Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday December 2nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 All over the place : GLOBAL
7 Period : TERM
11 Chilled : COOLED IT
13 Absorb : SOP UP
14 Features of “Step by Step” and “Sister, Sister” : BLENDED FAMILIES
16 Gets rid of : LOSES
17 Chips away at : ERODES
18 Fertility clinic cells : OVA
19 Made shorter : SNIPPED OFF
23 “Save it for the honeymoon!” : GET A ROOM
26 Vietnamese garment : AO DAI
27 Small bucks and does : RABBITS
30 Play a proper noun in Scrabble, say : ERR
31 Declaration after a trial? : FOR REAL THIS TIME
36 Honor for David Oyelowo: Abbr. : OBE
37 Astonished cry : DEAR GOD
38 “But to no __” : AVAIL
41 Does as ordered? : TENDS BAR
45 Craft goods that might be barrel-aged : MICROBREWS
48 Classified letters : OBO
49 Resident of Number One Observatory Circle since 2021 : HARRIS
50 Enviable trait : ASSET
52 “You really don’t want to go there” : AVOID AT ALL COSTS
56 No-goodnik : LOUSE
57 Paper clips? : ARTICLES
58 Precursor to a deal : ANTE
59 Like some pop-up clinics : TENTED
DOWN
1 Tackles : GOES AT
2 Single : LONE
3 “Grey Girl” poet Sharon : OLDS
4 Bumbling sort? : BEE
5 Sum things up : ADD
6 Anti-mimetic position held by Oscar Wilde : LIFE IMITATES ART
7 Largest Ohio city that doesn’t start with “C” : TOLEDO
8 Film with a boy named Anakin, familiarly : EPISODE I
9 “You’ll __ the day!” : RUE
10 House of Commons reps : MPS
11 Garam masala ingredient : CLOVE
12 Grounds crew’s roll : TARP
13 Hit home? : SIDE-A
14 WordPress.com offering : BLOG
15 Need after spilling the tea? : MOP
19 Just wretched : SO BAD
20 To the manor born : NOBLE
21 Amass goods repetitively, in video games : FARM
22 Dumpster __ : FIRE
24 Talk Like a Pirate Day sound : ARR
25 “Hair Love” voice actress : RAE
28 Organized : THREW
29 Traces : SIGNS
31 __ roller : FOAM
32 Curt “Duh” : OBVI
33 Try to touch or get in touch : REACH OUT
34 Grounds crew’s roll : SOD
35 Reasons for WRs to dance : TDS
39 Aggressive response to a bluff : I RAISE
40 “Solar Power” singer-songwriter : LORDE
42 Ordered : BOSSED
43 Plans a nice getaway? : ABETS
44 Turns : ROTS
46 Cosabella product : BRA
47 Moreno in two “West Side Story” films : RITA
50 No. on a bank statement : ACCT
51 Single : SOLE
52 __ provençale : A LA
53 Artist Dutch whose name became a fashion brand : VON
54 Cell service letters : LTE
55 Former NBAer Jeremy : LIN
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