Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 14 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Ring in one’s ears? CROP CIRCLE
11 Common dressage gait TROT
15 It may offer dining options and a spa RESORT AREA
16 Tanning target HIDE
17 Imperfections affecting diamond clarity INCLUSIONS
18 ’60s pop singer Sands EVIE
19 Called to the shepherd BAAED
20 Trial for a would-be atty.? LSAT
21 One told to leave, maybe PEST
22 Camera choices SLRS
23 No longer is WAS
24 Round number? GIRTH
25 Trig function COTAN
27 Pickett’s Charge charger REB
28 High in an irritating way SHRILL
32 Weak-kneed TIMOROUS
36 Sign that may have a dog silhouette on it KEEP OFF THE GRASS
38 “I hear ya” YEAH YEAH
39 Child’s milestone AGE TEN
40 Future flounder ROE
41 Mulligan, e.g. RETRY
43 Fix :AMEND
45 “__ little faster, please” GO A
46 Retinal cells RODS
50 Thorn in one’s side BANE
51 Hawaiian staple TARO
53 Word from the Hebrew for “teaching” TORAH
54 “Scientific American Frontiers” host ALDA
55 Tippling point? ONE TOO MANY
57 Each cha in cha-cha-cha STEP
58 Bad taste INELEGANCE
59 Lawman who was also a boxing referee EARP
60 Green Hornet’s great-uncle LONE RANGER
DOWN
1 Cheats, in a way CRIBS
2 Nephric RENAL
3 Jazz pianist Peterson OSCAR
4 Flag bearers POLES
5 Guck CRUD
6 “__ not my call” IT’S
7 Upbraid RAIL AT
8 Start of a pedestrian caution CROSS AT THE GREEN
9 Dunham of “Girls” LENA
10 __ Coast EAST
11 NYC landmark overlooking Central Park THE PIERRE
12 Inland navigator RIVERBOAT
13 Penner of praiseful poetry ODIST
14 Muscle TEETH
23 Tom who coined “radical chic” WOLFE
24 Like a drunken sailor, in more ways than one? GROGGY
25 Laid it on thick CLOYED
26 Med. research agency NIH
28 Overhead expanse SKY
29 Half a bray HEE
30 Tailgating danger REAR-ENDER
31 Cell download, perhaps IPHONE APP
33 Ben Stiller’s mom MEARA
34 Purpose USE
35 Return ID… SSN
37 Wide partner FAR
42 Emulate Galway TOOTLE
43 Denigrate ABASE
44 122-square-mile republic MALTA
46 __ candle ROMAN
47 Bornean beast ORANG
48 Hustle, say DANCE
49 More 32-Across SHYER
51 Considerable effort TOIL
52 Word on some headstones ANNO
53 Costume in some Shakespeare plays TOGA
56 Key preposition O’ER
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