Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 26th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Apple product : SMARTWATCH
11 Collector’s frame : CEL
14 Mozart’s Queen of the Night, for one : COLORATURA
15 Cover on the road : PAVE
16 Guacamole, e.g. : AVOCADO DIP
17 “Agreed!” : AMEN
18 Tiny and unimportant : DINKY
19 “The First __” : NOEL
20 Must : NEED
21 Make a narrow escape? : SEEP
22 In itself : PER SE
23 Slips into : DONS
24 Rhapsody, perhaps : OPUS
26 Field pair : OSCARS
28 Virtuoso : ADROIT
31 Tie with the dealer, in blackjack : PUSH
32 La Liga cheer : OLE
34 Like Dorothy Parker’s humor : DROLL
35 Red state? : FIT
36 Any of Florida’s Dry Tortugas : ISLET
38 Some “SVU” roles : DAS
39 Cut out : OMIT
41 Model builders, at times : GLUERS
42 Bauhaus founder Gropius : WALTER
44 Not peripheral : MAIN
45 Chateau Montelena’s home : NAPA
46 Ban from practice : DEBAR
48 Spring break destination, briefly : BAJA
52 Word of resignation : ALAS
53 __ Eats : UBER
54 Rambled : RAN ON
55 Calamitous : DIRE
56 Obviously full of anticipation : SALIVATING
58 Art store supply : INKS
59 It may be pulled before a final : ALL-NIGHTER
60 Thing in the Roman Senate : RES
61 Has a clear conscience, maybe : SLEEPS EASY
DOWN
1 Gobs : SCADS
2 Oddly, trailers may precede one : MOVIE
3 Like many a horror film victim : ALONE
4 Low tide formation : ROCK POOL
5 A server may carry one : TRAY
6 Gum, after use : WAD
7 Makes up : ATONES
8 Elizabeth I was the last one : TUDOR
9 Really could use, with “for” : CRIES OUT
10 Unfortunate : HAPLESS
11 Diner patron played by Stephen King in “Mr. Mercedes,” e.g. : CAMEO ROLE
12 “The Vagina Monologues” playwright : EVE ENSLER
13 Takes interest, maybe : LENDS
15 Bear that can bark : PANDA
22 Call counterpart : PUT
25 Captain, at times : PILOT
27 Dog topper : CHILI
28 Sum up : ADD
29 Begin to set boundaries : DRAW A LINE
30 First woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol : ROSA PARKS
31 Compost bin remnant : PIT
33 “Cloverfield” characters : ETS
35 Highly energetic sort : FIREBALL
37 What a city dweller may do on a building roof : SUNBATHE
40 Jellyfish : MEDUSAS
41 Pikelike fish : GAR
43 Burns with a light touch? : LASES
44 Oceanic : MARINE
45 Point from which a recovery can begin : NADIR
47 Animated Disney bibliophile : BELLE
49 Indian novelist Desai : ANITA
50 Slangy craving : JONES
51 Gritting one’s teeth, maybe : ANGRY
54 Old dance hall tunes : RAGS
57 __ pass : VIP
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