Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 25th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Saudi Arabia neighbor : OMAN
5 Protractor’s measure : ANGLE
10 Caustic chemical : ACID
14 Forbidding word : DON’T
15 President between Harrison and Polk : TYLER
16 Writer Jaffe : RONA
17 Santa and his reindeer landed __ : __ ON THE HOUSE
19 Territory near the Mariana Trench : GUAM
20 Actress/writer Issa : RAE
21 Many Christmas trees : PINES
22 Oklahoma city on the Arkansas River : TULSA
23 Correcting myopia, maybe : LASING
25 Stockholm citizens : SWEDES
26 Small snack : BITE
27 Before heading down the chimney, Santa __ : __ GOT THE SACK
30 App reviewers : USERS
32 Length of TV’s “60 Minutes” : HOUR
33 Stepping out of the fireplace, Santa left a __ : __ CARBON FOOTPRINT
40 Quarter or pound : COIN
41 Like some garden lights : SOLAR
42 After filling the last one, Santa hung the __ : __ STOCKING UP
48 “Children of Blood and Bone” writer Adeyemi : TOMI
49 On the up and up : KOSHER
50 Homegrown : NATIVE
52 Broad necktie : ASCOT
53 Editorialize : OPINE
55 Flight takeoff approximation: Abbr. : ETD
57 Old Russian leader : TSAR
58 All in all, Santa had a very busy __! : __ PRESENT DAY
60 French 101 verb : ETRE
61 __ tot : TATER
62 Like a red Red Delicious : RIPE
63 Diana of the Supremes : ROSS
64 Speaker of the house? : ALEXA
65 Beehive State people : UTES
DOWN
1 Fragrance : ODOR
2 Da Vinci portrait in the Louvre : MONA LISA
3 Long-tongued insectivore : ANTEATER
4 Utmost degree : NTH
5 “I haven’t __ to wear!” : A THING
6 “Black Panther” star Lupita : NYONG’O
7 Sticky stuff : GLUE
8 More or __ : LESS
9 “I heard him exclaim, __ he drove out of sight … ” : ERE
10 Bickers : ARGUES
11 May’ve : COULDA
12 “Almost ready!” : IN A SEC
13 Fabric named for Syria’s capital : DAMASK
18 Prefix with center : EPI-
22 Whippersnappers : TWERPS
24 Croat’s neighbor : SERB
25 Tightly closed : SHUT
26 Tampa Bay NFLer : BUC
28 Havaianas shoe, e.g. : THONG
29 Additionally : TOO
31 Lightbulb’s place : SOCKET
34 Gritty film genre : NOIR
35 Classic Cadillac feature : FIN
36 Round flatbread : ROTI
37 “Five stars!” : I LOVED IT
38 Personalized iron-on : NAME TAPE
39 Bi- plus one : TRI-
42 Adam Rippon, for one : SKATER
43 Play catch with : TOSS TO
44 Hollywood awards : OSCARS
45 Washing dishes, doing laundry, etc. : CHORES
46 Not gender-specific : UNISEX
47 Bacon Turkey Bravo sandwich chain : PANERA
51 Number of digits in a billion : TEN
53 __ hygiene : ORAL
54 Folk icon Seeger : PETE
56 Changes color, perhaps : DYES
58 Org. that may support a school board : PTA
59 Hilton brand : TRU
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