Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday December 7th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Sneaker feature : LACE
5 Balance scale container : PAN
8 Plays the role of : ACTS AS
14 Milky white gem : OPAL
15 Focus of modern-day surfing : EGO
16 Most achy : SOREST
17 *Spends time in the gym : WORKS OUT
19 Shrimp entrée : SCAMPI
20 Prime meridian std. : GST
21 Make into law : ENACT
23 Quaking tree : ASPEN
24 One of the Coen brothers : ETHAN
26 *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers : HAT CHECK
28 Big-time celeb : A-LISTER
31 P-like Greek letter : RHO
32 ACLU issues : RTS
33 Smell really bad : REEK
34 Crosses (out) : XES
36 Antiquated : OLD
38 James Taylor classic … or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue : FIRE AND RAIN
42 “__ on my watch!” : NOT
43 Chaney of horror films : LON
44 Where some surfers shop : EBAY
47 Nonprofit URL ending : ORG
50 __ Lingus : AER
52 Ophthalmologist’s field : EYECARE
54 *Times Square New Year’s Eve custom : BALL DROP
57 Calf-length skirts : MIDIS
58 Like the sea when waves are crashing : AROAR
59 NFL Dolphins’ home : MIAMI
62 Bloodshot : RED
63 Broadway’s Ethel : MERMAN
65 *When employment ends, formally : EXIT DATE
67 Cheese in some bagels : ASIAGO
68 Freight weight : TON
69 Old Spice competitor : AFTA
70 Balanced conditions : STASES
71 Aardvark’s morsel : ANT
72 Common flag symbol : STAR
DOWN
1 Transmission choice for steep ascents : LOW GEAR
2 Biblical disciple : APOSTLE
3 One driving the wrong way? : CAR THIEF
4 Lodge member : ELK
5 Menial laborer : PEON
6 Océano filler : AGUA
7 V-shaped slit : NOTCH
8 Pack animal : ASS
9 Pepsi rival : COCA-COLA
10 Vandalize : TRASH
11 Start of the Marines’ motto : SEMPER
12 Appearance : ASPECT
13 Smells really bad : STINKS
18 Dispatched : SENT
22 Driveway material : TAR
25 Welcome to one’s home : ASK IN
27 Like rosebushes : THORNY
29 New Hampshire prep school town : EXETER
30 Actor Stephen : REA
35 NBC weekend show : SNL
37 Cinque times due : DIECI
39 Blowup on the highway : ROAD RAGE
40 Buck’s partner : DOE
41 Annual hoops player selection event : NBA DRAFT
45 Short operatic solo : ARIETTA
46 “Whatever you say, honey” : YES, DEAR
47 Trumps’ White House predecessors : OBAMAS
48 Least cooked : RAREST
49 Vocalist Estefan : GLORIA
51 CD follower : -ROM
53 Radiate : EMIT
55 Asian priests : LAMAS
56 Michelangelo masterwork : PIETA
60 Neural transmitter : AXON
61 Like new : MINT
64 Turndowns : NOS
66 Courtroom figs. : DAS
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