
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 2nd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Waves of grain” shade : AMBER
6 Exam : TEST
10 Spiral : COIL
14 Musical pace set by a conductor : TEMPO
15 Cuba, por ejemplo : ISLA
16 Maui’s scenic _ Highway : HANA
17 Proverb : MAXIM
18 Stressfully close game : NAIL-BITER
20 Classic Allen Funt series with practical jokes : CANDID CAMERA
22 Extraterrestrial of 1980s TV : ALF
25 Word with a maiden name : NEE
26 Takes five : RESTS
27 Shortest ways to travel : DIRECT ROUTES
32 Greek salad fruit : OLIVE
33 Sheep sounds : BAAS
34 Beaver creation : DAM
37 Assign stars to : RATE
38 Like pet parakeets : CAGED
40 U2 lead singer : BONO
41 Prefix with system : ECO-
42 Greasy : OILY
43 Tropical fruit : MANGO
44 Like detectives sporting civvies : PLAINCLOTHES
47 Sandwich slices : BREAD
50 _ Lingus : AER
51 Spanish “Bravo!” : OLE
52 “In all honesty, … ” and what the starts of 20-, 27-, and 44-Across might say? : LET ME BE FRANK
57 Received from an estate : INHERITED
58 Conclude by reasoning : INFER
62 Banana covering : PEEL
63 Opposed to : ANTI
64 Requiring constant validation, perhaps : NEEDY
65 Blood bank fluids : SERA
66 Old car from Sweden : SAAB
67 Honking birds : GEESE
DOWN
1 24/7 money source : ATM
2 “Give _ break!” : ME A
3 Sport with wheelies, for short : BMX
4 “Awesome, dude!” : EPIC
5 Genre for novelists Colleen Hoover and Emily Henry : ROMANCE
6 Dating app with a flame logo : TINDER
7 Morales of “NYPD Blue” : ESAI
8 Lost traction : SLID
9 Mineral no longer used in bath powder : TALC
10 Wind : tinklers on porches : CHIMES
11 Hall’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame partner : OATES
12 Chemically inactive : INERT
13 “ Theme”: “Doctor Zhivago” music : LARA’S
19 Exposes : BARES
21 Pickleball court divider : NET
22 Think the world of : ADORE
23 Shrub with lavender flowers : LILAC
24 -Lay snacks : FRITO
28 New Year’s : EVE
29 Reproductive health doc : OB-GYN
30 Persian Gulf fed. : UAE
31 Smidgen : TAD
34 “Tiny Bubbles” singer : DON HO
35 _ hair pasta : ANGEL
36 Bullwinkle, e.g. : MOOSE
38 Spy org. : CIA
39 Boxer Muhammad : ALI
40 Baseball club : BAT
42 More mature : OLDER
43 Break of day : MORNING
44 Anderson of “Baywatch” : PAMELA
45 “Invasion of Privacy” rapper : CARDI B
46 __ & Perrins steak sauce : LEA
47 Radar screen flashes : BLIPS
48 “Judy” star Zellweger : RENEE
49 Bygone anesthetic : ETHER
53 Objectivity spoiler : BIAS
54 Sicilian volcano : ETNA
55 Greek salad cheese : FETA
56 Leg joint : KNEE
59 Service charge : FEE
60 Magazine VIPs : EDS
61 Type of 47-Across : RYE
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