Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday December 9th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Guttural interruption : AHEM
5 Hook or Kirk: Abbr. : CAPT
9 Logician’s “E” : ERAT
13 Rope fiber : SISAL
15 Confidently say : AVER
16 Earned : MADE
17 Vintage hue on a photo app : SEPIA
18 Digital media brand : ROKU
19 Plains people : OTOS
20 Often euphemistic words for lacking employment : IN-BETWEEN JOBS
23 __-pitch softball : SLO
25 I-5 state : ORE
26 Liberia neighbor : GUINEA
27 Manhattan attraction : CENTRAL PARK
31 Petri dish gels : AGARS
32 Former Romanian president : ILIESCU
36 Buster Brown’s dog : TIGE
37 Flat sign : TO LET
39 Alternatively : ELSE
41 Mosaic piece : TESSERA
43 Pricing word that rhymes with its opposite : STEEP
44 Rounding third base after starting at second, say : HALFWAY HOME
47 Axis foes : ALLIES
51 Guffaw sound : HAR
52 Cue preceder? : PEE
53 Just plain folks : MIDDLE AMERICA
57 Cream additive : ALOE
58 It may be wild : RICE
59 Union station? : ALTAR
62 Midday refreshers : NAPS
63 Inland Asian sea : ARAL
64 Hospital cry : NURSE
65 “Time spent with __ is never wasted”: Colette : A CAT
66 P.D. ranks : DETS
67 Thai money : BAHT
DOWN
1 Jenny’s offspring : ASS
2 Hustle, quaintly : HIE
3 Threat to national security : ESPIONAGE
4 Water __ : MAIN
5 “Breaking Bad” bad guys : CARTEL
6 Swear : AVOW
7 Short dog, for short : PEKE
8 1969 film remade in 2010 with Jeff Bridges in John Wayne’s role : TRUE GRIT
9 Smiley face with hearts for eyes, e.g. : EMOJI
10 Betray : RAT ON
11 Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
12 Thompson of “Westworld” : TESSA
14 Hercules’ dozen : LABORS
21 Historic time : ERA
22 Zap : NUKE
23 Shoo relative : SCAT
24 Kosher : LEGIT
28 “__ chic!” : TRES
29 Dish from which paella evolved : PILAF
30 Sierra Nevada, e.g. : ALE
33 Genesis son : SETH
34 The “her” in Shakespeare’s “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety” : CLEOPATRA
35 “I can help” : USE ME
37 Buzz-creating promo : TEASER AD
38 The NBA’s Magic : ORL
40 Duel tool : EPEE
42 Kid-lit poet Silverstein : SHEL
43 Iraqi neighbor : SYRIAN
45 Slangy alternative to walking : WHEELS
46 Swiss river : AAR
47 Range name : AMANA
48 New Hampshire state flower : LILAC
49 Parkinson’s treatment : L-DOPA
50 Latin “in other words” : ID EST
54 Suffix for the rich : -AIRE
55 Future doc’s exam : MCAT
56 Black card, maybe : CLUB
60 Bat wood : ASH
61 No longer working: Abbr. : RET
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