Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday, December 20th 2015, LA Times crossword puzzle.
Across
1. Dance with a queen PROM
5. Facebook tally LIKES
10. Bug IRK
13. Conductor’s setting TEMPO
18. Texter’s guffaw ROFL
19. The Little Mermaid ARIEL
20. Catching-on cry AHA!
21. Survived the test BORE UP
22. Cocktail made with Southern Comfort ALABAMA SLAMMER
25. Rat, for one RODENT
26. Plural French pronoun ILS
27. Mets’ rival NATS
28. Starbucks order VANILLA LATTE
30. Origins ROOTS
32. Common Market inits. EEC
34. From, in German names VON
35. Texter’s “Beats me” IDK
36. __ student MED
37. How some flowers are planted IN ROWS
39. Kate, before being “tamed” SHREW
41. Joined in a film lab SPLICED
43. Eponymous band location E STREET
45. Geologic time unit EON
46. 22-year-old golf phenom Jordan who won the Masters, U.S. Open and FedExCup in 2015 SPIETH
47. Syrup source TREE SAP
49. Disreputable SHADY
50. 12-member oil gp. OPEC
54. Eighth-century year DCCI
57. Windows material PLATE GLASS
59. Italy’s La __ SCALA
60. Like some hygiene ORAL
61. Prince __ Khan ALY
62. Chicago mayor Emanuel RAHM
63. Reproductive units SPORES
64. Like an ill-equipped rowboat OARLESS
66. Wranglers, e.g. JEEPS
68. Sub compartment AIR LOCK
69. King who succeeds his father, say DYNAST
70. Of the highest quality A-ONE
71. Old televangelist org. PTL
72. Old, to Oskar ALTE
73. Takes it easy LOAFS
74. With “The,” 2002 Steven Pinker best-seller subtitled “The Modern Denial of Human Nature” BLANK SLATE
77. School barometer TEST
78. Ltr.-bottom letters ENCL
79. __ cum laude MAGNA
80. Cough drop LOZENGE
82. “The Joy Luck Club” author AMY TAN
84. Dog days mo. AUG
85. Cut back on food intake ATE LESS
89. How food may be salted TO TASTE
91. Threaded hardware SCREW
93. “… baked __” IN A PIE
94. Passel TON
95. GPS offering RTE
96. School attendance drop-off cause FLU
97. __ Miguel, largest of the Azores SAO
99. Balearic island IBIZA
100. Security measure BURGLAR ALARM
104. Machu Picchu dweller INCA
106. Film lover’s collectible CEL
107. Web browser? SPIDER
108. Modifying words RELATIVE CLAUSE
111. Nuts in some ice cream PECANS
112. Fair-hiring initials EEO
113. Gradually gather GLEAN
114. Anesthetize DRUG
115. “Later!” SEE YA!
116. One of 400,000-plus in the U.S. ATM
117. Before the crowd EARLY
118. Drive-thru transactions: Abbr. DEPS
Down
1. Grassland PRAIRIE
2. Deodorant options ROLL-ONS
3. In some respects OF A SORT
4. Diamond org. MLB
5. Dalai __ LAMA
6. Steamed IRATE
7. X’s in some letters KISSES
8. Slender fish EEL
9. Pole or Croat SLAV
10. Irritated response to “Aren’t you awake yet?” I AM NOW!
11. Bonn’s river, in Bonn RHEIN
12. Marx not seen in films KARL
13. Mechanic’s set TOOLKIT
14. “Ring Cycle” goddess ERDA
15. Tryster’s request MEET ME?
16. Gave up the ball PUNTED
17. Chose, with “for” OPTED
21. Baskteball Hall of Famer who was inducted while a U.S. senator BRADLEY
23. Comeback ANSWER
24. Expert MAVEN
29. Fatty compounds LIPIDS
31. Steinbeck novel set in Monterey TORTILLA FLAT
33. Look the wrong way, maybe CHEAT
38. Look beyond SEE PAST
40. Leeway metaphor ROPE
41. Muscle malady SPASM
42. Dog once shunned because it wasn’t black CHOCOLATE LAB
44. Blinking and sweating, in poker TELLS
46. Persian sovereigns SHAHS
48. For instance SAY
49. Offended smack SLAP
51. __ officer PAROLE
52. Chooses ELECTS
53. Vampire’s bed? CASKET
54. Idle drawing DOODLE
55. Drawing stick CRAYON
56. Envelope-to-the-forehead TV persona CARNAC
58. __ salad GREEK
59. It starts in Mar. SPR
63. Sailing component? SILENT I
65. Superman’s symbol ESS
66. Big name in fabric stores JO-ANN
67. Sicilian resort ENNA
68. Attending an afternoon social AT TEA
70. Pond plants ALGAE
71. Guerra’s opposite PAZ
74. One swinging in a box BATTER
75. Derogatory remark SLUR
76. Theater sections LOGES
79. “Goodness me!” MY STARS!
81. Friendly GENIAL
83. 1963 hit on the flip side of “Candy Girl” MARLENA
84. Integra maker ACURA
86. Gastronome EPICURE
87. Judges SIZES UP
88. What landlubbers lack SEA LEGS
89. Piece on top TOUPEE
90. How chop suey may be served ON RICE
91. Race with gates SLALOM
92. Relinquishing of rights WAIVER
94. Cookbook amts. TBSPS
96. Speedy FLEET
98. Oscar winner at age 10 O’NEAL
101. Down Under howdy G’DAY
102. Vicinity AREA
103. Monthly budget amt. MTGE
105. Harlem sch. CCNY
109. Dockworker’s org. ILA
110. Stick in ADD
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