
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 22nd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pilates roll up targets : ABS
4 Return advice pro : CPA
7 Emmy winner Uzo : ADUBA
12 States with authority : SAYS SO
18 Public notice : PLACARD
20 Use a zoom : PAN IN
21 Go over exam notes, e.g. : PREPARE
23 Shopping for a Kia subcompact SUV? : SOUL SEARCHING
25 Check one’s math again : RETOTAL
26 “I could go on” : ETC ETC
27 Clay mineral : TALC
28 French café partner? : LAIT
30 Ryan Gosling and Kingsley Ben-Adir in “Barbie” : KENS
31 Coastal concern : SEA LEVEL
33 No longer keen on that Ford crossover SUV? : OVER THE EDGE
36 37-Across+Y : REDO
37 PC shortcut key : CTRL
39 Collaborators : TEAMS
40 “Yikes!” : EEK
43 Figure on the shelf at Christmas : ELF
45 Genesis figure : ENOS
47 “Sorry, impossible” : I CAN’T
51 Flamenco star José : GRECO
54 “The Witch Elm” novelist French : TANA
56 Choosing the Nissan with the all-wheel drive? : GOING ROGUE
60 “Love the new Ford crossover”? : GREAT ESCAPE
63 __ Rabbit : BR’ER
64 Pans with patinas : WOKS
65 Munich Olympics star Mark : SPITZ
66 Asian mushroom : ENOKI
68 “Get Smart” crime org. : KAOS
70 Bring home : NET
71 NBA great Curry : STEPH
73 “Goosebumps” series writer : STINE
75 “Julie & Julia” actor Stanley : TUCCI
77 President’s advisory gp. : NSC
79 Skateboarding trick spot : RAIL
81 Drum kit piece : SNARE
83 Really irritated : CROSS
85 Tiny amount : A TAD
87 Commit a faux pas : SLIP
89 Expert in hard-to-find Rolls-Royces? : GHOST HUNTER
92 Deep dive into the three-row Honda? : PILOT STUDY
95 Bone, in Bologna : OSSO
96 Khaki kin : BEIGE
97 Collection of plates? : ARMOR
98 Farm baby : FOAL
100 Hosp. theaters : ORS
102 Limit : CAP
103 Third-largest city in Israel : HAIFA
107 Lego competitor : K’NEX
109 Zoom events: Abbr. : MTGS
112 Leaning toward the Honda sedan? : CIVIC MINDED
116 Mooch : FREELOAD
120 Guinness of “Smiley’s People” : ALEC
121 Useful houseplant : ALOE
122 Mindy, to Emily in “Emily in Paris” : AMIE
124 “Sit!” : PARK IT
126 Direct connection : LINKAGE
128 Last Nissan truck off the assembly line? : FINAL FRONTIER
131 Past-post wager : LATE BET
132 Guitar-playing “Glee” kid : ARTIE
133 Disney film whose opening song is “The Family Madrigal” : ENCANTO
134 Fixers of fixer-uppers : DIY’ERS
135 Temps for bundling up : TEENS
136 Low grade : DEE
137 Retired jet, briefly : SST
DOWN
1 Semicircular recess in a cathedral : APSE
2 Dabs at : BLOTS
3 Béarnaise, e.g. : SAUCE
4 Windsor _ : CASTLE
5 Lead : PRECEDE
6 “_ Twist, Scientist”: kid-lit bestseller : ADA
7 Class for a mathlete, informally : AP CALC
8 Arlene of the silver screen : DAHL
9 Billion-dollar start-up : UNICORN
10 British trash can : BIN
11 Viewpoint : ANGLE
12 7UP competitor : SPRITE
13 “Think” singer Franklin : ARETHA
14 Up to this point : YET
15 “Eat Mor Chikin” sloganeer, e.g. : SPOKESCOW
16 Completely full : SATED
17 Red-haired primate : ORANG
19 Crystal _ : CLEAR
22 “What _ can I do?” : ELSE
24 GPS directive : RTE
29 Class with smocks : ART
32 Electric fence measures : VOLTS
34 Daily Insta post : VLOG
35 Arab honorific : EMIR
38 Steep places? : TEAPOTS
40 Half a zygote : EGG
41 Miscalculates : ERRS
42 Stays cool : KEEPS CALM
44 Turn toward : FACE
46 Weep noisily : SOB
48 Argumentative : AGONISTIC
49 Zap in the microwave : NUKE
50 Doctor’s order : TEST
52 “I Am ”: Jenner reality show : CAIT
53 Kelp forest dweller : OTTER
55 Mums’ mums : NANS
57 Rankle : IRK
58 “How cool!” : NEAT
59 Curmudgeon : GROUCH
61 Convenience that may take a toll? : E-ZPASS
62 Squeezing (by) : EKING
67 No longer even : IN A HOLE
69 Benchwarmer : SCRUB
72 Sword handle : HILT
74 God with magical arrows : EROS
76 Pet protector : CONE
77 Good place to pick up a cab? : NAPA
78 Commotion : STIR
80 Lucy who played Watson : LIU
82 Petrol provider : ESSO
84 Angry Birds owner : SEGA
86 Thingamabob : DOOHICKEY
88 “See attached” attachment : PDF
90 Singer Mel : TORME
91 Sales : REP
93 Gillette brand : TRAC
94 Tie together : YOKE
99 Slow and steady, musically : ANDANTE
101 “First … ” : STEP ONE
104 Radiologist : IMAGER
105 Options at Ruth’s Chris : FILETS
106 “So is that ?” : A NO
108 Cases for Mulder and Scully : X-FILES
110 Hurried look : GLANCE
111 “That’s not totally wrong” : SORTA
112 Dial up : CALL
113 “The Song of Achilles” inspiration : ILIAD
114 Starbucks order : VENTI
115 Skim, as homemade chicken stock : DEFAT
117 Zebra on a field : REF
118 Claude of “B.J. and the Bear” : AKINS
119 Pescatarian and vegetarian : DIETS
123 Course opener? : MAIN
125 Bouncy gait : TROT
127 Actor Vigoda : ABE
129 Indignation : IRE
130 velvet : RED
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