LA TIMES PUZZLE ANSWERS 11 DEC 23, MONDAY

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Sheets of paper : PAGES
6 Indian prince : RAJA
10 Walk back and forth anxiously : PACE
14 Walled city near Madrid : AVILA
15 List-shortening abbr. : ET AL
16 MC or Visa alternative : AMEX
17 Baskin-Robbins option : WAFFLE CONE
19 Green gemstone : JADE
20 Minor complaint : NIT
21 North Carolina campus : ELON
22 Dasani product : WATER
23 Piggy bank opening : SLOT
25 Lemon-lime soda brand discontinued in early 2023 : SIERRA MIST
28 __ monitor: prenatal device : FETAL
30 Smidgen : IOTA
31 One over par, in golf : BOGEY
33 “Back in Black” rock band : AC/DC
34 Part of TNT : TRI-
37 Wet postgame celebration : CHAMPAGNE SHOWER
41 Corn discard : COB
42 “Yeah, right” : I BET
43 “Circle of Friends” novelist Binchy : MAEVE
44 Aspire laptop maker : ACER
45 Big name in farm equipment : DEERE
47 Wealthy executive’s plane : PRIVATE JET
51 Put in the overhead bin : STOW
54 Within the rules : LEGAL
55 Part of TLC : CARE
57 Latvia, once: Abbr. : SSR
58 “Put a lid __!” : ON IT
59 Backyard item with settings found at the ends of 17-, 25-, 37-, and 47-Across : GARDEN HOSE
62 Sandals brand owned by Deckers : TEVA
63 Figure skating leap : AXEL
64 “Coming along?” : YOU IN?
65 Fortuneteller : SEER
66 Like grass at dawn : DEWY
67 Adds to the poker pot : ANTES

Down

1 Chess pieces that are often moved first : PAWNS
2 To no __: in vain : AVAIL
3 Ability to speak persuasively : GIFT OF GAB
4 Santa’s helper : ELF
5 Black Friday event : SALE
6 Shrink back in fear : RECOIL
7 Make amends : ATONE
8 Middle Brady girl : JAN
9 Pub brew : ALE
10 __ party: sleepover : PAJAMA
11 Valuable violin : AMATI
12 Gives over (to) : CEDES
13 Apply, as pressure : EXERT
18 Actress Pataky : ELSA
22 “Don’t think I won’t!” : WATCH ME!
24 Overflow (with) : TEEM
26 Grain grown in a paddy : RICE
27 Towel holders : RODS
29 Usual : TYPICAL
31 Include on an email surreptitiously : BCC
32 “Caught you!” : OHO!
33 Picnic invader : ANT
34 Announces on X : TWEETS OUT
35 Gun, as an engine : REV
36 Wrath : IRE
38 Help in wrongdoing : ABET
39 Richard of “Sommersby” : GERE
40 Rowboat set : OARS
44 Gamer’s virtual persona : AVATAR
45 Lethal : DEADLY
46 “To be,” in French : ETRE
47 Parcels of land : PLOTS
48 Actress Zellweger : RENEE
49 “Uncle!” : I GIVE!
50 Preppy clothing brand : J.CREW
52 “Grumpy Old Men” actor Davis : OSSIE
53 Small chirpy birds : WRENS
56 Irish New Age singer : ENYA
59 Wander (about) : GAD
60 Logger’s tool : AXE
61 Sweetie : HON