Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 26th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Finishes : ENDS
5 Spill the beans : BLAB
9 Chest muscle, for short : PEC
12 In __ of : LIEU
13 Credit card user : PAYER
14 “It follows logically that … ” : ERGO
15 Maintain : KEEP
16 “Me too,” more formally : AS DO I
17 State of mind : MOOD
18 Make a real mess : SCREW THINGS UP
21 Chillingly strange : EERIE
22 “Pronto!” : ASAP
23 Many moons __ : AGO
26 Rightmost computer menu, often : HELP
28 Cloak and __ : DAGGER
30 Tortoise’s fabled competitor : HARE
33 Gymnastics rings position held with the body parallel to the ground : LEVER HANG
36 Norse god of war : ODIN
37 Collaborative sites : WIKIS
38 Another, in Spanish : OTRA
39 Feature of some espadrilles : WEDGE HEEL
41 Witnessed : SEEN
42 Swim team swimwear : SPEEDO
43 Toward sunrise : EAST
46 Extra sports periods, briefly : OTS
47 Per person : A POP
50 Chops, as an onion : DICES
53 Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across : SIMPLE MACHINE
57 Japanese noodle : UDON
59 Dog collar dangler : ID TAG
60 Notion : IDEA
61 Come to a stop : HALT
62 “You’ve got some __!” : NERVE
63 Shakespeare’s mad king : LEAR
64 “Yellowjackets” network, briefly : SHO
65 Mardi __: pre-Lenten festival : GRAS
66 Annoys : IRKS
DOWN
1 Part of BPOE : ELKS
2 Nephew’s sister : NIECE
3 Brand of riding mowers : DEERE
4 Ruins at Durrington Walls that once consisted of wooden posts, not stones : SUPERHENGE
5 Giant party : BASH
6 Winona’s “Beetlejuice” role : LYDIA
7 Very long time : AEONS
8 Units led by colonels : BRIGADES
9 Grow cuttings from a succulent, say : PROPAGATE
10 Alter __ : EGO
11 Fish that may be black or blue : COD
13 Dev of “Lion” : PATEL
14 Down Under bird : EMU
19 Golfer Michelle __ West : WIE
20 Practice in the ring : SPAR
24 Bookstore section : GENRE
25 Liver, for one : ORGAN
27 Ballet barre bend : PLIE
29 Pepper in extremely hot curry dishes : GHOST CHILI
30 “Can you explain?” : HOW SO
31 Skilled (at) : ADEPT
32 Works alone : RIDES SOLO
34 __ out a win: almost lose : EKE
35 Disgusting : VILE
37 Extraordinarily large : WHOPPING
40 Dutch cheese : EDAM
44 “Better late than never,” e.g. : ADAGE
45 [as per the original] : SIC
48 More mature : OLDER
49 Historic site in Jordan known as the Rose City : PETRA
51 Duck down : EIDER
52 Go on tiptoe : SNEAK
54 Picked-off pass, for short : INT
55 Big D NBA squad : MAVS
56 Prominent feature of a fennec fox : EARS
57 Hesitation syllables : UHS
58 Lah-di-__ : DAH
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