Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 24th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Confines, theatrically : TYPECASTS
10 Tech site with a “track prices” browser plug-in : C|NET
14 Rank and file : HOI POLLOI
15 Give up : WAIVE
16 “I’m sunk!” : ALL IS LOST
17 Snoring cause : APNEA
18 Misery : WOE
19 Both parents, in some families : MOMS
20 Heist series title word : OCEAN’S
21 “Let me have it” : DO YOUR WORST
23 Plot : PLAN
25 “A plateau is the highest form of flattery,” e.g. : PUN
26 Father : SIRE
28 Chess player Krush who is the only American woman Grandmaster : IRINA
29 Enviable trait : ASSET
31 “Wipe your paws” spot : MAT
32 Turn to : CONSULT
34 Stands to take a picture? : TRIPODS
36 Back on board : AFT
37 Meryl’s “Mary Poppins Returns” role : TOPSY
39 State capital? : MONEY
40 Old Italian 39-Across : LIRA
42 Trojan leader? : TAU
43 Scrapes (by) : EKES
44 Doll featured in many unboxing videos on YouTube : LOL SURPRISE!
48 “We’re dying to know!” : TELL US
49 Grandly appointed : POSH
50 Zoom appt. : MTG
53 “Perfect!” : A-PLUS
54 Eucalyptus lover, familiarly : KOALA BEAR
56 Stadium strata : TIERS
57 Tragic dancer of French literature : ESMERALDA
58 One could be a lot : ACRE
59 Film starring Himesh Patel as the only person in the world who remembers the Beatles : YESTERDAY
DOWN
1 Soften : THAW
2 “No regrets” initialism : YOLO
3 Nap on a carpet, e.g. : PILE
4 Prefix with -phenomenalism : EPI-
5 Explorer trained at the Gagarin Center in Star City : COSMONAUT
6 Metallic mixture : ALLOY
7 Replay tech : SLO-MO
8 Tough calls : TOSS-UPS
9 Go unused : SIT
10 Piccata need : CAPERS
11 Singer who said, “Sometimes I sound like gravel, and sometimes I sound like coffee and cream” : NINA SIMONE
12 Foundation of a barter system : EVEN TRADES
13 Oolong and pu-erh : TEAS
15 Home of the Baylor Bears : WACO
20 Title holder : OWNER
21 Ranks in judo : DANS
22 Out of shape : RUSTY
23 Social image? : PROFILE PIC
24 Grooming aid that might gather dust : LINT ROLLER
27 Site with artisan shops : ETSY
28 Onetime macOS scheduling app : ICAL
29 Stock phrase : AT PAR
30 Home for the holidays? : TIME-SHARE
33 Flower sacred in Buddhism and Hinduism : LOTUS
35 Dish whose name means “to slice” in Hawaiian : POKE
38 Take as a given : SUPPOSE
41 Draw : ALLURE
45 Root (out) : SUSS
46 Wanders : ROAMS
47 Dot on a map : ISLET
48 “Cheerio!” : TA-TA
50 Canasta play : MELD
51 “See what I did there?” : TADA
52 Overcast : GRAY
54 Solution : KEY
55 Setting for many a joke : BAR
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