Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 24th 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Pumpkin-growing place PATCH
6. Bitter ACRID
11. Heat in the microwave ZAP
14. How a timely stage entrance is made ON CUE
15. Letter after eta THETA
16. “Strange Magic” band ELO
17. Pieman meeter of rhyme SIMPLE SIMON
19. Jack of “Barney Miller” SOO
20. Persian Gulf ship OILER
21. Croc’s cousin GATOR
23. Bovine baby CALF
26. Toronto NHL team MAPLE LEAFS
29. Upper crust groups ELITES
31. Corp. kingpin EXEC
32. Baseball’s Doubleday ABNER
33. Pad __: Asian noodles dish THAI
35. Bank acct. addition DEP
38. Artificial sweetener … and what the end of 17-, 26-, 48- and 58-Across is, literally SUGAR SUBSTITUTE
42. Moody music genre EMO
43. Scheme PLOT
44. Capital of Morocco RABAT
45. Motown music genre SOUL
47. Highly adorned ORNATE
48. Iconic hat-shaped L.A. restaurant BROWN DERBY
53. Hershey’s nibble KISS
54. Goldbricks LOAFS
55. “Fame” singer Cara IRENE
57. Six-pack muscles ABS
58. George Washington hairpiece POWDERED WIG
64. Tiny source of teen angst ZIT
65. __ Lauder ESTEE
66. Debonair SUAVE
67. USN rank ENS
68. Light beer brand COORS
69. Binge SPREE
DOWN
1. Stamp sellers: Abbr. POS
2. Singer DiFranco ANI
3. Film buffs’ channel TCM
4. Brit’s hot “spot” CUP OF TEA
5. Prefix with port HELI-
6. Totally lost AT SEA
7. Nest tweet CHIRP
8. Sleep stage REM
9. Simpson trial judge Lance __ ITO
10. Hang down DANGLE
11. Keebler cracker ZESTA
12. Socially chilly ALOOF
13. Standard & __ POORS
18. Shade trees ELMS
22. Former nuclear agcy. AEC
23. Stop CEASE
24. LP record ALBUM
25. Jargon LINGO
27. Fewest LEAST
28. Way off the highway EXIT
30. Miscalculate ERR
33. Bridal gown netting TULLE
34. “The Deuce” network HBO
35. Persian Gulf emirate DUBAI
36. French states ETATS
37. “For __ sake!” PETE’S
39. Tater SPUD
40. Like damaged mdse. on sale IRR
41. Really drunk TANKED UP
45. Personal ad woman: Abbr. SWF
46. Unsolicited, as a manuscript ON SPEC
47. __ and terminer: criminal court OYER
48. Burn brightly BLAZE
49. Batman’s sidekick ROBIN
50. Brewers’ kilns OASTS
51. Successful hitchhiker RIDER
52. Saints quarterback Drew BREES
56. Storied loch NESS
59. Baja bear OSO
60. Intl. commerce group WTO
61. Basic card game WAR
62. “__ been thinking … ” I’VE
63. “Golly!” GEE
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