Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 5th
2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Distillery mixture MASH
5 The Flyers’ Gritty, e.g. MASCOT
11 Poke fun at RIB
14 __-inflammatory ANTI
15 Corrida figure EL TORO
16 Important card ACE
17 *Line never spoken by James Cagney YOU DIRTY RAT
19 Cutting remark DIG
20 4,300-mile range ANDES
21 Novelist Waugh ALEC
22 “In __ of gifts … ” LIEU
23 *Rock pile at a prehistoric gravesite BURIAL CAIRN
26 Protect with a levee EMBANK
30 Canon SLR… EOS
31 Gorilla expert Fossey DIAN
32 A pop EACH
36 Sail (through) COAST
40 *Like Juárez, vis-à-vis El Paso ACROSS THE BORDER
43 MGM part METRO
44 Cork’s place EIRE
45 Racing legend Earnhardt DALE
46 Brouhaha ADO
48 Held to account LIABLE
50 *Far-fetched, as a story COCK-AND-BULL
56 Car rental giant AVIS
57 “Royal” seaside bird TERN
58 Spare EXTRA
63 GQ or EW… MAG
64 “__, Batman!”: Robin’s cry upon spotting the ends of the answers to starred clues? HOLY TERRIER
66 Lyft driver’s ballpark fig. ETA
67 Café option AU LAIT
68 Real estate ad number AREA
69 Anthem contraction O’ER
70 “Hard to Stop” air conditioners TRANES
71 Use one’s outside voice YELL
DOWN
1 “The Good Place” Emmy nominee Rudolph MAYA
2 In a trice ANON
3 Poker choice STUD
4 Keep out of sight HIDE
5 Debussy’s “La __” MER
6 Chancel feature ALTAR
7 Tablet accessories STYLI
8 Chick with Grammys COREA
9 Soothsayer ORACLE
10 Little one TOT
11 Circle lines RADII
12 Less approachable ICIER
13 Started BEGUN
18 Library ID… ISBN
22 Hall of Fame Dodger manager Tommy LASORDA
24 Luau strings UKES
25 Estée contemporary COCO
26 Mild cheese EDAM
27 Nursery rhyme trio MICE
28 Frequent prank caller to Moe’s Tavern BART
29 Arctic garb ANORAKS
33 Snacked, say ATE
34 McBride of “Hawaii Five-0” CHI
35 Sailor’s pronoun HER
37 Very little A DAB
38 Market SELL
39 Walnut or pecan TREE
41 Bar mixer SODA
42 Round signal BELL
47 Like a band in a bus ON TOUR
49 “The Sopranos” actor Robert ILER
50 Brief appearance CAMEO
51 Egg-shaped OVATE
52 Cuban export CIGAR
53 Street of mystery DELLA
54 “Trumbo” Oscar nominee Cranston BRYAN
55 Set free UNTIE
59 CT scan component X-RAY
60 Run out of gas TIRE
61 Traditional dance REEL
62 Mostly depleted sea ARAL
64 Party accessory HAT
65 UFO passengers, supposedly ETS
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