Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 10th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Chinese sauce additive MSG
4 Olympic swimming star Ledecky KATIE
9 L.L.Bean competitor J.CREW
14 Listening organ EAR
15 Stereotypical Pi Day celebrants NERDS
16 “Drab” color OLIVE
17 Handel’s “Messiah” et al. ORATORIOS
19 Creepy film motel BATES
20 *Fruity adult beverage WINE COOLER
22 Put in the mail SENT
23 Cowboys QB Prescott DAK
24 Well-worn pencils NUBS
26 “Keystone” police KOPS
28 *Black-spotted orange flower TIGER LILY
33 Prefix with center EPI-
34 __ Valley: Reagan Library site SIMI
35 Strand at a ski lodge, say ICE IN
37 Pitcher’s stat ERA
38 *Toy pistols used on stage CAP GUNS
41 Prefix with natal NEO-
42 Asian food breadcrumbs PANKO
44 Novelist Leon URIS
45 They, to Thierry ILS
46 *Toy car brand HOT WHEELS
49 Artist Warhol ANDY
50 “The Good Earth” mother O-LAN
51 Some SAT takers SRS
52 Olympian bigwig ZEUS
55 Canoeing challenge whose first word can precede the start and whose second word can precede the end of the answers to starred clues WHITEWATER
61 Safe places? WALLS
63 Talus ANKLE BONE
64 Orange Muppet ERNIE
65 Not tight enough LOOSE
66 ER VIPs… MDS
67 Cockamamie INANE
68 Beginning ONSET
69 Automated spam creator BOT
DOWN
1 Cat’s cry MEOW
2 Indian cover-up SARI
3 Concert keyboard GRAND PIANO
4 Rap on the door KNOCK
5 Sleek, in car talk AERO
6 75% of a quartet TRIO
7 Pop star IDOL
8 Ancient mystic ESSENE
9 Position at work JOB
10 Enduring work CLASSIC
11 Baptism or bris RITE
12 Like Olympic years, numerically EVEN
13 “Wild” 1800s region WEST
18 Oolong and pekoe TEAS
21 1921 play that introduced the word “robot” RUR
25 Euphoria BLISS
26 Stay fresh in the fridge KEEP
27 Celeb with her “OWN” network OPRAH
28 Andalusian aunt TIA
29 Little rascal IMP
30 Lively baroque dance GIGUE
31 Red Square shrine LENIN’S TOMB
32 Give in YIELD
34 Grouchy look SCOWL
36 Prone to prying NOSY
39 Often-bookmarked address, briefly :URL
40 Grafton’s “__ for Noose” N IS
43 “80’s Ladies” country singer KT OSLIN
47 “Yee-__!” HAW
48 Surround, as with a saintly glow ENHALO
49 Graceful steed ARAB
51 “Ni-i-ice!” SWEET
52 Cube root of acht ZWEI
53 Merit EARN
54 Forearm bone ULNA
56 Part of, plotwise IN ON
57 Boxing ref’s calls TKOS
58 “Anything __?” ELSE
59 Opposite of exo- ENDO-
60 “Don’t play” music staff symbol REST
62 Date regularly SEE
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