Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 17th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Vice” (2018) Oscar nominee Amy : ADAMS
6 Pairing : UNION
11 __ water : TAP
14 Jazz pianist Chick : COREA
15 Fit provider : HONDA
16 Gulf st. : ALA
17 Equivalent Stanley award? : EIGHT OUNCES
19 Storage unit : BIN
20 __-Caps: candy : SNO
21 Memo opener : IN RE
22 Went up : SCALED
24 Produce : CREATE
26 Venue that may sell naming rights : ARENA
27 Forward, in a way : REMAIL
30 Take different paths : PART
32 Cake decorators : ICERS
33 “The Ra Expeditions” author Heyerdahl : THOR
35 MSN and AOL : ISPS
39 Equivalent Scotland locale? : THIRTY SIX INCHES
42 Japanese sandal : ZORI
43 Not taxing : EASY
44 Cuban boy in 2000 headlines : ELIAN
45 Thickener in Asian desserts : AGAR
47 They may be special or secret : AGENTS
48 Passionate dance : TANGO
51 Bouts : SPELLS
54 Off-topic : AFIELD
56 Ohio border lake : ERIE
57 Anonymous party : DOE
60 __ service : LIP
61 Equivalent type of horse? : FIVE NICKELS
64 Mound stat : ERA
65 Long-stemmed mushrooms : ENOKI
66 Some South Pacific carvings : TIKIS
67 Court unit of at least six games : SET
68 Search for water : DOWSE
69 “Mad Men” pool member : STENO
DOWN
1 Blackjack cards : ACES
2 “Whatcha __?” : DOIN’
3 Cornstarch brand : ARGO
4 Indifferent reaction : MEH
5 Stephen Colbert, for one : SATIRIST
6 Enterprise officer : UHURA
7 Large chamber group : NONET
8 Fortune competitor : INC
9 2016 work by Pulitzer poet Sharon Olds : ODES
10 Org. with a long track record? : NASCAR
11 Put on ice : TABLE
12 Strange : ALIEN
13 World Wildlife Fund logo animal : PANDA
18 New law student : ONE L
23 Things, or written things : ARTICLES
24 Baby transport : CARRIAGE
25 Bond creator? : EPOXY
27 Big name in hotels and crackers : RITZ
28 Lingering effect : ECHO
29 Golda of Israel : MEIR
31 MSNBC analyst Melber : ARI
33 Romanov royals : TSARS
34 Casual hellos : HIS
36 __ guard : SHIN
37 Fuel from a bog : PEAT
38 Taxpayer IDs : SSNS
40 Pro vote : YEA
41 Pays no attention to : NEGLECTS
46 Hit the links : GOLFED
47 Others, to Ovid : ALII
48 Grimm accounts : TALES
49 Pumped up : AFIRE
50 Go after, puppy-style : NIP AT
52 Sneaks a look : PEEKS
53 Orange half of a “Sesame Street” duo : ERNIE
55 Purple pet in old cartoons : DINO
57 Fake in the rink : DEKE
58 Lena of “The Reader” : OLIN
59 Exxon, formerly : ESSO
62 Sacred promise : VOW
63 Assembly-required boxful : KIT
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