Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 18th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Some assembly stations : SALAD BARS
10 __ al pomodoro: Tuscan soup : PAPPA
15 “Beats me” : I’VE NO IDEA
16 Use : AVAIL
17 “Nice work!” : GOOD STUFF
18 Wagner’s father-in-law : LISZT
19 Least amt. : MIN
20 Zaire’s Mobutu __ Seko : SESE
21 __ ball : MATZO
22 “Doe, __ … ” : A DEER
25 “The Last O.G.” network : TBS
27 Chi preceder : TAI
28 Family nicknames : MAS
30 Shipping rope : TYE
31 Gym sets : REPS
32 “No worries” : DON’T MENTION IT
35 Stop digressing : CUT TO THE CHASE
36 Words often embroidered : HOME SWEET HOME
37 “Love & Basketball” actor Omar : EPPS
38 All Saints’ __ : EVE
39 Bonobo, for one : APE
40 First animal in the Chinese zodiac : RAT
41 #34 : DDE
42 Diminish slowly : ERODE
46 Toot : SPREE
48 Latin for “scraped,” in a phrase : RASA
52 Pasture sound : LOW
53 Get around : ELUDE
54 Metaphor for doing more than is required : EXTRA MILE
57 Massenet opera about a Spanish legend : LE CID
58 Party where no one goes home? : SLEEPOVER
59 Curator’s concerns : FAKES
60 Bike shop array : TEN-SPEEDS
DOWN
1 Two after pi : SIGMA
2 Get around : AVOID
3 Sierra __ : LEONE
4 “Then what?” : AND?
5 Soirees : DOS
6 Parts of drills : BITS
7 Musical collaboration instruction : A DUE
8 Calls on a field : REFS
9 Insurance metaphor : SAFETY NET
10 Conceals, in a way : PALMS
11 Adidas rival : AVIA
12 What most novels are written in : PAST TENSE
13 Round item in a square box : PIZZA PIE
14 Charlie Parker, at times : ALTOIST
23 Isn’t subtle, in a way : EMOTES
24 Jeremiads : RANTS
26 “You __!” : BETCHA
29 Put away : STOWED
30 Giggly sound : TEHEE
31 Nomad : ROAMER
32 Sandbox toy : DUMP TRUCK
33 “Into Thin Air” setting : MT EVEREST
34 “With any luck” : I HOPE
35 Bargain in court : COP A PLEA
36 “Nature would not invest __ in such shadowing passion without some instruction”: Othello : HERSELF
41 Title pages? : DEEDS
43 Stuffed hors d’oeuvre : OLIVE
44 Parceled (out) : DOLED
45 Pretty pitchers : EWERS
47 Carmela portrayer on “The Sopranos” : EDIE
49 Semi shaft : AXLE
50 Arm of the Korean War : STEN
51 Father of the Amazons : ARES
55 Bridge Base Online offering, e.g. : APP
56 Duff Beer server : MOE
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