
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 14th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 _ dance : STEP
5 Low digits : TOES
9 _ bar : TAPAS
14 Delivery option : HOME BIRTH
16 Carne _ : ASADA
17 Snowball effect caused by lowered standards : RACE TO THE BOTTOM
19 Untainted spots : EDENS
20 Frequent Bosch subject : HELL
21 Info on a political rival : OPPO
22 Mauveine, for one : DYE
23 Western Greek island : CORFU
24 Deserters : RATS
25 Ruckus : ADO
27 Paul who’s the only inductee of both the Rock & Roll and National Inventors halls of fame : LES
29 Actor Stephen from 51-Across : REA
30 Bit of redundancy in a Yogi Berra quip : WRONG MISTAKES
34 William, since 2022 : PRINCE OF WALES
35 Dismissive comment after a hot take : SAID NO ONE EVER
36 Finesse : ART
37 Positive course feedback? : YUM
38 Some, in Somme : DES
39 Chorus part : LA-LA
41 Knot again : RETIE
44 _ Louise Huxtable, winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Criticism : ADA
47 Apple with multiple cores : IMAC
48 Instant Pot dish : STEW
49 Inflexible : RIGID
51 Stormont locale : NORTHERN IRELAND
54 Maintain : ARGUE
55 “Just fate, I guess” : IT’S KISMET
56 Percolates : SEEPS
57 Pacific salmon : COHO
58 Candy bar with a bubbly texture : AERO
DOWN
1 Unit of decency? : SHRED
2 Suck-up : TOADY
3 One making introductions : EMCEE
4 Hammer part : PEEN
5 Bruno of “Encanto,” for one : TIO
6 GroundClear and WeedClear maker : ORTHO
7 Bitcoin alternative, familiarly : ETHER
8 Last time : SHELF LIFE
9 Yin-yang principle : TAO
10 “The Great Lie” Oscar winner Mary : ASTOR
11 “Movement in Black” poet : PAT PARKER
12 Some rescues : ADOPTEES
13 Turnovers served with chutney : SAMOSAS
15 Band also known as the Bangtan Boys : BTS
18 “Hooked on a Feeling” hitmakers : BLUE SWEDE
23 Open space : CONCOURSE
25 Like xeric landscapes : ARID
26 Osmond who won Season 9 of “Dancing With the Stars” : DONNY
28 Hold (off) : STAVE
30 Clear to see : WRIT LARGE
31 Plane-related, say : GEOMETRIC
32 Ethnic group in Myanmar : MON
33 Hoppy pours : ALES
34 “This Is Why” Best Rock Album Grammy winners : PARAMORE
35 Monterey town known as the “Salad Bowl of the World” : SALINAS
40 Advocacy gp. co-founded by Larry Kramer : ACT UP
42 Near the hour : TEN TO
43 “It’d be a dream come true!” : I WISH
44 Top form : A-GAME
45 Hash house : DINER
46 Lengthen, as a lead : ADD TO
49 L.L. Bean rival : REI
50 “Casablanca” role : ILSA
52 Father and son : HES
53 Studio taken over by Howard Hughes : RKO
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