Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 12th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Victorian constraint on women? : CORSET
7 Certain lookout’s concern : SQUAD CAR
15 Gamer’s guise : AVATAR
16 Home terrarium area, perhaps : SUNPORCH
17 Create : DEVISE
18 Crunchy low-calorie snack : RICE CAKE
19 Like yesterday’s news, relatively : RECENT
21 XXXII, quintupled : CLX
22 “__ Can Cook”: PBS show : YAN
23 In-on-the-joke indicator : WINK
24 Get emotional, with “up” : CHOKE
26 Centers of attention : FOCI
27 Spots at the prom? : ACNE
28 Traces : HINTS
29 Plural used for people but not animals : ELKS
30 Wine list clarification : YEAR
31 Ancient portico : STOA
32 Break-even situation : WASH
33 First name in Canadian whisky : HIRAM
34 Lose energy : FLAG
38 B-bravo link : AS IN
39 Recedes : EBBS
43 Word in some European country names : LAND
44 English subject : USAGE
46 Russian veto : NYET
47 “No time to lose!” : ASAP
48 David’s “Frasier” role : NILES
49 “The younger rises when the old doth __”: “King Lear” : FALL
50 Poor start? : MAL
51 Cash source : ATM
52 Longtime beverage sponsor for the New York Mets : RC COLA
54 Solo travels? : EGO TRIPS
57 “Darn it!” : OH RATS
59 Awkward : UNGAINLY
60 Hurtle : ROCKET
61 Corridors, e.g. : PASSAGES
62 Academically stylish : TWEEDY
DOWN
1 Hardly a nice guy : CAD
2 Not neat : OVER ICE
3 Northern Italian city near the Adriatic : RAVENNA
4 Kind of a shock? : STICKER
5 Minimal effort : EASE
6 __ coat : TRENCH
7 Pre-1991 atlas initials : SSR
8 Irascible : QUICK TO ANGER
9 Symbol since the War of 1812 : UNCLE SAM
10 Top : APEX
11 Bespectacled “Snow White” figure : DOC
12 Company that trademarked Silly Putty : CRAYOLA
13 Nickname for antiaircraft guns : ACK-ACKS
14 Like the area along a German river : RHENISH
20 “Child’s play!” : THIS IS SIMPLE
23 Method : WAY
25 Facing charges : ON TRIAL
26 Select group? : FEW
33 Hard to forget, as a melody : HAUNTING
34 Catch fire dramatically : FLAME UP
35 Layered entrée : LASAGNA
36 Closely related things : ANALOGS
37 Econ. indicator : GDP
39 Assure compliance with : ENFORCE
40 Where some picnicking takes place : BY A LAKE
41 After the event : BELATED
42 Letters on a Cardinal’s cap : STL
45 Go along with : ESCORT
51 Verdi creation : ARIA
53 Eats : CHOW
55 Prof’s helpers : TAS
56 Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYS
58 Farm enclosure : STY
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