Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 16th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Quotable Yankee, familiarly : YOGI
5 “Yikes!” : JEEZ
9 Fencing blades : EPEES
14 Tarzan raisers : APES
15 Cher and Sade, vocally : ALTI
16 16th-century English queen : MARY I
17 With 63-Across, musician born 12/16/1770 : LUDWIG VAN
19 North Sea county : ESSEX
20 German steel city : ESSEN
21 Offered an arm to : ESCORTED
23 Basics : ABCS
25 Ming most look up to : YAO
26 Nickname for a 63-Across 39-Down : CHORAL
29 Literate : WELL READ
34 __ Vegas : LAS
35 Marks for removal : DELES
37 “Inferno” poet : DANTE
38 Story lines : ARCS
40 Numerically, 63-Across’ C-minor 39-Down : FIFTH
42 Tolkien trilogy, to fans : LOTR
43 Remains : STAYS
45 It’s usually not a hit : SIDE-B
47 Toon crime fighter __ Possible : KIM
48 Spread throughout : PERMEATE
50 Nickname for a 63-Across 39-Down : EROICA
52 Pipe plastic : PVC
53 Like cotton candy : SPUN
54 Sticky stuff : ADHESIVE
58 Facebook action : SHARE
62 Unverified word : RUMOR
63 See 17-Across : … BEETHOVEN
65 Tony winner Menzel : IDINA
66 The M in BLT? : MAYO
67 Artist’s quarters : LOFT
68 Record material : VINYL
69 Chopped side dish : SLAW
70 Some traffic court cases: Abbr. : DWIS
DOWN
1 New Haven school : YALE
2 Musical work : OPUS
3 H.S. proficiency tests : GEDS
4 Oath beginning : I SWEAR
5 XK-E, for short : JAG
6 Seasonal aides : ELVES
7 Greek vowels : ETAS
8 It makes cents : ZINC
9 Important gem in Oz : EMERALD
10 Nickname for a 63-Across 39-Down : PASTORAL
11 Gaelic language : ERSE
12 Watched closely : EYED
13 Touchdown points : SIX
18 __ humor: grumpy : IN BAD
22 Bony Olive : OYL
24 Musical symbol : CLEF
26 Bracelet fastener : CLASP
27 Gold rush storyteller : HARTE
28 “The Odd Couple” roommate : OSCAR
29 Group self-pic, in slang : WEFIE
30 Started, as a co. : ESTD
31 Japanese mushroom : ENOKI
32 Web site : ATTIC
33 Stuffed Jewish dish also called kishke : DERMA
36 Itemize : LIST
39 63-Across work : SYMPHONY
41 Dickens sycophant : HEEP
44 A few : SEVERAL
46 Salon item : BRUSH
49 Summer coolers, briefly : ACS
51 Indefinitely suspended : ON HOLD
53 “Later!” : SEE YA!
54 Autobahn auto : AUDI
55 Key of the 26-Across 39-Down: Abbr. : D MIN
56 System/360s, e.g. : IBMS
57 Piccata meat : VEAL
59 Openly declare : AVOW
60 Mortgagee’s option, for short : REFI
61 Laryngitis docs : ENTS
62 Ohio or Mississippi: Abbr. : RIV
64 Auto club service : TOW
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