Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 21st 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Swagger BRAVADO
8 Elite list WHO’S WHO
15 Tent event REVIVAL
16 “Get going!” HOP TO IT
17 No longer happening AT AN END
18 Its namesake, a former Surveyor General of India, objected to having it named for him EVEREST
19 Hip-hop subgenre GANGSTA
20 ’20s tennis star Lacoste RENE
21 Convene SIT
22 De bene __: literally, of well-being ESSE
24 Exchanges SWAPS
28 Old Messina money LIRA
31 __ operandi MODI
33 Aromatic garland LEI
34 More than is tolerable ONCE TOO OFTEN
38 Charles, until he’s in charge HEIR TO THE THRONE
41 Doesn’t evolve STAYS THE SAME
42 Area of interest BAG
43 Cold War leader Andropov YURI
44 Longbow wood sources YEWS
47 Lumps CLODS
50 Places where shooting occurs SETS
52 Like aspirin, briefly OTC
54 Sermon ender? -ETTE
56 Spot for a bowler HAT TREE
59 Kerosene cousin COAL OIL
62 Like some light, fruity wines UNOAKED
63 Annual February race site DAYTONA
64 Croc or cobra REPTILE
65 Cat’s asset STEALTH
66 Like some lumber TREATED
DOWN
1 Crows BRAGS
2 Sell at the mall, say RETAIL
3 Italian “forward” AVANTI
4 “Pulp Fiction” actor Rhames VING
5 City rtes. AVES
6 Boccaccio added “Divina” to the title of his masterpiece DANTE
7 Ancient OLD AS METHUSELAH
8 Response to a wince WHERE DOES IT HURT
9 __ to: halted, nautically HOVE
10 Debuts OPENS
11 Scatter STREW
12 Anguish WOE
13 Part of HMS, at times HIS
14 Giants legend OTT
23 “Told you!” SO THERE
25 Glee club voice ALTO
26 Rounded tool part PEEN
27 Trig function SINE
29 Rival of Tiger RORY
30 Giants in the 1954 horror film “Them!” ANTS
32 Smidgen IOTA
35 Owner of Clairol and CoverGirl COTY
36 “Goodness!” OH MY
37 Let out FREE
38 London-based financial corp. founded in Hong Kong HSBC
39 Short space saver ET AL
40 “It is the green-eyed monster … ” speaker IAGO
45 Exercise prompt WORK IT
46 Brosnan role in ’80s TV… STEELE
48 Yazoo region DELTA
49 One without arms STOOL
51 More lucid SANER
53 Turned over CEDED
55 Decorator’s subtlety TINT
57 Drink copiously TOPE
58 “Ciao!” TA-TA!
59 Streaming alternatives CDS
60 Meal starter? OAT-
61 Word of obedience AYE
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