Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 16th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 First name in old horror films : BELA
5 They’re earned at U’s : DEGS
9 Serious wound : GASH
13 Suit, so to speak : EXEC
14 Artist Matisse : HENRI
15 Start to freeze? : ANTI-
16 __ fail : EPIC
17 Polished orator? : ABLE TALKER
19 Like C’s, in some cases : SO-SO
20 One way to go to a party : STAG
21 Steak __ : DIANE
22 Indication that the coffee is ready? : URN SIGNAL
25 One in a large octet : PLANET
28 Southernmost of the Southeast’s Sea Islands : AMELIA
32 Main line : AORTA
33 Palindromic title : MA’AM
36 Skiff movers : OARS
37 Corp. money manager : CFO
38 Regret the choice of wall paint color? : RUE BLUE
41 Is, once : WAS
42 “__ Shanter”: Burns poem : TAM O’
44 Dance movement : STEP
45 Bridge along the Arno : PONTE
47 Golf lesson topic : STANCE
49 Becomes aware of : SENSES
50 Carol Burnett, at the end of an episode? : EAR JERKER
54 Like some online purchases : IN-APP
57 Small case : ETUI
58 Field unit : ACRE
62 1996 Demi Moore film … and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created : STRIPTEASE
64 Post : MAIL
65 Cry of success : I WIN
66 Sign of early spring : ARIES
67 Senior __ : PROM
68 Errors, say : STAT
69 PC connections : DSLS
70 Gels : SETS
DOWN
1 Half a sex-ed metaphor, with “the” : BEES
2 Trade show : EXPO
3 Floral necklaces : LEIS
4 Explanation : ACCOUNT
5 Financial statement items : DEBTS
6 China’s Zhou __ : ENLAI
7 System of shorthand : GREGG
8 Warm the bench : SIT
9 Probe that visited Jupiter : GALILEO
10 “She’s a Lady” songwriter : ANKA
11 British WWII gun : STEN
12 Put on : HIRE
14 “Who __?!”: “Join the club!” : HASN’T
18 NBA commissioner Silver : ADAM
23 Bring up : REAR
24 First killer whale to perform with a human : NAMU
25 Accords : PACTS
26 For dieters, in ads : LO-FAT
27 Coffee asset : AROMA
29 They may be manicured : LAWNS
30 Steaming : IRATE
31 Beasts of burden : ASSES
33 Ran into : MET
34 Half a sawbuck : ABE
35 Zugspitze, e.g. : ALP
39 Manipulative sort : USER
40 Olympics fencing event : EPEE
43 Ice cream purchase : ONE PINT
46 Parts of cloverleafs : ON-RAMPS
48 Yokum cartoonist : CAPP
49 Irving Berlin’s “Blue __” : SKIES
51 Signs of crowd displeasure : JEERS
52 Online biz : E-TAIL
53 Deceptions : RUSES
54 Goddess usually depicted holding an ankh : ISIS
55 Food package amt. : NT WT
56 Bizet’s “Habanera,” e.g. : ARIA
59 Diligence : CARE
60 Comedy club hit : RIOT
61 Stately trees : ELMS
63 Bit : TAD
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