
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 19th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 At the stern : AFT
4 Revolutionary tool? : LATHE
9 Ebbs : ABATES
15 Place to pick up trinkets and tchotchkes : CURIO SHOP
17 Action hero with amnesia : BOURNE
18 Physician who specializes in perioperative care : ANESTHESIOLOGIST
20 Use one’s gray matter : IDEATE
21 Change : ALTER
22 Start of a protestor’s cry, perhaps : BUT
23 Pair : TWO
24 Pretzel shape : KNOT
25 _ package : CARE
26 Prefix with thermal : GEO-
28 One who never draws a blank? : BINGO CALLER
31 Fried turnovers : EMPANADAS
34 Taking after : A LA
35 Seafood paella option : MUSSELS
36 Supports : TRUSSES
40 “Sweet!” : YAS
41 Genre with retrofuturistic technology : STEAMPUNK
43 Tribute act : COVER ARTIST
47 _ latte : SOY
48 Toss, slangily : YEET
49 Big stretches : EONS
50 Not awesome : MEH
52 Convent figure : NUN
53 Like some orange juice : PULPY
55 Tricolor cat : CALICO
58 “You’re not fooling me!,” or what 18-, 28-, and 43-Across might say? : I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
61 Haitian language : CREOLE
62 Mooches : FREELOADS
63 “__ you right!” : SERVES
64 Darts about : FLITS
65 Speed Wagon maker : REO
DOWN
1 Amazon berry : ACAI
2 Slush _ : FUND
3 Canopy makeup : TREETOPS
4 Drawing worth a lot of money? : LOTTO
5 Tennis great Arthur : ASHE
6 English article : THE
7 Church cry of praise : HOSANNA
8 Postscripts : EPILOGS
9 Fit : ABLE
10 Classless one : BOOR
11 Summer mo. : AUG
12 Like some elders : TRIBAL
13 Secure : ENSURE
14 Dog for pheasant hunters : SETTER
16 “That didn’t escape my attention” : I SAW
19 Director Preminger : OTTO
24 Joshes : KIDS
25 Fastener : CLASP
26 Glam rock? : GEM
27 Australian avian : EMU
28 Light wood : BALSA
29 26-Down weight : CARAT
30 Classless one? : ALUM
32 To date : AS YET
33 Approach : NEAR
36 Crime novelist Gerritsen : TESS
37 Place to order rolls : SUSHI BAR
38 “Music for Airports” composer Brian : ENO
39 Big _ Country : SKY
41 Visit on the way : STOP OFF
42 Link-shortening service : TINYURL
43 Critics of good-faith efforts : CYNICS
44 Canon : OEUVRE
45 False front : VENEER
46 Depend (on) : RELY
50 Heavy hammers : MAULS
51 Red Muppet : ELMO
53 Propulsion aid : POLE
54 Versatile vehicles, for short : UTES
55 Tech review site acquired by Ziff Davis in 2024 : CNET
56 Give up : CEDE
57 Ish : OR SO
59 End of a congressional address : GOV
60 Retailer that sells crampons and chalk bags : REI
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