Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 7th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Kind of basin TIDAL
6 State secrets? RAT
9 Intense dislike ODIUM
14 Act poorly? EMOTE
15 Run a tab, say OWE
16 Words between two “thanks” …BUT NO
17 Chef protector APRON
18 See 8-Down -MEX
19 Floorboard support JOIST
20 Many a Sundance film INDIE
22 Rent payer LESSEE
23 Registered names: Abbr. TMS
25 Action at the front COMBAT
28 H.S. hurdle SAT
29 Adorn BEDECK
32 Comical punctuation marks from the drummer RIMSHOTS
34 Marshy lowland SWALE
35 Chihuahua, por ejemplo ESTADO
36 “__ Eyes”: Eagles hit LYIN’
37 ’60s campus gp. SDS
38 Hieroglyphics reptiles ASPS
41 “Do __, not … ” AS I SAY
43 Work on, as a stubborn squeak RE-OIL
45 Tablets’ kin CAPSULES
48 Swingline insert STAPLE
49 2,170-mi. trail terminus ORE
50 Walk with style SASHAY
52 Luau music provider UKE
53 Wanting too much GREEDY
55 Pry SNOOP
58 Cookie named for its flavor NILLA
59 Aromatic necklace LEI
61 Stage performances PLAYS
64 Words after miss or skip A BEAT
65 Resting place BED
66 Down source EIDER
67 Singer Bruni married to Nicolas Sarkozy CARLA
68 Morning cuppa JOE
69 Amounts to COSTS
DOWN
1 Leaves in a bag TEA
2 Prankster IMP
3 “Pillow Talk” actress DORIS DAY
4 Lots A TON
5 Provide with for a time LEND
6 Montague lad ROMEO
7 Blow away AWE
8 With 18-Across, Southwestern cuisine TEX-
9 Museum pieces OBJETS D’ART
10 Lucy and Ethel and Thelma and Louise DUOS
11 “Indeed!” IT IS SO!
12 Oust, in a way UNSEAT
13 Church choral works MOTETS
21 “Eww!” ICK!
22 Tibetan title LAMA
23 “Angie Tribeca” channel TBS
24 Weak cry MEWL
26 Brand of blended seasonings MRS DASH
27 Itsy-__ BITSY
30 Inventor Howe ELIAS
31 Population information CENSUS DATA
33 Book after Daniel HOSEA
35 Ulysses threesome? ESSES
39 Web irritants … and what appears in each set of puzzle circles? POP-UP ADS
40 __-screen printing SILK
42 Faulkner’s “As __ Dying” I LAY
44 Actor Marvin of “Cat Ballou” LEE
45 Courvoisier, e.g. COGNAC
46 Speedy Gonzales cry ARRIBA!
47 Kitchen gadget PEELER
48 OED entry SYN
51 Words for the audience ASIDE
54 Hebrew for “skyward” EL AL
56 Oil bloc OPEC
57 Hodgepodge OLIO
59 Pres. sworn in on Air Force One LBJ
60 Job listing ltrs. EEO
62 “Is it soup __?” YET
63 Fourth-yr. students SRS
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