Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 30th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Invents, as a word : COINS
6 Laugh-a-minute sort : RIOT
10 Lucas of “Raising Hope” : NEFF
14 Bandleader’s exhortation : HIT IT
15 Egyptian life symbol : ANKH
16 Pest on a pooch : FLEA
17 Red-tide contents : ALGAE
18 Academy attended by James T. Kirk : STARFLEET
20 Shape, as clay : SCULPT
22 Mayberry lad : OPIE
23 Org. in much recent news : CDC
24 Artist with a record 32 American Music Awards : TAYLOR SWIFT
26 “We’ll let you know,” on skeds : TBA
27 18-Across jr. officer : ENS
28 Threaded fastener : NUT
29 Claw into : TEAR AT
31 Fire truck alert : SIREN
33 Tourette syndrome symptoms : TICS
34 Deeply hurt : CUT TO THE QUICK
39 Brooklyn Coll. is part of it : CUNY
40 Double duty? : STUNT
41 Convent leader : ABBESS
44 Shoelace, e.g. : TIE
45 NBA’s Heat, on scoreboards : MIA
48 Inouye Airport arrival gift : LEI
49 Inviolable, as a rule : HARD AND FAST
53 Investment inits. : IRA
54 Common ointment ingredient : ALOE
55 Hall of Fame knuckleballer Phil : NIEKRO
56 With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers : POSTHASTE
59 Step : TREAD
60 Worked in a garden : HOED
61 “Because You Loved Me” singer : DION
62 Battle zone journalist : EMBED
63 Criteria: Abbr. : STDS
64 Racy message : SEXT
65 Rotary phone features : DIALS
DOWN
1 Unsullied : CHASTE
2 Prop for the Tin Man : OILCAN
3 Men working on a network, informally : IT GUYS
4 One Direction’s “cute one” __ Horan : NIALL
5 “C’mon, we’re in a hurry!” : STEP ON IT
6 Late-summer orientation mtg. holders : RAS
7 Like many trailers : IN TOW
8 Giraffe relative : OKAPI
9 Frugality : THRIFT
10 Patriots’ org. : NFL
11 Exciting, as an atmosphere : ELECTRIC
12 Survey info : FEEDBACK
13 Big shots with big balances : FAT CATS
19 Honor in a big way : FETE
21 Town near Provincetown : TRURO
25 Editorial “let it stand” : STET
30 Feuding : AT IT
31 Eyelid ailment : STYE
32 Smart students’ org. : NHS
34 Two, to eight, e.g. : CUBE ROOT
35 Impartial : UNBIASED
36 Sundance’s sweetie : ETTA
37 “Glee” cheerleader : QUINN
38 Not yet corrected for publication : UNEDITED
39 Islamic leaders : CALIPHS
42 1979 exile : SHAH
43 Soup followers : SALADS
45 Folk singer Miriam known as “Mama Africa” : MAKEBA
46 Gal Gadot’s birthplace : ISRAEL
47 Disagreeing : AT ODDS
50 Riveting icon : ROSIE
51 Rehab program : DETOX
52 1938 Physics Nobelist : FERMI
57 Six-pt. scores : TDS
58 Tolkien’s Treebeard, e.g. : ENT
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