LA Times Daily Crossword December 14, 2024 Answers

1. __ dance 5. Low digits 9. __ bar 14. Delivery option 16. Carne __ 17. Snowball effect caused by lowered standards 19. Untainted spots 20. Frequent Bosch subject 21. Info on a political rival 22. Mauveine, for one 23. Western Greek island 24. Deserters 25. Ruckus 27. Paul who's the only inductee of both the Rock & Roll and National Inventors halls of fame 29. Actor Stephen from 51-Across 30. Bit of redundancy in a Yogi Berra quip 34. William, since 2022 35. Dismissive comment after a hot take 36. Finesse 37. Positive course feedback? 38. Some, in Somme 39. Chorus part 41. Knot again 44. __ Louise Huxtable, winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Criticism 47. Apple with multiple cores 48. Instant Pot dish 49. Inflexible 51. Stormont locale 54. Maintain 55. "Just fate, I guess" 56. Percolates 57. Pacific salmon 58. Candy bar with a bubbly texture

1. Unit of decency? 2. Suck-up 3. One making introductions 4. Hammer part 5. Bruno of "Encanto," for one 6. GroundClear and WeedClear maker 7. Bitcoin alternative, familiarly 8. Last time 9. Yin-yang principle 10. "The Great Lie" Oscar winner Mary 11. "Movement in Black" poet 12. Some rescues 13. Turnovers served with chutney 15. Band also known as the Bangtan Boys 18. "Hooked on a Feeling" hitmakers 23. Open space 25. Like xeric landscapes 26. Osmond who won Season 9 of "Dancing With the Stars" 28. Hold (off) 30. Clear to see 31. Plane-related, say 32. Ethnic group in Myanmar 33. Hoppy pours 34. "This Is Why" Best Rock Album Grammy winners 35. Monterey town known as the "Salad Bowl of the World" 40. Advocacy gp. co-founded by Larry Kramer 42. Near the hour 43. "It'd be a dream come true!" 44. Top form 45. Hash house 46. Lengthen, as a lead 49. L.L. Bean rival 50. "Casablanca" role 52. Father and son 53. Studio taken over by Howard Hughes