Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 19th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Make a face, perhaps : SCULPT
7 Tab on old cash registers : NO SALE
13 Tarkington tween : PENROD
19 Disagreeable : ORNERY
20 Brunch fare : OMELETS
22 Like zebras and donkeys : EQUINE
23 __ pin: metal fastener : COTTER
24 They know their stuff : SAVANTS
25 Plants with flavorful and irritating varieties : SUMACS
26 Sweaters in King Arthur’s court? : KNITS OF THE ROUNDTABLE
29 “Ciao!” : SEE YA
30 Shiraz’s country : IRAN
31 PC shortcut key : ALT
32 Earth goddess : GAEA
34 Offshore retreat for comedians? : THE ISLE OF WIT
43 NL West team : PADRES
47 Thing thrown from a tree? : SHADOW
48 Hotel selection : ROOMS
49 Director Kazan : ELIA
50 Clog (up) : STOP
53 Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, e.g. : MUSEUM
56 Swindle : ROOK
57 “Best ever” acronym : GOAT
58 Harsh-smelling : ACRID
60 Spectrum maker : PRISM
62 Query to a U.K.-focused think tank? : GOT ANY MORE BRIT IDEAS?
68 Pic, in Peru : FOTO
69 Buffalo QB Josh : ALLEN
70 Utah ski resort : ALTA
72 Altered the revealing side of a dress? : MADE A SLIT ADJUSTMENT
80 Work with pupils : TEACH
81 Mazda two-seater : MIATA
82 Adverb for Descartes : ERGO
83 Police force acronym : SWAT
86 Venue for the premiere of Handel’s “Water Music” : THAMES
90 Genesis casualty : ABEL
91 Come across : MEET
92 Capital of Yemen : SANA’A
94 Allows access : LETS IN
96 Diner counter array : STOOLS
98 Siblings who produce court orders? : WRIT BROTHERS
101 Tusked beast : BOAR
103 Like the lower half of the Polish flag : RED
104 Allows access, poetically : OPES
106 Major appliances : OVENS
111 Dieters’ interim report on smaller-sized clothes? : WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIT
119 March : PARADE
120 Out of the loop : UNAWARE
121 Prison with a Greek eponym : ATTICA
122 Worshipper : ADORER
123 Lead off : GO FIRST
124 Kitchen gadget : PEELER
125 Defy : RESIST
126 Biological quintet : SENSES
127 Members of the genus Vipera : ADDERS
DOWN
1 Saves, with “away” : SOCKS
2 Pot boiler in “Macbeth” : CRONE
3 Remove, as a knot : UNTIE
4 Female driver Ortiz of “Fast & Furious” films : LETTY
5 Augur : PRESAGE
6 Rookie : TYRO
7 Cosa __ : NOSTRA
8 Missouri River city : OMAHA
9 Ordinal for Uranus : SEVENTH
10 Bygone fruit spray : ALAR
11 Longtime TV host who gives automotive advice in “Popular Mechanics” : LENO
12 Caesar’s penultimate words : ET TU
13 Mortar partner : PESTLE
14 Congo line? : EQUATOR
15 More than cold : NUMB
16 Currency of 30-Across : RIAL
17 In the distant past : ONCE
18 __ Arc, Arkansas : DES
21 Common ID : SSN
27 Quaint word of revulsion : FIE!
28 South Asian lentil dish : DAL
33 Evaluate : ASSAY
35 Sam-I-Am offering : HAM
36 Rutgers URL ending : EDU
37 Android alternative : IOS
38 Won all the games : SWEPT
39 Official note from the boss : FORMAL MEMO
40 What beaux do : WOO
41 Texter’s letters for two cents? : IMO
42 “That’s unfortunate” : TSK
43 Simon who played Scotty in 2009’s “Star Trek” : PEGG
44 Distant : ALOOF
45 Unicellular alga : DIATOM
46 Onomatopoeic rapping : RAT-A-TAT-TAT
47 Notebook type : SPIRAL
51 Network for film buffs : TCM
52 Gold in La Paz : ORO
54 Sch. near Providence : URI
55 Term starter : MID-
59 Chopped liver purveyor : DELI
61 Something taken on a bus : SEAT
63 Transfer point : NODE
64 Sammie with crunch : BLT
65 Twenty quires : REAM
66 Bay of Bengal’s ocean : INDIAN
67 Sound system : STEREO
71 Madonna companion, in much art : ANGEL
73 Put away : EAT
74 Dresden “Drat!” : ACH!
75 Word on old tablets : SHALT
76 Hook partner : JAB
77 The VW Amarok, e.g. : UTE
78 __ fresca: pico de gallo : SALSA
79 Little ones : TOTS
83 Bismarck-to-Tucson dir. : SSW
84 Journalist Hemingway’s assignment : WAR
85 Singer DiFranco : ANI
87 “No big deal” : MEH
88 Summer at the Sorbonne : ETE
89 Bygone geopolitical abbr. : SSR
93 Wears down : ABRADES
95 Meteorological lines : ISOBARS
97 Put on display, with “out” : TROTTED
99 Go back : REVERT
100 Dedicated verse : ODE
101 Engenders : BEGETS
102 Brutus Buckeye is its mascot: Abbr. : OSU
105 Intrinsically : PER SE
107 Made an official choice : VOTED
108 IRS option : E-FILE
109 More amiable : NICER
110 Marquee names : STARS
111 Enjoy the kiddie pool : WADE
112 Cupid analog : EROS
113 Sreenivasan of PBS News : HARI
114 Oft-corked container : JUG
115 Chicago pizzeria franchise, familiarly : UNO’S
116 Security source : SAFE
117 Hotel bed request : TWIN
118 Valley with vintners : NAPA
119 Course goal for many : PAR
Loving the LA Times Crossword Answers, keeps me on track with my Sunday morning routine!