
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 24th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Casino ratios that favor the house : ODDS
5 Button alternatives : SNAPS
10 Sir equivalent : DAME
14 Schnitzel meat option : PORK
15 Holy scroll of Judaism : TORAH
16 Gulf nation bordering Yemen : OMAN
17 Asset of a highly skilled individual : TRAINED EYE
19 Orange skin : RIND
20 Bend under pressure : SAG
21 Provide a welcome distraction : AMUSE
22 Door joint : HINGE
23 Key NFL players : QBS
25 Lizard with a misleading name : HORNY TOAD
27 Personal energy fields : AURAS
29 Early investor’s opportunity, briefly : IPO
30 Urgent entreaty : PLEA
31 Home of the University of Oregon : EUGENE
35 Settle on a chair : SIT
38 Christmas morning activity, and what 17-, 25-, 47-, and 61-Across all have? : OPENING PRESENTS
41 Large amount : TON
42 Half step down from D natural : C-SHARP
43 Twilight time : DUSK
44 Nat : documentary channel : GEO
45 Sticky, as the weather : MUGGY
47 “The Nutcracker” performer : BALLERINA
53 Implore : BEG
54 Opera soliloquies : ARIAS
55 Like Thor and Odin : NORSE
57 Tupperware topper : LID
60 Mercedes- : BENZ
61 List of cheap eats : DOLLAR MENU
63 Olympic blade : EPEE
64 Bit of inside info : INTEL
65 Adorable : CUTE
66 Shore thing? : SAND
67 Gaggle members : GEESE
68 Television ad : SPOT
DOWN
1 Votes (for) : OPTS
2 Cartoon explorer with a talking backpack : DORA
3 Adore Delano or Plastique Tiara : DRAG QUEEN
4 Traverse a black diamond slope, say : SKI
5 Thorny rose part : STEM
6 “Obviously!” : NO DUH
7 “You _ welcome!” : ARE SO
8 Venmo user, maybe : PAYER
9 Pronoun option : SHE
10 Cool Ranch chip : DORITO
11 _ acid : AMINO
12 Japanese comic style : MANGA
13 Stopped : ENDED
18 Mars rover org. : NASA
22 Amps (up) : HYPES
24 Muffin fiber : BRAN
26 Prime-time hour : NINE PM
27 Pet aisle brand : ALPO
28 Motion detector, e.g. : SENSOR
30 Planter : POT
32 Groaning sound : UGH
33 College application fig. : GPA
34 Go off course : ERR
35 Get cozy together : SNUGGLE UP
36 Teeny : ITSY
37 “How naughty!” : TSK
39 Some slushies : ICEES
40 Rim : EDGE
44 Sticky, as a doughnut : GLAZED
46 Cab alternative : UBER
47 “__ in Toyland”: Christmas classic : BABES
48 Venezuelan snack : AREPA
49 Summery material : LINEN
50 Hole-: golf feat : IN-ONE
51 Nick of “Affliction” : NOLTE
52 French city in many van Gogh paintings : ARLES
56 Garage event : SALE
58 “ the Woods”: Sondheim musical : INTO
59 Couple’s karaoke request : DUET
61 Use a spade : DIG
62 Hosts, for short : MCS
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