
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 1st 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Barrio grocery : BODEGA
7 Breakfast strip : BACON
12 “I guess that’s fine” : SO BE IT
18 Suggestive : EROTIC
19 Love, in Roma : AMORE
20 Actress Dahl who founded the Dahlia fragrance company : ARLENE
21 Cleanup duty after Humpty Dumpty’s accident? : FALL CLEARANCE
23 Crept around : SKULKED
25 Intercontinental mountain range : URALS
26 Pad : DIGS
27 Mixes in : ADDS
29 Nail polish brand in square bottles : ESSIE
30 German 39-Down : EINS
31 Color wheel display : TONES
32 Bring in, as crops : REAP
34 Place to stay : INN
35 Mind-altering synthetic drug : LSD
36 Puts a lid on : SHUTS
37 Rental stipulations for a large family’s befuddled matriarch? : SHOE STRINGS
41 Field event : SHOT PUT
43 Singer Lewis who won “The X Factor” : LEONA
44 Boost : AID
45 Crumple (up) : WAD
46 Ranted and raged : STORMED
48 Poet’s below : NEATH
52 Big bullies : OGRES
55 Big bully : MEANIE
56 Electron stream : BETA RAY
58 Vessel designed for row-row-rowing gently down the stream? : DREAM BOAT
60 Bogie toppers? : FEDORAS
63 Word typically ignored when alphabetizing : THE
64 Hog’s grunt : OINK
65 City with a van Gogh walking tour : ARLES
67 Musical endings : CODAS
68 Makeshift screwdriver, maybe : COIN
69 Spanish 39-Down : UNA
70 Phylum units : CLASSES
72 Serving dish for Old Mother Hubbard’s dog? : BONE CHINA
74 Kerosene : LAMP OIL
76 Broadcasts again : REAIRS
78 Retreat : OASIS
79 Use a tiller : STEER
80 Counsels : ADVISES
82 ICU caregiver : LPN
83 Tennis pair? : ENS
85 Vegetarian chili bits : BEANS
86 Make like new : RESTORE
90 Telegram heralding Jack’s candlestick feat? : JUMPER CABLE
94 100 smackers : C-NOTE
96 British granny : NAN
97 Go gray, maybe : AGE
98 Origin : ROOT
99 Old cars from Sweden : SAABS
100 Take different routes : PART
101 Local language in Copenhagen : DANSK
103 Happy __ : MEAL
106 Currency symbolized by : EURO
107 Apple gadget : CORER
108 Arranged like train cars : ENDWISE
110 Weasel’s mindset after being chased by a monkey? : POP PSYCHOLOGY
113 Cleared for takeoff, in a way : DEICED
114 Batter’s box neighbor : PLATE
115 “Très chic!” : OO LA LA
116 Button in some shortcuts : ALT KEY
117 Mélange : SALAD
118 Elegant strand : PEARLS
DOWN
1 Like a pessimistic broker : BEARISH
2 Bloom in Hollywood : ORLANDO
3 Some “Coppélia” characters : DOLLS
4 List-ending abbrs. : ETCS
5 Apt name for a pet fish : GIL
6 Got the better of, in a contest : ACED OUT
7 Canal craft : BARGES
8 Gather : AMASS
9 Hoodwink : CON
10 Marine predator : ORCA
11 _ for Speed: video game series : NEED
12 Talks back : SASSES
13 Mork’s planet : ORK
14 Identifying marks for a horn-blowing little boy? : BLUE PRINTS
15 Pot-caught fish : EELS
16 Finishes, as a cartoon : INKS IN
17 Driver’s setting? : TEEING
21 Energy sources : FUELS
22 “It _ over till it’s over” : AIN’T
24 Family rooms : DENS
28 Emotion before starting an unpleasant task : DREAD
31 Heavy clonk : THUD
33 _ disadvantage : AT A
36 Charley horse, e.g. : SPASM
37 Typeface flourish : SERIF
38 Practical HS course, once : HOME EC
39 Countdown end : ONE
40 Lightbulb, in the comics : IDEA
42 Fine-tune : TWEAK
43 Silent film star Chaney : LON
46 Puts a lid on : SEALS
47 Cookie brand owned by Mondelez : TATE’S
49 Stella : Belgian beer : ARTOIS
50 Sesame sauce : TAHINI
51 Serengeti scavengers : HYENAS
52 Near beer brand : O’DOUL’S
53 Direct a smile toward : GRIN AT
54 Make a file more identifiable : RENAME
55 Fable finale : MORAL
56 Cereal grains : BRANS
57 Simplify : EASE
59 Indonesia’s “Island of the Gods” : BALI
61 Gillis of old TV : DOBIE
62 Nose wrinklers : ODORS
66 African wildcat : SERVAL
68 Gregorian : CHANT
70 Strong flavor from that little Horner kid’s Christmas pie? : CORNER KICK
71 Paris Olympics opening ceremony site : SEINE
73 Thicket : COPSE
75 Easter basket treat : PEEP
77 Palm Sunday transport : ASS
80 Lose power : ABATE
81 Food blogger Perelman : DEB
82 Permits : LETS
84 Last-minute ticket caveat : SRO
86 Cyberpunk franchise featuring a crime-fighting cyborg : ROBOCOP
87 Hot : ON A ROLL
88 Xenon, for one : RARE GAS
89 Blog post : ENTRY
90 Emerald alternative : JADE
91 Country with a border in Lake Victoria : UGANDA
92 Genetics pioneer Gregor : MENDEL
93 Spoof genre : COMEDY
94 Brought about : CAUSED
95 _ a soul : NARY
99 Philly transit org. : SEPTA
100 Chris Van Allsburg’s “The __ Express” : POLAR
102 Loretta of “MAS*H” : SWIT
104 Intro courses? : APPS
105 Dancer Falana : LOLA
107 Cuba libre mixer : COLA
109 Picture : SEE
111 Mate : PAL
112 Soil-turning tool : HOE
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