Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 7th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 See 57-Across : SEED
5 Hilton heiress : PARIS
10 African snake : MAMBA
15 Actor Alan : ALDA
16 Do more than just apologize : ATONE
17 __ Sports Bureau: statistics giant : ELIAS
18 Some travelers won’t tour the Corn Palace for fear that … : THE WALLS HAVE EARS
21 Unattached : SINGLE
22 Promotion cost : AD RATE
23 First Burmese prime minister : U NU
25 Fort Collins sch. : CSU
26 Digital water tester? : TOE
29 Some travelers won’t go to the top of the Eiffel Tower because they never … : COME TO THE POINT
34 Mail in a box : SHIP
36 “No Ordinary Love” singer : SADE
37 Gift list addressee : SANTA
38 Lightbulb unit : WATT
39 Protect : SHIELD
42 Squabble : SPAT
43 Actor Elba : IDRIS
45 Eyelid affliction : STYE
46 Pajama parts : TOPS
47 Some travelers won’t visit the La Brea Tar Pits for fear of being … : STUCK IN THE PAST
51 “Help!” letters : SOS
52 Anger : IRE
53 Liberal arts maj. : SOC
54 Pub __ : CRAWLS
57 With 1-Across, bun topper : SESAME
62 Some travelers won’t get on the London Eye because they would just … : GO ROUND IN CIRCLES
66 Kitchen cover : APRON
67 Underway : AFOOT
68 “Stat!” : ASAP!
69 Fringe benefits : PERKS
70 Obligations : DEBTS
71 Scrawny : BONY
DOWN
1 College Board exams : SATS
2 K thru 12 : ELHI
3 Genesis spot : EDEN
4 Dippy __: original name of Disney’s Goofy : DAWG
5 Lack of color : PALENESS
6 Scoreboard abbr. for the 2023 NL East champions : ATL
7 Congressional Gold Medal honoree Parks : ROSA
8 Sharp, as a TV broadcast : IN HD
9 Google : SEARCH
10 Informal gatherings : MEETUPS
11 Not aweather : ALEE
12 Soccer great Hamm : MIA
13 Snack or salad follower : BAR
14 Beast of burden : ASS
19 Last year’s sr. : ALUM
20 Bouquet holder : VASE
24 Locale of Snowbird and Alta : UTAH
26 Two-bit : TIN-POT
27 Ready to flow : ON TAP
28 Les __-Unis : ETATS
29 Kumquat, for one : CITRUS
30 Vision-related : OPTIC
31 Lyric poet : ODIST
32 Saw things? : TEETH
33 Brewery ovens : OASTS
34 Gruyère, e.g. : SWISS
35 Couldn’t say no : HAD TO
40 Caustic agents : LYES
41 Money in the bank : DEPOSITS
44 Locales at Snowbird and Alta : SKI RUNS
48 Country of 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi : IRAN
49 First-time father : NEW DAD
50 Tech giant that purchased Gateway : ACER
54 Diner employee : COOK
55 Quaker cereal : LIFE
56 __ appeal : SNOB
58 Strike underminer : SCAB
59 In addition : ALSO
60 Nasty : MEAN
61 Best Play, for one : ESPY
62 Empty space : GAP
63 Reveal, to a poet : OPE
64 2022 Telugu-language film directed by S.S. Rajamouli : RRR
65 Tent bed : COT
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