Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 20th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Get ready, as for surgery : PREP
5 Dada lover? : MAMA
9 Breathe like a hot dog : PANT
13 Trevi Fountain city : ROME
14 “Yeah, right!” : AS IF
15 Stomach woe : ULCER
16 “In memoriam” bio : OBIT
17 Shout : YELL
18 Caulking need : PUTTY
19 Dome-shaped frozen areas at the two ends of the Earth : POLAR ICE CAPS
22 Distinctive manner of writing, say : STYLE
23 Sit-__: protests : INS
24 Bro’s sibling : SIS
27 One in charge of a depot : STATION AGENT
32 Throw in : ADD
35 Zip, in soccer : NIL
36 Slow musical movement : LENTO
37 Cognac, crème de cacao and cream cocktail : BRANDY ALEXANDER
42 Swahili’s language group : BANTU
43 1950s prez : IKE
44 On the __: sneakily : SLY
45 Over an extended period : IN THE LONG RUN
50 Scratch (out), as a living : EKE
51 Smidgen : TAD
52 Harbor cities : PORTS
56 Junior high … and what each set of circles is? : MIDDLE SCHOOL
60 “__ Secretary”: Téa Leoni title role : MADAM
63 Ultra-modest skirt : MAXI
64 Microsoft browser : EDGE
65 Banishment : EXILE
66 Enthusiastic : AVID
67 Big jump : LEAP
68 Came’s opposite : WENT
69 Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald or Thurmond : NATE
70 Share on Facebook, say : POST
DOWN
1 Yorick’s skull in “Hamlet” and the dagger in “Macbeth,” e.g. : PROPS
2 Automaton : ROBOT
3 Poet Dickinson : EMILY
4 Rose features : PETALS
5 Polite request : MAY I?
6 “Just __ … ” : A SEC
7 1,760 yards : MILE
8 Merged union: Abbr. : AFL-CIO
9 In addition to : PLUS
10 Assume a role : ACT
11 Bottom line : NET
12 Give it a go : TRY
15 Swedish university city : UPPSALA
20 Like a prof. emeritus : RET
21 Columnist Landers : ANN
24 Transmits : SENDS
25 Major chip maker : INTEL
26 Kid’s bedtime request : STORY
28 “… have you __ wool?” : ANY
29 Andalusian aunt : TIA
30 Messin’ around, in rap slang : ILLIN’
31 With 41-Down, boomer’s kid : GEN-
32 “Steal This Book” author Hoffman : ABBIE
33 Had a beer, say : DRANK
34 “Divine Comedy” poet : DANTE
38 Utmost degree : NTH
39 Eventually and aptly, after “in” : DUE TIME
40 Heart test: Abbr. : EKG
41 See 31-Down : -XER
46 Young fellow : LAD
47 Extra guy who’s “out” : ODD MAN
48 Scanned bars: Abbr. : UPC
49 Of little value : NO HELP
53 Wyoming’s state sport : RODEO
54 Roman wraps : TOGAS
55 Took a nap : SLEPT
56 Brewer’s need : MALT
57 Etna output : LAVA
58 Leave the room : EXIT
59 One of a cube’s six : SIDE
60 Kitty’s sound : MEW
61 Lumberjack tool : AXE
62 Terrible racket : DIN
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