LA Times Daily Crossword December 13, 2024 Answers

1. Makeup of an oyster bed? 4. Ordering aid 8. Superlatively smart 14. Sanskrit honorific 15. Second word in many fairy tales 16. Member of the Seven Council Fires 17. Ducked, maybe 18. Flat sea urchin 20. Mouth-puckering 22. Mate mate? 23. Altar answer 24. Small storage unit 26. Assumes 29. Period covered in a midterm exam, maybe 31. Cap 32. Hosp. ward 33. South Indian rice cake 36. Form of downsizing, and what has affected 18-, 29-, 45-, and 57-Across? 41. __ squeeze 42. Peaty wetland 43. Singular 45. Tattles (on) 50. Fresh air, say 52. "Maybe give it a pass" 53. 401(k) kin 54. Flying start? 56. Graphic __ 57. Dense, dark rye bread 61. Vote for 63. Wet weather wear 64. Reddit Q&As 65. Stale, in a way 66. Names on some college buildings 67. Toy brand with a 3,955-piece "Home Alone" set 68. Phenomenon that may be explained by NASA

1. In a way 2. Pulitzer category since 1970 3. Muslim festival that precedes the Tashreeq days 4. "There's no other explanation" 5. AQI monitor 6. Like some cookware 7. Take back 8. Eager agreement 9. Grocery store franchise based in Chicago 10. Shutterbug's initials 11. Hit the deck 12. Para ice hockey gear 13. Boba tea flavor 19. Campus square 21. Staff 24. Actor Penn 25. "Name the time and place" 27. Conveniently forget, maybe 28. Treatment for tootsies 30. Results of rolling up one's sleeves? 34. "Great job, friend!" 35. Private parts? 37. Roller coaster, e.g. 38. Subject line phrase 39. Bill Withers hit that begins, "Sometimes in our lives / We all have pain" 40. Civilization-building video game series set in various years 44. Half of roll call 46. Range whose highest point is Wahzhazhe Summit 47. Marshmallow treat 48. "It's my decision" 49. QB feeder 50. "Encanto" uncle 51. Rodríguez of "Will Trent" 53. Apple tablet 55. Honest-to-goodness 58. Major leaguer 59. Maize unit 60. Remind repeatedly, say 62. Fuss