Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 23rd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Some game pieces : PEGS
5 Long-range nuke : ICBM
9 Like horses : MANED
14 Palm whose oil is used in cosmetics : ACAI
15 David Copperfield wife : DORA
16 Barely, with “by” : A NOSE
17 Blades for trimming blades : LAWN MOWER
19 Futile : NO USE
20 Channel that shows college games : ESPNU
21 Banquet offering : TV DINNER
23 Any ship : SHE
24 Shine, in adspeak : GLO
27 Evasive : EELY
28 Development that ended much development : DIGITAL CAMERA
34 Disinfectant brand since 1889 : LYSOL
35 Nipper : PUP
36 Collapsed : SANK
39 Bell invention with a bell : PHONE
42 Farm mom : MARE
43 “Bravo!” : OLE
44 Unaccustomed to : NEW AT
46 Club used at a club : PITCHING WEDGE
52 Centuries-old discipline : YOGA
53 Pod opening : TRI-
54 Japanese computer giant : NEC
57 Call dibs on, with “to” : LAY CLAIM
61 1736 writer of a seminal paper on graph theory : EULER
63 From an earlier time : OF OLD
64 Wheels for carrying wheels : LIMOUSINE
67 Setting for a Tony-winning Miller play : SALEM
68 Persia, now : IRAN
69 “Check this out!” : PSST
70 Seriously weaken : ERODE
71 Bind, in a way : TAPE
72 Eye ailment : STYE
DOWN
1 Loses color : PALES
2 PayPal payment, e.g. : E-CASH
3 Rubbernecked : GAWPED
4 __ Féin : SINN
5 “What will __ now?” : I DO
6 Intimidate : COW
7 Two-time Cy Young Award winner Saberhagen : BRET
8 Show amazement (at) : MARVEL
9 Western Pacific island capital : MANILA
10 Alias : ANONYM
11 Proper __ : NOUN
12 Latin infinitive : ESSE
13 Big game : DEER
18 Wet weather word : MUGGY
22 Holiday mo. : DEC
25 Speak like Sylvester : LISP
26 Texter’s “Then again … ” : OTOH
29 Breed : ILK
30 One way to sing : ALONG
31 Acid Rain Program org. : EPA
32 Capek classic : RUR
33 Parrot : APE
36 Bribe : SOP
37 “Aladdin” prince : ALI
38 After expenses : NET
40 Colorful salamander : NEWT
41 Big-mouthed one that can hold its wine? : EWER
42 Sess. : MTG
45 Bye word : ADIEU
47 Recurred at regular intervals : CYCLED
48 Loving request : HOLD ME
49 “Hometown Proud” supermarket : IGA
50 Ace a test : NAIL IT
51 Join : ENLIST
55 Tiny : EENSY
56 Minotaur’s home : CRETE
57 Get rid of : LOSE
58 Hardly around the corner : AFAR
59 Risk-taker’s acronym : YOLO
60 Actress Sorvino : MIRA
62 FedEx rival : USPS
65 Plan (out) : MAP
66 “A Chorus Line” number : ONE
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