Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 27th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bend in pointe shoes : PLIE
5 Style : MODE
9 Dark film genre : NOIR
13 __ Sticks: drain-cleaning aid : SANI
17 Sweet-talk : COAX
18 Barn-raising group : AMISH
20 Worth a rave review, in show biz : BOFFO
21 University near Durham, NC : ELON
22 Half-off sale acronym : BOGO
23 Destination for aficionados : MECCA
24 Workplace movie screen? : OFFICE IMAX
26 Small Kia SUV : SPORTAGE
28 Street show : RAREE
30 “Dust in the Wind” rockers : KANSAS
31 Tampico abode : CASA
32 Silas with a loom : MARNER
33 Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir. : SSE
34 Good news, in a metaphor : MUSIC
37 Chill-inducing : EERIE
38 Prepared for surgery, in a way : STERILE
42 Titles for attys. : ESQS
43 Apple product for unmarried men? : BACHELOR IPAD
47 Frites seasoning : SEL
48 Generate, with “up” : DRUM …
49 “I Left Something Turned __ Home”: 1997 Trace Adkins hit : ON AT
50 Côte d’__ : AZUR
51 Court game word : ALAI
52 Actress Lupino : IDA
53 List of PGA players with pictorial links to their bios? : PROS AND ICONS
57 Fist bumps : DAPS
58 Action movie staple : CAR CRASH
60 Worked with a crew, maybe : OARED
61 Utah range : UINTA
62 Upper class : ELITE
63 Graceful : FLUID
64 Checked out in advance : CASED
66 Trojan king : PRIAM
68 Some steaks : LOINS
69 Contentious filings : LAWSUITS
72 Swimsuit designer Gernreich : RUDI
73 Order to a construction worker? : RAISE THE I-BAR
76 __ polloi : HOI
77 Utah Valley University city : OREM
78 Corrida cries : OLES
79 Diamond’s opposite, on the Mohs scale : TALC
80 Parachute necessity : CORD
81 Ovine cry : BAA!
82 Apple media player for silly songs? : LOONEY ITUNES
86 __ facto : IPSO
87 E.T.’s Earth pal : ELLIOTT
89 Eat away : ERODE
90 Day of the PGA : JASON
91 Arrest : NAB
92 “Which one will it be?” : CHOOSE
94 Cheater’s device : CRIB
96 Emulate Earhart : AVIATE
99 “Silent Night” et al. : HYMNS
100 The NFL had two of them in 2018 : TIE GAMES
104 Brew with a hint of chocolate? : HERSHEY IPA
106 Gets a ride, but not a Lyft : UBERS
108 Jazz club group : TRIO
109 Cleveland’s lake : ERIE
110 Dorm diet staple : RAMEN
111 Puerto Rico’s fourth-largest city : PONCE
112 U. of Maryland athlete : TERP
113 Like Span. o-ending nouns : MASC
114 Nor. neighbor : SWED
115 Test for jrs. : PSAT
116 Summer quaffs : ADES
DOWN
1 EPA-banned toxins : PCBS
2 Chicago district, with “the” : LOOP
3 “Othello” villain : IAGO
4 Event in a classic William Peter Blatty novel : EXORCISM
5 Half a ’60s quartet : MAMAS
6 Last of 24 : OMEGA
7 Cut into cubes : DICE
8 Upper left key : ESC
9 Like some ATM withdrawals : NO-FEE
10 Proposal : OFFER
11 “__ had known … ” : IF I
12 Standouts in a field : ROCK STARS
13 One with net income? : SEINER
14 Charity : ALMS
15 Weather-monitoring gp. : NOAA
16 “Devil Inside” band : INXS
19 African capital once known as Salisbury : HARARE
20 Island east of Sumatra : BORNEO
25 Alleviated : EASED
27 It may be an X or an O : TAC
29 Seed pod : ARIL
32 Conductor Zubin : MEHTA
34 “M*A*S*H” figure : MEDIC
35 Vitamin spec : USRDA
36 Perfect one of three meals? : SQUARE IDEAL
37 Bitcoin, e.g. : E-CASH
38 Twirled : SPUN
39 Kauai breakfast restaurants? : ISLAND IHOPS
40 Vaulted : LEAPT
41 Donovan of “Clueless” : ELISA
43 Title Kazakh in a 2006 spoof : BORAT
44 Win by __ : A NOSE
45 Beat anxiously : RACED
46 Brand that once sported a crocodile : IZOD
51 Bye that’s bid : ADIEU
53 Stiffly proper : PRIM
54 “True dat!” : NO LIE
55 Intimidate : DAUNT
56 Type of whiskey : IRISH
59 Assert : CLAIM
61 Cold War enemy : USSR
63 “All That Jazz” choreographer : FOSSE
64 Suspension bridge support : CABLE
65 Surveillance plane acronym : AWACS
66 Investigation : PROBE
67 Like much of Nebraska : RURAL
68 Form of security : LIEN
69 Balaban of “Definitely, Maybe” : LIANE
70 Trunk : TORSO
71 Lebanese port : SIDON
73 Dad’s and Mug : ROOT BEERS
74 Much : A LOT
75 Chopin work : ETUDE
80 Holey Italian bread : CIABATTA
82 Reluctant : LOATH
83 Loyal servant : YEOMAN
84 Press : IRON
85 50-50 chance : TOSS-UP
88 “Hang on … ” : IN A SEC
90 It may be up, with “the” : JIG
92 Opine, with “in” : CHIME
93 Promoted to excess : HYPED
94 Around : CIRCA
95 Trip odometer function : RESET
96 Throaty attention-getter : AHEM
97 Aloe __ : VERA
98 Flower from the Greek for “rainbow” : IRIS
100 Second place? : TENS
101 “A horse is a horse” horse : MR ED
102 Cork’s home : EIRE
103 Absorbs, with “up” : SOPS
105 Deviate from a course : YAW
107 Conk : BOP
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