LA TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS 4 DEC 23, MONDAY
Constructed by: Brian Callahan
Edited by: Patti Varol
Today’s Reveal Answer: Inner Tube
Themed answers include an INNER “TV”:
Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 Court sport, for short : BBALL
6 Pen tip : NIB
9 Building manager, casually : SUPE
13 Nest on a crest : AERIE
14 Ostrichlike bird : EMU
15 Country between Togo and Nigeria : BENIN
16 TikTok posts by some pet owners : CAT VIDEOS
18 Went astray : ERRED
19 __ upon a time … : ONCE
20 College URL part : EDU
21 Actor Danny in Jersey Mike’s ads : DEVITO
22 Neither’s partner : NOR
23 Tart sprinkle for fish and chips : MALT VINEGAR
25 Words of compassion : I CARE
27 Say confidently : AVER
28 Indian lute : SITAR
30 Singer Yoko : ONO
31 Autumn : FALL
35 Appraiser’s determination : FAIR MARKET VALUE
39 Like most software, once : ON CD
40 Mass. MLB team : BOS
41 Ziff who’s infatuated with Marge Simpson : ARTIE
42 Tequila order : SHOT
44 Beyond compare : PRIMO
46 Ability to see in low light : NIGHT VISION
50 To and __ : FRO
53 Flattened at the poles, as Earth : OBLATE
54 Knee injury initials : ACL
55 Sty fare : SLOP
56 Seize illegally : USURP
57 Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have : INNER TUBE
59 Looks for : SEEKS
60 Shar-__: wrinkly dog : PEI
61 Dine at home : EAT IN
62 Fades to black : ENDS
63 Curved piece : ARC
64 Small songbirds : WRENS
Down
1 Turkey__: breakfast meat that’s both halal and kosher : BACON
2 Game of chance similar to bingo : BEANO
3 Writer who visits a lot of galleries : ART CRITIC
4 Word in many concert album names : LIVE
5 Floral wreath : LEI
6 Pine leaf : NEEDLE
7 “See ya” : I’M OUT
8 Mass transit option : BUS
9 Facility with a supercomputer array : SERVER FARM
10 Strip of gear, as a ship : UNRIG
11 Michelangelo sculpture in St. Peter’s : PIETA
12 Ewoks’ home : ENDOR
15 Fashion designer Geoffrey : BEENE
17 Sweetheart : DEAR
21 Hunk of turf : DIVOT
23 Quaint suffix with school : -MARM
24 Barn topper : VANE
26 Players who have mastered the art of the deal? : CARD SHARKS
28 NorCal airport : SFO
29 Suffix with Dickens or Orwell : -IAN
30 Signs off on : OKS
32 Wind instrument that might have a curved head : ALTO FLUTE
33 French pronoun : LUI
34 Director Ang : LEE
36 Over : ABOVE
37 Naan relative : ROTI
38 Narcissistic : VAIN
43 Encrypted URL starter : HTTPS
44 Dine outside : PICNIC
45 Part in a film : ROLE
46 “It’s pointless” : NO USE
47 Playwright Henrik : IBSEN
48 Used Elmer’s : GLUED
49 More levelheaded : SANER
51 “Good Morning America” co-anchor Roberts : ROBIN
52 Unseals : OPENS
55 Celebrity : STAR
57 Hoppy beverage with New England and West Coast varieties : IPA
58 “Go back” button: Abbr. : REW
