Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday December 8th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Midday tide-me-over : SNACK
6 Landlocked African land : CHAD
10 Acrimony : BILE
14 Common wrist measurement : PULSE
15 Tatting fabric : LACE
16 Geometry calculation : AREA
17 Execs who only look the part : EMPTY SUITS
19 Pics for docs : MRIS
20 Stephen Colbert’s network : CBS
21 Jury makeup : PEERS
22 Beyond heavy : OBESE
23 Burden : TAX
24 Screwdriver, e.g. : TOOL
25 Ostentatiously nice sort : GOODY TWO-SHOES
31 MLB game-ending accomplishments : SAVES
32 Tomatoes used to make paste : ROMAS
33 Guest beyond a velvet rope : VIP
35 Pac-12 squad : UTES
36 Shrink in fear : COWER
37 Spreadsheet input : DATA
38 Debussy’s sea : MER
39 Expert : MAVEN
40 More delicate : FINER
41 Pompous types : STUFFED SHIRTS
44 High-flying mil. group : USAF
45 __ museum : ART
46 Land divisions : ACRES
48 Hard stuff : BOOZE
51 Pollution watchdog org. : EPA
54 Designated money : FUND
55 Pretentiously elegant one : FANCY PANTS
57 Help in a bad way : ABET
58 Puckish : ARCH
59 Type of coffee or whiskey : IRISH
60 Start from scratch : REDO
61 Simple tops : TEES
62 Tot’s tea party guest : TEDDY
DOWN
1 Project detail : SPEC
2 Without feeling : NUMB
3 European range : ALPS
4 Wisconsin winter hrs. : CST
5 Security system components : KEYPADS
6 Game with rooms : CLUE
7 Rapunzel’s “ladder” : HAIR
8 Play divisions : ACTS
9 __ Moines : DES
10 Panda’s diet : BAMBOO
11 Of no consequence : IRRELEVANT
12 Parts of Hawaiian greetings : LEIS
13 Get (into) carefully : EASE
18 Attention-getting, in a way : SEXY
22 Reactions to fireworks : OOHS
23 Little piggies : TOES
24 Winter Palace monarch : TSAR
25 Starting spots for some races : GATES
26 Reversed on appeal : OVERTURNED
27 Treasure __ : TROVE
28 Blew away : WOWED
29 Dark clouds, maybe : OMENS
30 Internet destinations : SITES
31 What a capital sigma symbolizes, in math : SUM
34 Course standard : PAR
36 Informal London eatery : CAFF
37 Gossip : DIRT
39 Degs. for choreographers : MFAS
40 Campsite staple : FIREPIT
42 Familiar with : USED TO
43 Unclear : HAZY
46 Off in the distance : AFAR
47 Rubik creation : CUBE
48 Reveal : BARE
49 Almost never : ONCE
50 Protest singer Phil : OCHS
51 Children’s author Blyton : ENID
52 Returning GI’s diagnosis : PTSD
53 Pallid : ASHY
55 Considerable, as a bonus : FAT
56 “Where __ you now?” : ARE
Leave a Reply