Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 25th 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Clever or stylish SMART
6. October gem OPAL
10. Most eligible, draftwise ONE-A
14. Temple scroll TORAH
15. “The X-Files” agent Scully DANA
16. Gym specimens BODS
17. Film character #1 (played by George C. Scott in 1984) EBENEZER SCROOGE
20. Non-commercial TV commercial PSA
21. Order (around) BOSS
22. Canadian province with a French motto QUEBEC
23. New Mexico art hub TAOS
24. Little bears CUBS
25. Film character #2 (played by Leo G. Carroll in 1938) JACOB MARLEY
29. Polished off ATE
32. Go along (with) AGREE
33. Spot for an AirPod EAR
34. The Grinch’s dog MAX
35. Meadow bleats BAAS
36. Fronts of hands PALMS
38. __ torch: party light TIKI
39. Commercial URL suffix BIZ
40. Sac fly result RBI
41. Makes simpler EASES
42. No particular one ANY
43. Film character #3 (played by Kermit the Frog in 1992) BOB CRATCHIT
46. Like many breakfast bars OATY
47. Resound ECHO
48. Long-eared dog BEAGLE
51. Height: Pref. ALTI-
52. Fed. law known as Obamacare ACA
55. Novella that introduced the three film characters A CHRISTMAS CAROL
58. Shade provider TREE
59. Jog TROT
60. Geometric truth AXIOM
61. Totals SUMS
62. Drink with sushi SAKE
63. Plumbing issues LEAKS
DOWN
1. How-to instruction STEP
2. Unruly crowds MOBS
3. Geometric product AREA
4. Sought office RAN
5. George Herman Ruth’s nickname THE BABE
6. Ukrainian city ODESSA
7. Golf scorecard numbers PARS
8. Q&A part: Abbr. ANS
9. Glossy coatings LACQUERS
10. Orchestral reeds OBOES
11. Rookie, in gaming NOOB
12. Sharp part of a sheet of paper EDGE
13. “Just __!” A SEC
18. Repeated Mazda ad word ZOOM
19. Shade of red RUBY
23. Wiggled digits TOES
24. Chowder morsel CLAM
25. Hutt in “Star Wars” JABBA
26. “Time and __”: illustrated Jack Finney novel AGAIN
27. Outlandish, as an idea CRAZY
28. Artifact RELIC
29. Barn-raising sect AMISH
30. “Oh Myyy!” memoirist George TAKEI
31. Be real EXIST
36. Some public demonstrations PROTESTS
37. First name in advice ABBY
38. Tex-Mex snack TACO
41. Principled ETHICAL
43. Indonesian resort island BALI
44. “I can __”: words of empathy RELATE
45. Doesn’t just sit there ACTS
46. Fairy tale beasts OGRES
48. Dugout rack items BATS
49. Earth tone ECRU
50. “Excuse me … ” AHEM
51. Run __: go wild AMOK
52. Puccini solo ARIA
53. Kitchen worker COOK
54. Help for the poor ALMS
56. Refrain syllable TRA
57. Firefighter’s tool AXE
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