
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 15th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tiny amount (of) : A DAB
5 Pie _ : CHART
10 Celtic Sea country : WALES
15 Harbor service vessel : SCOW
19 Hawk : SELL
20 Temperament : HUMOR
21 Trilling event, often : OPERA
22 “Say Anything … ” star Skye : IONE
23 The celebrity triangle player _ : HAD A FAMILIAR RING
26 Not very exciting : DRAB
27 Future residents? : PREMEDS
28 Puts (down) : LAYS
29 Touches up a text : EMENDS
31 Put on : AIRED
32 The organized drummer _ : DIDN’T MISS A BEAT
36 Loch with a legend : NESS
37 Country Music Hall of Famer Buck : OWENS
39 “Downton Abbey” daughter : EDITH
40 Short way? : RTE
41 Goes soft : THAWS
43 “Hey, that’s enough!” : CAN IT
45 Surgical beam : LASER
47 The jovial maraca player _ : SHOOK WITH LAUGHTER
52 Move like a mouse : SCURRY
53 Consoles with Nunchuks : WIIS
54 Wipe out : ERASE
57 “The Christmas Song” composer Mel : TORME
58 Field : REALM
60 Tennis icon Arthur : ASHE
63 “If This Is a Man” author Primo : LEVI
65 Pt. of NATO : ATL
66 The irresponsible trumpet player _ : BLEW IT BIG TIME
70 Take the gold : WIN
71 One up, e.g. : TIED
73 Biblical paradise : EDEN
74 Helpful : UTILE
75 Teller’s offering? : TRICK
77 First island in The Beach Boys’ “Kokomo” : ARUBA
79 German auto pioneer Adam : OPEL
80 Bully’s arsenal : TAUNTS
81 The influential harpist _ : PULLED SOME STRINGS
87 Made the shot? : DOSED
90 Salty expanse : OCEAN
91 Pipework fastener : U-BOLT
92 Food Network’s “Be My Guest With _ Garten” : INA
93 Bath depleter : DRAIN
95 A bit pickled : TIPSY
97 Person named in a will : HEIR
101 The careless trombone player _ : LET THINGS SLIDE
105 Chicken run border : FENCE
106 Early mainframe : UNIVAC
107 “Buona sera!” : CIAO
108 Former name of a 3D X-ray technique : CAT SCAN
110 Frog kin : TOAD
111 The thoughtful guitar player __ : HIT THE RIGHT CHORD
116 Piedmont blues guitarist Baker : ETTA
117 Bring to mind : EVOKE
118 Come clean about : ADMIT
119 Comic strip canine : ODIE
120 Future growth opportunity? : SEED
121 Bishops’ gathering : SYNOD
122 In need of a rinse : SOAPY
123 Sign of age : WEAR
DOWN
1 Fireplace receptacle : ASHPAN
2 Darling : DEARIE
3 Trees in the birch family : ALDERS
4 Discussion to assign culpability : BLAMESTORM
5 N’Djamena’s country : CHAD
6 Runs smoothly : HUMS
7 Pal in Poitiers : AMI
8 Arrive at last : ROLL IN
9 Sheet music threesomes : TRIADS
10 Best opposite : WORST
11 Distracted Driving Awareness Mo. : APR
12 Aromatic necklace : LEI
13 Seaside flyer : ERN
14 Most wise : SAGEST
15 Hit back? : SIDE-B
16 Least gooey brownie pieces : CORNERS
17 Out to dinner, maybe : ON A DATE
18 Lexicographer credited with standardizing American English spelling : WEBSTER
24 Nourished : FED
25 Author Rand : AYN
30 Composer Gustav : MAHLER
32 Lydic of “The Daily Show” : DESI
33 Restaurant guide : MENU
34 Hep “Roger that” : I DIG
35 “Star Wars” order : SITH
37 Like many a Chardonnay : OAKY
38 Site opening? : WWW
42 Exodus mount : HOREB
43 Get into, as a bunk bed : CLIMB UP ON
44 Some Energizer products : AAS
46 Central Asia’s North _ Sea : ARAL 47 Nova _ : SCOTIA
48 Bullpen member : HURLER
49 Clemens handle : TWAIN
50 Knight’s handle : HILT
51 Swarm (with) : TEEM
52 “Quickly!” : STAT
55 Upholsterer’s task : SEWING
56 Forces out : EVICTS
58 One of two colors on Poland’s flag : RED
59 “Baa-ram-”: “Babe” chant : EWE
60 Quick on one’s feet : AGILE
61 The Blues of the NHL, for short : STL
62 Zoom off, quaintly : HIE
64 Stamp pad refills : INKS
67 Sharon of “Dreamgirls” : LEAL
68 Collector’s : ITEM
69 Cyberbusiness : E-TAIL
72 Fool : DUPE
76 Lead : RUN THE SHOW
78 Subject of a 233-foot statue in Leshan, China : BUDDHA
79 Female bear, in Spanish : OSA
80 Priam’s kingdom : TROY
82 Source of extra dough : LOAN
83 Vaping product : E-CIG
84 Cub Scout groups : DENS
85 Apartment honcho, familiarly : SUPE
86 Network with some MLB postseason games : TBS
87 Makes juice from concentrate, say : DILUTES
88 Monotonous : ONE-NOTE
89 Fill to excess : SATIATE
94 Fortune : RICHES
95 Princess toppers : TIARAS
96 Enthusiastic reply to “Who wants ice cream?” : I DO I DO
98 Privatize? : ENCODE
99 Aegean island : ICARIA
100 Melt down, as fat : RENDER
102 Jack Pearson of “This Is Us,” e.g. : TV DAD
103 Asst.’s responsibility, often : SCHED
104 Tell a whopper : LIE
105 Consumer protection agcy. : FTC
108 Crockery defect : CHIP
109 Paralegal employer, for short : ATTY
112 “The Holly and the __”: traditional British carol : IVY
113 Slew : TON
114 Bout ruling, briefly : TKO
115 Early ABC program, for short : GMA
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