Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 17th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Ceremonial champagne opener : SABER
6 Rich brown shade : MOCHA
11 Brazen personal ad? : SHAMELESS PLUG
14 Gains star power : HITS THE BIG TIME
15 Attacks, as a snow fort : PELTS
16 First name in jumps : EVEL
17 Hub served by BART : SFO
18 Initial request for an answer? : RSVP
19 “You’re killing me, __!” : SMALLS
21 Something clasped for support : BRA
23 Legal conclusion? : -ESE
24 Knee-slappers : RIOTS
25 Workshop device : CLAMP
27 Mystery-shrouded novelist Elena : FERRANTE
29 Fancy affair : SOIREE
30 Restless desire : ITCH
31 Symbol held aloft in an Emmy statuette : ATOM
32 Indigenous Arizona people : APACHE
35 Minibar tool : ICE TONGS
39 Number of World Series wins for each of Chicago’s teams : THREE
40 Draws (away) : SHIES
41 Continuity problem : GAP
42 See 45-Down : MAT
43 Having sex, perhaps : RATED R
45 City in the Sonoran Desert : YUMA
46 Chest bone : RIB
48 “Phooey!” : DRAT
49 Entrance hall : FOYER
50 “Calm down, sport” : EASY THERE, TIGER
53 Triumphant declaration : NOT TODAY, SATAN
54 Animals in Serta ads : SHEEP
55 A couple : MATES
DOWN
1 Chutzpah : SASS
2 Invoice no. : AMT
3 Colossus : BEHEMOTH
4 Give a lift : ELEVATE
5 Defies authority : REBELS
6 Food additive : MSG
7 Picks : OPTS
8 Snack with a rock climber on its wrapper : CLIF BAR
9 “Just play along” : HUMOR ME
10 Number that’s always positive : AGE
11 Second place : SILVER
12 Letters in a tab : HTTP
13 Place for a plant : SILL
14 Sculptor Eva who pioneered postminimalism in the 1960s : HESSE
15 Fave option : PREF
19 Starting from : SINCE
20 Hustles out : SCOOTS
22 King Kong or Kanzi : APE
24 “__ Outspoken: My Life in the News”: 2012 memoir : RATHER
26 Long ride : LIMO
28 Main ingredient of zongzi : RICE
29 Use a joystick, perhaps : STEER
31 Quality assurance : ACID TEST
32 Bread machine : ATM
33 Title derived from the ancient Egyptian for “great house” : PHARAOH
34 Skilled performer : ARTISTE
35 “Word” : I HEAR YA
36 Illustrator Dustin who won an Eisner Award for “Descender” : NGUYEN
37 One gaining star power, perhaps : GAMER
38 Go at it : SPAR
40 Water under the bridge : STREAM
44 Diagnosis that may be accommodated with an IEP : ADHD
45 With 42-Across, surface for shavasana : YOGA
47 Gig fraction : BYTE
49 Makes sense : FITS
50 Two out of nine? : ENS
51 Polo, e.g. : TOP
52 Korean for “kick” : TAE
Leave a Reply