
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 7th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Account shortcut : ETC ETC
7 Subatomic particle in the world’s largest collider : HADRON
13 [Shrug] : NO IDEA
14 Mitigate : RELIEVE
15 Not rare : NORMAL
16 Beverage also called Silver Needle : WHITE TEA
17 Michael Jordan’s sch. : UNC
18 __ wit : RAPIER
20 Mouth-squinching : TART
21 Observation observation : I SAW
23 Certain guest permits : VISAS
24 Heat from a vent : IRE
25 Tweaks : AMENDS
27 Extra-ordinary mark? : C-PLUS
29 From both sides, in a way : STEREO
30 Bring up : PARENT
31 Spy glasses? : ONE-WAY MIRRORS
33 Some mats : SNARLS
34 Doctors or nurses : TREATS
35 Best Play awards : ESPYS
36 Addresses : SEES TO
37 Salsa, or a salsa move : DIP
38 Vales : GLENS
39 “Open at your own risk” indicator : NSFW
43 Protected, in a way : ALEE
45 Like no films released to theaters in 2023 : RATED G
47 DeLaria of “Orange Is the New Black” : LEA
48 Plague in a Poe tale : RED DEATH
50 “Well, dang!” : OH RATS
52 Dramatic : INTENSE
53 Thin : WEAKEN
54 Skippers on a lake : STONES
55 Youngest, as a family member : NEWEST
DOWN
1 Languor : ENNUI
2 Some in a cel block : TOONS
3 Dating convenience : CIRCA
4 Percussive genre, for short : EDM
5 Make the rent? : TEAR
6 Día de los Muertos skulls : CALAVERAS
7 Whodunit suspects, often : HEIRS
8 _ text : ALT
9 Inflation reduction act? : DIET
10 Chain components : RETAILERS
11 Surpasses : OVERRUNS
12 Clearest, as a note : NEATEST
14 Large birds of the pampas : RHEAS
16 Some molars : WISDOM TEETH
19 Like the fragrance of many wreaths : PINEY
22 Thin : WATERY
26 Kitty litter sound? : MEWLS
27 Ice mass unit : CARAT
28 Element element : PROTON
29 Abruptly became alert : SNAPPED TO
30 Triceps exercise : PRESS-DOWN
31 In a cell block? : ON SILENT
32 Nobel laureate Joliot-Curie : IRENE
33 “Santaland Diaries” humorist : SEDARIS
36 Ticket : SLATE
38 Rough stuff? : GRASS
40 Satisfy, as curiosity : SLAKE
41 Honors in a big way : FETES
42 “_ expecting that” : WASN’T
44 Plot with a shameless beginning : EDEN
46 Shelf-stable butter : GHEE
49 Not quite 70°, for short : ENE
51 Unbridled : RAW
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