Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 16th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Be indecisive WAVER
6 Crop-raising business FARM
10 Tightly closed SHUT
14 San Antonio landmark ALAMO
15 Almay rival OLAY
16 Whittle (down) PARE
17 Screenwriter’s creation FILM SCRIPT
19 Ferris wheel, e.g. RIDE
20 Oblong pastry ECLAIR
21 Outback and Legacy autos SUBARUS
23 Outdoor gear giant REI
24 Chickadee kin TITS
27 Beam of light RAY
28 Gucci or Versace, notably FASHION HOUSE
33 Nest egg letters IRA
35 Office sub TEMP
36 Poker pot pay-ins ANTES
37 Leave high and dry ABANDON
39 “Are we on for the project?” IS IT A GO?
41 Social slip-up GAFFE
42 Cole Porter’s “Well, Did You __?” EVAH
44 “Of course!” AHA!
45 Grand Central, for one TRAIN STATION
48 Civil War side: Abbr. CSA
49 Poker table giveaway TELL
50 Vanilla extract meas. TSP
53 “That’s deplorable!” I HATE IT
57 Strange thing ODDITY
59 Supermarket section with a scale DELI
60 Math student’s plotting sheet GRAPH PAPER
63 Sailors’ patron saint ELMO
64 “That stings!” OUCH
65 Partner of well ALIVE
66 Mathematician Turing ALAN
67 Have to have NEED
68 Botox targets … or what 17-, 28-, 45- and 60-Across all have LINES
DOWN
1 Communion bread WAFER
2 Wonderland visitor ALICE
3 The 4 Seasons frontman Frankie VALLI
4 Jane Austen classic EMMA
5 Spanish-speaking Muppet ROSITA
6 Tit-tat link FOR
7 “Thrilla in Manila” victor ALI
8 Knocks hard RAPS
9 “I’m up!” MY TURN
10 Artificial bronzing product SPRAY-ON TAN
11 Beauty salon focus HAIR
12 Pakistani tongue URDU
13 Many short-sleeved shirts TEES
18 “The Count of Monte __” CRISTO
22 Iranian faith featuring a 19-day feast BAHA’I
25 Big place to surf THE NET
26 __ card: smartphone component SIM
28 Stories by devoted readers FAN FICTION
29 Percocet, e.g. OPIATE
30 Great Salt Lake state UTAH
31 Genesis creator SEGA
32 That, in Toledo ESO
33 Letter-shaped beam I-BAR
34 Tennis rival of Roger, familiarly RAFA
37 Actor’s rep. AGT
38 Like thick fog DENSE
40 1862 Tennessee battle site SHILOH
43 Brewery vessel VAT
46 Former name of Vietnam’s most populous city SAIGON
47 Longtime chum OLD PAL
50 Easy hoops shot TIP-IN
51 Tech mogul Jobs STEVE
52 Combustible heaps PYRES
53 Thought IDEA
54 Land down under? HELL
55 __ mater ALMA
56 “T” on a test TRUE
58 Surrealist Salvador DALI
61 Top pitcher ACE
62 Scholar’s deg. PHD
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