
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday December 29th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Farm stores : SILOS
6 Shell competitor : MOBIL
11 Secures : BAGS
15 Big serving : SLAB
19 Cover, in a way : ALIBI
20 Press backspace : ERASE
21 Welsh accent feature : LILT
22 Company picture : LOGO
23 Eldest von Trapp sister : LIESL
24 Ride : roll backward while facing forward on a skateboard : FAKIE
25 Greek venues : ODEA
26 Taj Mahal site : AGRA
27 *Dish service : SATELLITE TV
29 *Animated film with the tagline “Honey just got funny” : BEE MOVIE
31 Kerfuffles : ADOS
32 “Wonder Woman” antagonist : ARES
33 Sounds of hesitation : ERS
35 KPMG employee : CPA
36 Company VIP : CEO
38 Turns loose (on) : SICS
40 Focal point in a cathedral : APSE
42 Sign on a staff : CLEF
43 British “sir” : GUV
44 *”Rumpelstiltskin” or “Cinderella” : FAIRY TALE
47 *Many a sunset image : CLOUDSCAPE
50 Reasons some check Zillow, for short : RELOS
51 “… as all -out” : GET
52 Do not disturb : LET BE
53 Truckloads : A TON
54 Chewy Japanese noodle : UDON
55 Inner circle members : PALS
57 Honey holders : HIVES
58 105-Across producers : WRENS
59 _ Deng: pygmy hippo of internet fame : MOO 60 Finish with a lower score : LOSE
61 High quality : A-ONE
62 Asian language : LAO
63 Long-haul travel perk, and a description of the answers to the starred clues : INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
71 Expressive rock genre : EMO
72 Handled talent show intros, e.g. : MC’ED
73 Spiny succulent : ALOE
74 _ favor : POR
75 Family, in Hawaiian : OHANA
78 Dipper’s twin in “Gravity Falls” : MABEL
80 Read a QR code : SCAN
81 List title : TO-DO
82 Didn’t give : HELD
83 Preps vegetables, maybe : DICES
84 Fashion designer Anna : SUI
85 Holiday time, slangily : VACAY
86 *Kids party entertainer’s craft : BALLOON ART
88 *Asian competition involving line cutting : KITE FIGHT
91 Hosp. areas : ORS
92 D-Day conflict : WWII
93 Final notice? : OBIT
95 River residue : SILT
96 Thanksgiving tuber : YAM
97 __ of the line : END
98 Big stretch? : ERA
99 Crunch in the cereal aisle : CAP’N
101 Takes in : EATS
105 *Repeated tweets : BIRDSONG
108 *Chinese festival performance said to bring good luck : DRAGON DANCE
111 Vocalist’s spotlight moment : SOLO
112 Machu Picchu native : INCA
113 Less noble : BASER
114 Biotech giant : AMGEN
115 Color choices : HUES
116 Pair : DUAD
117 Calendar entry : EVENT
118 Spills the beans : TELLS
119 Crafty marketplace : ETSY
120 SFO info : ETAS
121 Checks : TESTS
122 “Easy on Me” Grammy winner : ADELE
DOWN
1 Part of a taco assembly kit : SALSA
2 Epic set in the 10th year of the Trojan War : ILIAD
3 Dupe : LIE TO
4 Extreme preoccupation : OBSESSION
5 Window feature : SILL
6 Impatient kid’s cry : ME FIRST
7 Give a TED Talk, e.g. : ORATE
8 Efforts to get dough from cookies? : BAKE SALES
9 Doubter’s query : IS IT
10 “Frasier” actress Jane : LEEVES
11 Ambiguous shapes : BLOBS
12 Teacher’s helper : AIDE
13 Groups that create harmony? : GLEE CLUBS
14 Spooked wildebeest movement : STAMPEDE
15 Bulgarian or Bosnian : SLAV
16 Digital circuit building block : LOGIC GATE
17 Come to the same conclusion concerning : AGREE UPON
18 Feathery wrap : BOA
28 Like some veils : LACY
30 Clumsy hulks : OAFS
34 Got comfortable in a La-Z-Boy : RECLINED
37 Hot spots in the kitchen : OVENS
39 Org. that takes many forms : IRS
41 Veterinary patient : PET
42 Dove shelter : COTE
44 Consumed : FED ON
45 Icy : ALOOF
46 Shoelace tip : AGLET
48 Digger controller : LEVER
49 Billiards bounce : CAROM
50 Persian poet : RUMI
55 _ stick : POGO
56 Fire sign? : ASH
57 Guest spot? : HOTEL
58 Dwindle in size : WANE
60 Capital near the Andes : LIMA
61 Old relation : ANCESTOR
62 MGM mascot : LION
64 Tennis star Ivan : LENDL
65 Fire sign? : EMBER
66 Wordless : TACIT
67 French cookbook term : A LA
68 Big time? : EPOCH
69 Greet silently : NOD AT
70 Donald Glover’s “Community” role : TROY
75 “Here we go again” : OH BOY
76 Learn of : HEAR ABOUT
77 Looking sunny : ALL SMILES
78 Small glazed treat : MINI-DONUT
79 Deep purple fruit : ACAI
80 Travel baggage : SUITCASES
81 Tackled together in tandem : TAG-TEAMED
83 Con : DOWNSIDE
84 Go on a run? : SKI
85 Disney’s Cruella de _ : VIL
87 Was short : OWED
89 Gamer’s field : ESPORTS
90 Twain hero : FINN
94 Hundred-to-one shot : BAD BET
98 “Good grief!” : EGADS
100 Real estate expert : AGENT
102 Camera view : ANGLE
103 Pathogen fighter : T CELL
104 Vibe : SENSE
106 Hopeful : ROSY
107 College World Series org. : NCAA
109 Critic’s kudos : RAVE
110 Spreadsheet filler : DATA
111 __ shed : SHE
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