Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 23rd 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Bowling pin wood MAPLE
6. Princess Charlotte, to Harry NIECE
11. Hornets, e.g. WASPS
16. 2008 TARP beneficiary AIG
19. Think tank nuggets IDEAS
20. “The Thin Blue Line” director Morris ERROL
21. Mexican month ENERO
22. Stage coach Hagen UTA
23. *Chances that slipped away LOST OPPORTUNITIES
26. Tricky bit GAG
27. Type of well ARTESIAN
28. Fulda tributary EDER
29. Griller’s flipper SPATULA
31. Bird hangout NEST
32. Romance novelist Hilderbrand ELIN
34. Gate datum: Abbr. ETD
35. Windows forerunner MS-DOS
36. Type of jam in Sacher tortes APRICOT
39. One of the original Warner Bros. SAM
41. Sporty car roof T-TOP
44. Long story SAGA
46. Way to go: Abbr. DIR
48. Frees LETS LOOSE
52. Platform site: Abbr. STN
53. Twitter forwards, on Twitter RTS
56. Kings Peak state UTAH
58. Just __ bit A WEE
59. Ramallah-based org. PLO
60. Make an ad spicier, say SEX IT UP
62. *True view HONEST OPINION
65. Shower unit? RAINDROP
67. Gives someone a hand CLAPS
68. Flake or Duckworth: Abbr. SEN
69. Gin flavor SLOE
70. *Often the best choice, in retrospect FIRST OPTION
74. Catcher’s place HOME
77. Good times UPS
79. Bring down LOWER
80. One often includes a colon EMOTICON
82. *Swindlers FAST OPERATORS
87. Hearing range EARSHOT
88. Surreal ending? -IST
89. __ song FOR A
90. Trash RUIN
91. Pronoun for a princess SHE
92. “Mr. Blue Sky” band ELO
93. They can yield immediate results SPOT TESTS
96. Poker great Ungar STU
97. PlayStation handheld game VITA
99. Baking amts. TSPS
100. Autobahn winter hazard EIS
102. Take no side ABSTAIN
106. Tibetan monks LAMAS
110. Sports radio host Patrick DAN
112. Editor’s retraction STET
113. Salinger character who says to the story narrator, “I don’t think I shall tell you my full name” ESME
117. First name in exploration AMERIGO
119. Noteworthy stretches ERAS
121. Fruit-flavored frozen treat OTTER POP
123. Showy wrap BOA
124. *Ristorante appetizers ANTIPASTO PLATTERS
127. Overhead rumblers ELS
128. “I’m with you” ME TOO
129. Links hero, familiarly ARNIE
130. __ Blue: old laundry soap RINSO
131. Graphic top TEE
132. “Uh-uh!” I WON’T!
133. Bonkers LOONY
134. Packed away EATEN
DOWN
1. Lombardy’s capital MILAN
2. Place on a pedestal ADORE
3. Raid targets PESTS
4. Reason to challenge an out call LATE TAG
5. Those, in Tabasco ESOS
6. Sherpa, usually NEPALI
7. Like a typical O. Henry story IRONIC
8. Boot the ball ERR
9. Dove’s digs COTE
10. Slip past ELUDE
11. “Mandatory Fun” parodist, familiarly WEIRD AL
12. Red or army follower ANT
13. Earthshaking event SEISM
14. Gets ready PREPS
15. “Such a pity” SO SAD
16. *Former Chilean dictator AUGUSTO PINOCHET
17. Leaning type: Abbr. ITAL
18. Lady on stage GAGA
24. Place to tie up PIER
25. Court dividers NETS
30. “… and your little dog, too!” dog TOTO
33. “Ya think?” NO DUH
37. Medicare prescription drug section PART D
38. Jackson 5 member TITO
40. Hearty pastry MEAT PIE
42. Capital on a fjord OSLO
43. Menial laborer PEON
44. Big bargain STEAL
45. *Bending over backward, say ANXIOUS TO PLEASE
47. Spiteful RANCOROUS
49. Masters Tournament weekend groupings TWOSOMES
50. Qtr.-ending month SEP
51. Luau souvenirs LEIS
52. Much of Eastern Eur., once SSRS
54. Tough’s territory TURF
55. Unwelcome giveaways SPOILERS
57. Emergency menu HELP
61. Butterfingered INEPT
63. Tended tots SAT
64. Classic grape sodas NEHIS
66. Divide fairly PRORATE
71. Giant among low-cost carriers: Abbr. SWA
72. Four: Prefix TETR-
73. Biblical builder NOAH
75. Dough MOOLA
76. Opposite of exo- ENTO-
78. Like comfy slippers SOFT
81. “Three Coins …” fountain TREVI
82. Punch deliverer FIST
83. Venomous vipers ASPS
84. “The Black Cat” author POE
85. “On the Bus With Rosa Parks” poet Dove RITA
86. Slights SNUBS
94. Nicholas, for one TSAR
95. Bet money an “all in” player can’t win SIDE POT
98. Loafer’s quality INERTIA
101. Actress Gilbert SARA
103. Visit briefly … and a hint to the answers to starred clues STOP IN
104. Bigelow alternative TETLEY
105. Lead-in to girl or boy ATTA
107. “Scarface” setting MIAMI
108. ’60s-’70s veep AGNEW
109. __ voce: softly SOTTO
111. Twangy-sounding NASAL
114. Tuckered out SPENT
115. Man with a code MORSE
116. Nagano-based printer giant EPSON
117. Provide fake cover for, e.g. ABET
118. Sleeper agent MOLE
120. Texas MLBer ‘STRO
122. To be, to Benoît ETRE
125. Non-neutral atom ION
126. “Wish Tree” artist ONO
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