Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 12th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Sitcom pioneer Lucille : BALL
5 Taken __: startled : ABACK
10 Arthur __ Stadium: world’s largest tennis venue : ASHE
14 “Titans” actor Morales : ESAI
15 __ Lama : DALAI
16 Great Basin people : UTES
17 Spa for out-of-shape shoe forms? : LAST RESORT
19 Coffee brewing choice : DRIP
20 French farewell : ADIEU
21 __ decorator : INTERIOR
23 Himalayan bovine : YAK
24 Word with stone or marker : MILE-
26 “Right now,” in texts : ATM
27 Sit-up muscles : ABS
28 Ceiling metal : TIN
30 Identity statement, briefly : BIO
33 Marking off the hours left to cram before the big exam? : FINAL COUNTDOWN
38 Clenched hand : FIST
39 Major artery : AORTA
40 Writer Wiesel : ELIE
41 Homebuyer’s day-of-sale demand for a single window dressing? : CLOSING CURTAIN
44 Animation frame : CEL
45 Commercials : ADS
46 Boat blade : OAR
47 Uru. neighbor : ARG
49 Spielberg film featuring a shark : JAWS
51 Answer to an addition problem : SUM
54 Wore red at a wedding, say : STOOD OUT
57 Fluffy-eared marsupial : KOALA
59 Cancel, as a check : VOID
60 Effects of months of glute workouts? : END RESULTS
62 __ vera : ALOE
63 Inbox message : EMAIL
64 Binary digit : ZERO
65 Running with scissors, e.g. : NO-NO
66 Southwestern plateaus : MESAS
67 Muscat’s country : OMAN
DOWN
1 Secure, as a ship’s line : BELAY
2 Carne __: steak dish : ASADA
3 Sharper image innovation? : LASIK
4 Lo-cal : LITE
5 Fruit drink suffix : -ADE
6 Pesto herb : BASIL
7 Independently : ALONE
8 E-commerce icon : CART
9 Toy with a string and a tail : KITE
10 Sit in on, as a class : AUDIT
11 Calzone cousin : STROMBOLI
12 Beneficiary : HEIR
13 Telepathic letters : ESP
18 Afro-Cuban dance : RUMBA
22 Tirade : RANT
25 Manhattan, e.g. : ISLAND
27 CGI creatures in a superhero film series starring Paul Rudd : ANTS
28 Tulle skirt : TUTU
29 Lined up : IN A ROW
31 Victorious cry : I WIN
32 Binary digit : ONE
33 Nail salon tool : FILE
34 Quarantine : ISOLATION
35 Gear teeth : COGS
36 Tolkien monster : ORC
37 Beloved : DEAR
38 Media-monitoring org. : FCC
42 Shakespearean betrayer : IAGO
43 Assignments : TASKS
48 “This isn’t my first __” : RODEO
49 Biblical betrayer : JUDAS
50 Naturally lit courtyards : ATRIA
51 Capital of Oregon : SALEM
52 Extreme : ULTRA
53 Lawyer Perry of classic TV : MASON
54 Without help : SOLO
55 Judge to be : DEEM
56 “Lunch is __”: “I’m buying” : ON ME
58 Anise-flavored Greek liquor : OUZO
59 Vehicle with sliding side doors : VAN
61 Raised trains : ELS
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