Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday December 8th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Short shots : PICS
5 Shocks : JOLTS
10 Gum balls? : WADS
14 Shade in a neutral palette : ECRU
15 Nebraska rail hub : OMAHA
16 Actor Guinness : ALEC
17 Odd remedy for an overhead crack? : CEILING WAX
19 Speak effusively : GUSH
20 Shock : STUN
21 Rejections : NOS
23 “You can’t mean me!?” : MOI
24 Go downhill fast : SKI
25 Pennies that are a dime a dozen? : COMMON CENTS
30 Super __ : PAC
31 Met favorites : ARIAS
32 Truism : AXIOM
33 Sundance Film Festival state : UTAH
35 Club kin : BLT
36 __ carte : A LA
37 Percussion instrument for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? : RELIGIOUS CYMBAL
43 “Hardly!” : NOT
44 Same old same old : RUT
45 Rational : SANE
46 CX-5 and CX-50 automaker : MAZDA
49 Olympian and actress Sonja : HENIE
51 Decline : SAG
52 Sacrifice of some data storage space? : CLOUD CEDING
54 Prefix with friendly : ECO-
55 Tanqueray product : GIN
56 Tofu, basically : SOY
57 Munch Museum city : OSLO
59 Really distasteful : ICKY
61 Jewelry in the shape of a swan? : CYGNET RING
66 Committed perjury : LIED
67 Gochujang origin : KOREA
68 Red’s friend in “The Shawshank Redemption” : ANDY
69 Boys : LADS
70 More confident : SURER
71 Baseball gripping point : SEAM
DOWN
1 Delt neighbor : PEC
2 Gear for 49-Across : ICE SKATE
3 Decisive : CRITICAL
4 Chekov colleague : SULU
5 Garfield’s human : JON
6 “Daaaang!” : OMG
7 Kim Wexler’s field on “Better Call Saul” : LAW
8 Marvel villain who collected the Infinity Stones : THANOS
9 Early invader of Great Britain : SAXON
10 Jokester : WAG
11 Many college donors : ALUMNI
12 Bygone Chrysler : DESOTO
13 Rupture in a church group : SCHISM
18 Native of Peru’s Urubamba Valley : INCA
22 Like a bass or a boa : SCALY
24 Urge (on) : SPUR
26 Planetary path : ORBIT
27 Ventimiglia of “This Is Us” : MILO
28 Ripened : MATURED
29 Chances to determine proficiency : EXAMS
34 Holi celebrant : HINDU
36 Get credit for? : ACT IN
38 Urges on : GOADS
39 Olympic gymnast Lee : SUNI
40 Court boundary : BASELINE
41 World’s heaviest snake : ANACONDA
42 Component of some small castles : LEGO
46 Montreal university : MCGILL
47 Garza who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement : ALICIA
48 Utterly exhausted : ZONKED
49 “Oh, hi!” : HEY YOU
50 Versatile celeb’s achievement : EGOT
53 Roosters : COCKS
58 Some Mex. spouses : SRAS
60 Quilting qty. : YDS
62 “Why, I oughta … ” : GRR
63 Name-clarifying word : NEE
64 Otoscope target : EAR
65 Workout spot : GYM
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