Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 20th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Broody genre : EMO
4 Bothersome sort : PEST
8 Writ word : HABEAS
14 “Yeah, right!” : I BET
18 Traveler’s app that can use crowdsourced data : WAZE
20 Creep (along) : INCH
21 “Little Miss Dynamite” Lee : BRENDA
22 Gold rush animal : MULE
23 Question 1 (Baha Men, 2000) : WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
26 Gainsborough’s “The Blue Boy” et al. : OILS
27 Flustered : IN A STEW
28 Book of Mormon prophet : ENOS
29 iPod and iPad : APPLES
31 Ability of Marvel’s Professor X : ESP
32 Use sparingly : RATION
34 Did an aria, say : SOLOED
36 Like some river bottoms : SILTY
38 Question 2 (Third Eye Blind, 1997) : HOW’S IT GONNA BE
42 Smoothie berry : ACAI
43 Like Cheerios : OATEN
46 Shouldered : BORNE
47 Crafty sort : FOX
48 With 79-Across, Question 3 (War, 1975) : WHY CAN’T WE
50 Hall of Famer Reese : PEE WEE
52 Get behind something, maybe : HIDE
53 Golf club part : TOE
54 Goldberg who drew complex “machines” : RUBE
55 Petrol measures : LITRES
56 Buenos __ : AIRES
57 Bobby on ice : ORR
58 Romanov title : TSAR
59 End of a ball game? : ALAI
60 “Despicable Me” orphan : AGNES
61 Question 4 (Jagged Edge featuring Nelly, 2001) : WHERE THE PARTY AT
65 Thunders : ROARS
67 Assistant : AIDE
68 Electrical units : OHMS
69 __ es Salaam : DAR
72 Housing choice : CONDO
73 Sign of spring : TAURUS
75 Pod contents : PEAS
76 Legal org. : ABA
77 Activity centers : HUBS
78 Temptation for a gambler : HOT TIP
79 See 48-Across : BE FRIENDS
81 In the past : AGO
82 “Pearly Shells” singer : DON HO
83 Ish : SORTA
84 Victoria’s Secret spec : C-CUP
85 Question 5 (Justin Bieber, 2015) : WHAT DO YOU MEAN
89 Contests that take seconds? : DUELS
90 Lassos : RIATAS
91 “The Communist Manifesto” co-author : ENGELS
94 “O, __ fortune’s fool!”: Romeo : I AM
95 Beatnik address : DADDY-O
97 Little bit : IOTA
98 Noble realm : EARLDOM
101 Et __ : ALII
102 Question 6 (Linda Ronstadt, 1975) : WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
107 Philosopher Descartes : RENE
108 Chief : LEADER
109 Zipped through : ACED
110 “Biggest Little City in the World” : RENO
111 Brewery units : KEGS
112 Walked proudly : STRODE
113 What many players shoot for : PARS
114 Common doo-wop solo instrument : SAX
DOWN
1 “Ick” : EWW
2 Half a menu fish : MAHI
3 Stratospheric shield : OZONE LAYER
4 Brad of “12 Monkeys” : PITT
5 Formal “Door’s open” : ENTER
6 Unstressed vowel sound : SCHWA
7 Not just any : THE
8 Netflix competitor : HBO NOW
9 Gases in some bulbs : ARGONS
10 Porgy’s beloved : BESS
11 Musician Brian : ENO
12 Ghanian-born soccer great : ADU
13 Got stood up at the café, say : SAT ALONE
14 Words while checking one’s calendar : I’M OPEN
15 Jack London classic, with “To” : … BUILD A FIRE
16 Fashion monthly : ELLE
17 Hardy heroine : TESS
19 Springy : ELASTIC
24 Spot : ESPY
25 Two-sport Sanders : DEION
30 Bread in a skillet : PONE
33 You, biblically : THEE
34 Vermont ski resort : STOWE
35 Scary beasts : OGRES
36 Handled : SAW TO
37 Blood of the Greek gods : ICHOR
39 Madrid’s peninsula : IBERIA
40 Portends : BODES
41 Subjects of split decisions? : EXES
43 Disagreeable necessities : ONUSES
44 Being litigated : AT BAR
45 Poetic contraction : ‘TWERE
49 Prefix with pod or scope : ARTHRO-
50 Accumulated : PILED UP
51 Military camps : ETAPES
52 Crossword title, often : HINT
55 “Interpreter of Maladies” Pulitzer author Jhumpa __ : LAHIRI
56 Tennis legend Andre : AGASSI
60 Language or people of the central Andes : AYMARA
61 Rolls of money : WADS
62 “Amélie” star Audrey : TAUTOU
63 Rodeo competitor : ROPER
64 Lifting, maybe : THEFT
65 Golfer’s “tall stuff” : ROUGH
66 Orientation procedure : ONBOARDING
69 Steps on the floor? : DANCE MOVES
70 Singer Paula : ABDUL
71 Talks hoarsely : RASPS
72 Wad of tobacco : CHAW
73 Skater Harding : TONYA
74 Dumas’ Count de la Fère : ATHOS
78 Nocturnal hunters : HOOT OWLS
79 Radius, for one : BONE
80 Galápagos Islands’ country : ECUADOR
82 Time for action : D-DAY
83 Katey of “Sons of Anarchy” : SAGAL
86 Spruces (up) : TIDIES
87 Asked for a tuna treat, maybe : MEOWED
88 Whole : ENTIRE
89 Pickle flavoring : DILL
92 High-end camera : LEICA
93 Cavalry blade : SABER
95 Like grim humor : DARK
96 Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
97 Chinese leader? : INDO-
99 Chianti and Bordeaux : REDS
100 Actress Suvari : MENA
103 Worked (up) : HET
104 Canal site : EAR
105 Cozy cat seat : LAP
106 Publish identifying material about on the Web : DOX
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