Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 26th 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Campus VIP… DEAN
5. __ East, Chicago-based pizza chain GINO’S
10. Remove politely, as one’s hat DOFF
14. Entreat URGE
15. “__ Mio” ‘O SOLE
16. Malevolence EVIL
17. Bullied BROWBEATEN
19. Word processor command SAVE
20. World Golf Hall of Famer Aoki ISAO
21. Used TurboTax, perhaps E-FILED
23. Breakfast fare FLAPJACK
27. Actor Mineo SAL
28. Take to a new planter REROOT
29. “12 Years a Slave” director Steve or “Bullitt” star Steve (not the same person) MCQUEEN
33. Farewell that is bid ADIEU
34. Pumps and platforms SHOES
36. Sorbonne article UNE
37. Black-plumed pond swimmer COOT
38. See 54-Across CLUBS
39. “__ glad to!” I’D BE
40. Hung. neighbor AUS
41. Gives the heave-ho BOOTS
42. Rebuke SCOLD
43. Stirring up, as resentment STOKING
45. Solid alcohol STEROL
46. Circle segment ARC
47. Commoners POPULACE
49. Like Dagwood’s wife BLONDE
52. Ottawa-based flying gp. RCAF
53. Material flaws RIPS
54. What’s hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across–if all are in, say, 38-Across ROYAL FLUSH
60. “Fantastic Beasts” actor Miller EZRA
61. Twitter troublemaker TROLL
62. “Off the Court” autobiographer Arthur ASHE
63. __ and means WAYS
64. Gumbo pods OKRAS
65. Cameo stone ONYX
DOWN
1. Name DUB
2. Throw wildly, say ERR
3. Fourth word in the “Star Wars” intro AGO
4. Part of four state names NEW
5. Attacks GOES AT
6. Fashion designer Mizrahi ISAAC
7. Unacceptable NOT OK
8. World Cup cry OLE!
9. Grows old SENESCES
10. Arnaz-Ball production company DESILU
11. Racecourse shape OVAL
12. Dave Brubeck classic “Take __” FIVE
13. Took off FLED
18. Exquisite trinket BIJOU
22. Web help pgs. FAQS
23. Skirmish FRACAS
24. Escorted to the exit LED OUT
25. Melodic passage ARIOSO
26. Auden, Blake or Coleridge POET
29. Tough crowds MOBS
30. “Why I Live at the P.O.” author Welty EUDORA
31. As a whole EN BLOC
32. Acupuncture tool NEEDLE
34. Tough going SLOG
35. Crude shelter HUT
38. Any one of Bach’s Brandenburgs CONCERTO
39. Most sparsely populated Eur. country ICEL
41. Owl or osprey BIRD
42. Odds and ends STUFF
44. “Dust in the Wind” band KANSAS
45. Stone chips SPALLS
47. Richard who played “The Wiz” in 1978 PRYOR
48. City west of Daytona Beach OCALA
49. Make, as beer BREW
50. Oscar winner Minnelli LIZA
51. Nashville venue OPRY
55. Mork’s planet ORK
56. Vientiane language LAO
57. Org. with admirals USN
58. Far from forward SHY
59. Jinx HEX
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