Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 21st 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Leave unmentioned : OMIT
5 Source of French fries, informally : TATER
10 In good physical shape : FIT
13 Glowing review : RAVE
14 Mirror reflection : IMAGE
15 Army installation : BASE
16 In general : BY AND LARGE
18 Aches and pains : ILLS
19 Beachgoer’s footwear : SANDALS
20 Cast-iron pan, often : SKILLET
22 Hardy’s Miss Durbeyfield : TESS
24 A bit teary-eyed : MISTY
25 Air Force B-52, e.g. : BOMBER
29 Worker with bricks : MASON
32 Does as told : OBEYS
33 Pre-Easter period : LENT
34 What you wear : GARB
38 Post-it jotting : NOTE
39 Loaded with beef, say : MEATY
40 App-based car service : UBER
41 Unable to hear : DEAF
42 Cruel creature of fable : OGRE
43 Michael of “Alfie” (1966) : CAINE
44 Beyond heavy : OBESE
46 Like many margarita glasses : SALTED
47 Keystroke-saving shortcut : MACRO
50 The “first” in “first and ten” : DOWN
52 Like the taste of much breakfast juice : ORANGEY
55 Downloadable talk show : PODCAST
60 Nevada casino city : RENO
61 Bring on difficulty : BUY TROUBLE
63 From the beginning : ANEW
64 Need a Band-Aid, say : BLEED
65 Dog-biting pest : FLEA
66 Young fellow : LAD
67 Mails : SENDS
68 Govt. agents : FEDS
DOWN
1 Spheres, to poets : ORBS
2 Yucatán native : MAYA
3 “Terrible” czar : IVAN
4 Work behind, as the bar : TEND
5 Boat’s steering device : TILLER
6 Store up : AMASS
7 Waterproofing gunk : TAR
8 Omelet staples : EGGS
9 Stink to high heaven : REEK
10 Niagara __ : FALLS
11 Speck in the ocean : ISLET
12 In a crabby mood : TESTY
15 Fluent in two tongues : BILINGUAL
17 Goes out with : DATES
21 Texter’s “I think” : IMO
23 Applied sloppily, as lipstick : SMEARED
25 “__, James __” : BOND
26 Double-reed woodwind : OBOE
27 Self-referential, in modern lingo : META
28 “See you later” : BYE FOR NOW
30 Start the poker pot : ANTE
31 Pig’s home : STY
33 Some chicken servings : LEGS
35 Slightly : A BIT
36 Russo of “Thor” movies : RENE
37 Raised, as cattle : BRED
39 The bossy Stooge : MOE
43 Like a positive attitude : CAN-DO
45 Where cranberries grow : BOG
46 Dueling weapons : SWORDS
47 Lesson from Aesop : MORAL
48 Place for a concert : ARENA
49 Repaired with wicker : CANED
51 __ out: declined : OPTED
53 Flows back : EBBS
54 Christmas season : YULE
56 Shirt sleeve’s end : CUFF
57 Having the skill : ABLE
58 Vehicle pulled by huskies : SLED
59 They accompany crumpets : TEAS
62 Japanese coins : YEN
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