big celebrations FETES
47 Large cat romantically interested in opposite-sex large cats? STRAIGHT LION
53 Oxen group TEAM
54 Ex __: out of nothing, in Latin NIHILO
55 Saddlebag carrier ASS
58 Make over RENEW
60 Surprisingly genteel outbreak of lawlessness? CIVIL RIOT
62 Being dragged behind IN TOW
63 Largest human joint KNEE
64 Not doing anything IDLE
65 No longer hip PASSE
66 Fax button SEND
67 Like some pockets DEEP
DOWN
1 Lift RIDE
2 Pastoral verse IDYL
3 Appear SEEM
4 Facial projection EAR
5 Not sure (of) LEERY
6 Sports venue ARENA
7 Increase in girth WIDEN
8 Fits one within another NESTS
9 Hang back LAG
10 See 22-Down OMELET
11 Capable of anything OMNIPOTENT
12 Nearly half of New England MAINE
13 Express contempt SNEER
18 Indian bread NAAN
22 With 10-Down, breakfast choice TWO-EGG
24 Tableland MESA
25 Suffix with cigar -ETTE
26 Egyptian serpents ASPS
27 City near Provo LEHI
28 Nomadic sorts ITINERANTS
31 Call into question IMPUGN
32 Member of the 2019 World Series champs NAT
33 Request from a Midwestern cheerleader, maybe AN I
34 God with a flute PAN
36 Barely at all ONCE
37 LAX postings ETAS
39 Actress Petty LORI
40 Comportment MIEN
45 Hitchcock was known for them CAMEOS
46 Deluded one FOOL
47 Denude STRIP
48 Singer __ Marie TEENA
49 2006 “American Idol” winner Taylor __ HICKS
50 Yours, once THINE
51 Animate LIVEN
52 Sheepish admission I LIED
55 Assistant AIDE
56 Cobbler’s concern SOLE
57 Dance part STEP
59 “Smackdown” org. WWE
61 Unburden RID
Leave a Reply