Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 4th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Whisky, e.g. : SCOTCH
7 Business entities : FIRMS
12 HSN alternative : QVC
15 Santa’s laugh : HO HO HO
16 Wide open : AGAPE
17 Dubai’s fed. : UAE
18 *Speedy dinner option? : INSTANT RAMEN
20 -at-ease : ILL
21 Prefix with natal : NEO-
22 Bodies of water : SEAS
23 Didn’t make the team’s final roster : GOT CUT
25 Somewhat ruddy : REDDISH
28 Tools for fall guys? : RAKES
29 Pop in for a scene, say : CAMEO
32 Hip-hop’s Clan : WU-TANG
34 Dover landmarks : CLIFFS
36 Wistful sound : SIGH
37 Singer Kristofferson : KRIS
40 Forever, figuratively : EON
41 Speedy meal option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? : FAST FOOD
44 Texter’s “No clue” : IDK
45 Two, in Trois-Rivières : DEUX
47 Tidy : NEAT
48 Strength of character : METTLE
50 Wall Street figure : TRADER
52 Checked out before a heist : CASED
53 Suffix with home or farm : -STEAD
55 Moisturizer target : DRY SKIN
59 Skeptical about : WARY OF
61 “Just joshing!” : I KID
62 Pampering place : SPA
65 Japanese sash : OBI
66 *Speedy beverage option? : BRISK ICED TEA
70 __-A-Fella Records: Jay-Z label : ROC
71 Goose-bumps-causing : EERIE
72 Minolta partner : KONICA
73 Mama deer : DOE
74 Pedometer units : STEPS
75 Makes catty comments : SNARKS
DOWN
1 Lower leg : SHIN
2 Gelato receptacle : CONE
3 Exceedingly : OH SO
4 Little one : TOT
5 Drive away : CHASE OFF
6 Made sharper : HONED
7 Iranian tongue : FARSI
8 Polish tennis star Swiatek : IGA
9 Male sheep : RAM
10 Video file format : MPEG
11 Spanish title : SENORA
12 *Speedy breakfast option? : QUICK GRITS
13 Hold in esteem : VALUE
14 Boston NBA team, colloquially : CELTS
19 Bit : TAD
24 Scuba necessity : TANK
25 NFL flag thrower : REF
26 Taylor who was Time’s 2023 Person of the Year : SWIFT
27 “Les Misérables” novelist Victor : HUGO
29 Included on an email : CC’ED
30 Ingredient in some 55-Across treatments : ALOE
31 *Speedy side dish option? : MINUTE RICE
33 Yorke of Radiohead : THOM
35 _ dollar : SAND
36 Comic strip reporter Brenda : STARR
38 Not busy : IDLE
39 List of appts. : SKED
42 Beginning of an idea : SEED
43 Opt for : DECIDE ON
46 Dentist’s procedure : X-RAY
49 Khaki kin : TAN
51 Some haciendas : ADOBES
53 Excalibur, for one : SWORD
54 Beyond discouraged : TABOO
56 “Jeepers!” : YIKES
57 Hit the slopes : SKI
58 Sneakers, informally : KICKS
60 Guitar part : FRET
62 _ the pot : STIR
63 Brief kiss : PECK
64 Smallish batteries : AAAS
67 Wrath : IRE
68 Small intake : SIP
69 CSI sample : DNA
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