Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 13th 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. “__ just won’t do” THIS
5. “What a relief!” PHEW
9. New Zealand mystery author Ngaio __ MARSH
14. Automaker whose name means “Hark!” in Latin AUDI
15. Peace of mind EASE
16. Expiate, with “for” ATONE
17. Should we name the kid after the eldest Brady son or the James Bond author? GREG OR IAN
19. Done in SLAIN
20. “Cray” and “totes adorbs,” e.g. SLANG
21. Same old routine RUT
22. Moans and groans CARPS
23. Trip letters LSD
25. __ it coming HAS
26. Should we roll this old piano away or put it in order? WHEEL OFF OR TUNE
34. Word in many hymn titles PRAISE
35. Bit IOTA
36. Unheard-of? NEW
37. ’50s-’60s car features FINS
38. Continental currency EUROS
40. As it happens LIVE
41. Swampy area FEN
42. Places for me-time SPAS
43. Some party reminders E-VITES
45. Should we read a religious pamphlet or watch a movie ad? TRACT OR TRAILER
48. Operate RUN
49. Neutral possessive ITS
50. Sharp ACRID
53. Mass vestment ALB
55. Swear words OATHS
60. Self-reproach SHAME
61. Should we work on the experiment or go for a swim? LAB OR POOL
63. Low prime SEVEN
64. Lying on ATOP
65. Austen’s aspiring matchmaker EMMA
66. Unexpected pleasure TREAT
67. Mailed SENT
68. Move slowly SEEP
DOWN
1. License plates TAGS
2. Spew, as insults HURL
3. Notion IDEA
4. One finger for a fastball, say SIGN
5. According to PER
6. Salon creation HAIRDO
7. Isaac’s eldest ESAU
8. Departed WENT
9. It may run during a sad movie MASCARA
10. Classic song title words before “my love has come along” AT LAST
11. Bust a gut ROAR
12. Tonsorial sound SNIP
13. Cooped-up layers HENS
18. Looks untowardly toward OGLES
24. Consider overnight SLEEP ON
25. Uncomfortable situation HOT SEAT
26. More twisted, in a way WRIER
27. Quick Draw’s co-creator HANNA
28. Oktoberfest cubes EIS
29. Guinness adjective FIRST
30. Rock’s __ Fighters FOO
31. Make one UNITE
32. Not once NEVER
33. Ovine animals EWES
34. [It disappeared!] PFFT
39. Old Mideast org. UAR
40. Short, for short LIL’
42. Campus figure STUDENT
44. Sun screen VISOR
46. Black Sea peninsula CRIMEA
47. Colorful prize RIBBON
50. Second: Abbr. ASST
51. Pop diva in “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” CHER
52. Wild party RAVE
53. Word often said with a sigh ALAS
54. Stuck in traffic, say LATE
56. Big primates APES
57. Weighty work TOME
58. Browser button HOME
59. Manual comeuppance SLAP
62. Choose OPT
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