Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 2nd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Tale about Tantalus, say : MYTH
5 Gear tooth : COG
8 Sets upon : HAS AT
13 Angelou or Dickinson : POET
14 Celebrity chef Garten : INA
15 Cause to blush : ABASH
16 *Southeast Asian monarch : SULTAN OF BRUNEI
19 Stat : PDQ
20 Fancy dresser : FOP
21 Common TV set-top box : DVR
22 Tokyo okay : HAI
25 Home of the Oregon Ducks : EUGENE
27 Place with pillows : BED
28 *Pentateuch peak: Abbr. : MT SINAI
30 Award named for Poe : EDGAR
32 Catcher’s need : MITT
33 They, in Tours : ILS
35 PBS URL ending : ORG
36 *Warning on a street prophet’s sandwich board … or a hint to the answers to starred clues : THE END IS NIGH
40 Adams of “American Hustle” : AMY
41 Concert equipment : AMP
42 What 34-Down means in Swahili : LION
44 Befuddled : AT SEA
46 *Guy who “Saves the World” on Netflix : BILL NYE
48 __ constrictor : BOA
49 Smooth musical passage : LEGATO
51 Roam (about) : GAD
52 Dogspeak syllable : ARF
53 Roth __ : IRA
54 Dr. Mom’s skill : TLC
56 *Certain PAC-12 graduates : STANFORD ALUMNI
62 Implied : TACIT
63 __ choy : BOK
64 FBI operation : RAID
65 Colorado’s __ Park : ESTES
66 Be in the red : OWE
67 Big show : EXPO
DOWN
1 AWOL trackers : MPS
2 Second person : YOU
3 __ Aviv : TEL
4 Start of many Web addresses : HTTP
5 American literary form inspired in part by haiku : CINQUAIN
6 Tokyo-born artist : ONO
7 Diplomatic blunder : GAFFE
8 Wouldn’t stop talking about : HARPED ON
9 __ Dhabi : ABU
10 Holding back to gain an edge : SANDBAGGING
11 Letter sign-off : AS EVER
12 Almost-home base : THIRD
17 Port on its own gulf : ADEN
18 Skeleton part : BONE
22 “Let me think … ” : HMM
23 “They’re __ again!” : AT IT
24 “Oh, really?” : IS THAT A FACT
26 Radner of “SNL” : GILDA
29 List components : ITEMS
31 Cookout feature : GRILL
34 He hung out with Pumbaa and Timon : SIMBA
37 Ocular surgical procedure : EYELIFTS
38 Comedic reaction involving a sprayed beverage : SPIT TAKE
39 Georgetown athlete : HOYA
43 Outlaw Kelly : NED
44 Large arteries : AORTAS
45 Prefix with dynamic : AERO-
47 Hang loosely : LOLL
48 Moisten while cooking : BASTE
50 Movie legend Greta : GARBO
55 Medical research goal : CURE
57 Nuremberg “never” : NIE
58 Part of DJIA : DOW
59 Highest output : MAX
60 Something in the air : NIP
61 Altar promise : I DO
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