
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 21st 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bad Bunny genre : LATIN TRAP
10 Maker of Cleansing Melts soap pads : OLAY
14 “There’s a storm brewing” : I CAN FEEL IT
16 Traffic sign : CONE
17 Digs at the beach : SANDCASTLE
18 New clothes hangers? : TAGS
19 Yurchenko double __: vault now called the Biles II : PIKE
20 Stick in the water : POOL NOODLE
22 Oaf : CLOD
24 CrossFit moves : BURPEES
25 Neither early nor late : ON BEAT
28 Dark : MORBID
29 Artistic hot spots : KILNS
30 Products of deductive reasoning? : TAXES
31 Study : DEN
34 Loads : A LOT
35 Yarns : TALES
36 Exclamation of approval : VIVA!
37 Bow wood : YEW
38 Acts like a gobstopper : LASTS
39 Unspoken : TACIT
40 News segment : SPORTS
42 Grapefruit relative : POMELO
43 “Do I look like I care?” : SPARE ME
45 Word with freeze or fry : DEEP
46 Precursor to getting one’s just desserts? : CAKE BATTER
48 “Well, that used to be true … ” : I WAS
52 Quarreling : AT IT
53 Lao Gan Ma condiment : CHILI CRISP
55 Eerie spray : MIST
56 One of three in the Girl Scouts logo : SILHOUETTE
57 Bridesmaid’s accessory : POSY
58 Entertainment on a carousel, once : SLIDESHOW
DOWN
1 Condition whose therapy may include hissing like a snake : LISP
2 _ palm : ACAI
3 School house? : TANK
4 Overexposed? : INDECENT
5 George Halas Trophy org. : NFC
6 Vessel at a teddy bear picnic : TEAPOT
7 Task on a postseason to-do list : RESOD
8 High, in Italian : ALTO
9 Some brimless hats : PILLBOXES
10 Deep-ocean mollusks : OCTOPI
11 Funny bones? : LOADED DICE
12 Perspective : ANGLE
13 Party planner’s list : YESES
15 Grants for researchers? : TENURES
21 Contact juggler’s props : ORBS
23 _ Vegas Raiders : LAS
25 3 out of 5, say : OKAY
26 _ Valley sunbird: Middle Eastern species : NILE
27 Air busses? : BLOWS A KISS
28 Soda shop treats : MALTS
30 Spoon-fed line : TASTE THIS
32 Profoundly bad : EVIL
33 Gp. with a compass rose emblem on its flag : NATO
35 Southwest expanses? : TARMACS
36 Many “What We Do in the Shadows” characters : VAMPIRES
38 First unsigned artist to record a Billboard No. 1 hit : LOEB
39 Golf club part : TOE
41 Sort of : PRETTY
42 Stopping point : PERIOD
43 Rascal : SCAMP
44 Grillmaster’s domain : PATIO
45 Territory nearly surrounded by Haryana : DELHI
47 Contribute to grass roots movements? : TILL
49 “_ pleasure!” : WITH
50 Regarding : AS TO
51 Be effusive : SPEW
54 Prompt : CUE
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