LA Times Daily Crossword December 15, 2024 Answers

1. Tiny amount (of) 5. Pie __ 10. Celtic Sea country 15. Harbor service vessel 19. Hawk 20. Temperament 21. Trilling event, often 22. "Say Anything ... " star Skye 23. The celebrity triangle player __ 26. Not very exciting 27. Future residents? 28. Puts (down) 29. Touches up a text 31. Put on 32. The organized drummer __ 36. Loch with a legend 37. Country Music Hall of Famer Buck 39. "Downton Abbey" daughter 40. Short way? 41. Goes soft 43. "Hey, that's enough!" 45. Surgical beam 47. The jovial maraca player __ 52. Move like a mouse 53. Consoles with Nunchuks 54. Wipe out 57. "The Christmas Song" composer Mel 58. Field 60. Tennis icon Arthur 63. "If This Is a Man" author Primo 65. Pt. of NATO 66. The irresponsible trumpet player __ 70. Take the gold 71. One up, e.g. 73. Biblical paradise 74. Helpful 75. Teller's offering? 77. First island in The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" 79. German auto pioneer Adam 80. Bully's arsenal 81. The influential harpist __ 87. Made the shot? 90. Salty expanse 91. Pipework fastener 92. Food Network's "Be My Guest With __ Garten" 93. Bath depleter 95. A bit pickled 97. Person named in a will 101. The careless trombone player __ 105. Chicken run border 106. Early mainframe 107. "Buona sera!" 108. Former name of a 3D X-ray technique 110. Frog kin 111. The thoughtful guitar player __ 116. Piedmont blues guitarist Baker 117. Bring to mind 118. Come clean about 119. Comic strip canine 120. Future growth opportunity? 121. Bishops' gathering 122. In need of a rinse 123. Sign of age

1. Fireplace receptacle 2. Darling 3. Trees in the birch family 4. Discussion to assign culpability 5. N'Djamena's country 6. Runs smoothly 7. Pal in Poitiers 8. Arrive at last 9. Sheet music threesomes 10. Best opposite 11. Distracted Driving Awareness Mo. 12. Aromatic necklace 13. Seaside flyer 14. Most wise 15. Hit back? 16. Least gooey brownie pieces 17. Out to dinner, maybe 18. Lexicographer credited with standardizing American English spelling 24. Nourished 25. Author Rand 30. Composer Gustav 32. Lydic of "The Daily Show" 33. Restaurant guide 34. Hep "Roger that" 35. "Star Wars" order 37. Like many a Chardonnay 38. Site opening? 42. Exodus mount 43. Get into, as a bunk bed 44. Some Energizer products 46. Central Asia's North __ Sea 47. Nova __ 48. Bullpen member 49. Clemens handle 50. Knight's handle 51. Swarm (with) 52. "Quickly!" 55. Upholsterer's task 56. Forces out 58. One of two colors on Poland's flag 59. "Baa-ram-__": "Babe" chant 60. Quick on one's feet 61. The Blues of the NHL, for short 62. Zoom off, quaintly 64. Stamp pad refills 67. Sharon of "Dreamgirls" 68. Collector's __ 69. Cyberbusiness 72. Fool 76. Lead 78. Subject of a 233-foot statue in Leshan, China 79. Female bear, in Spanish 80. Priam's kingdom 82. Source of extra dough 83. Vaping product 84. Cub Scout groups 85. Apartment honcho, familiarly 86. Network with some MLB postseason games 87. Makes juice from concentrate, say 88. Monotonous 89. Fill to excess 94. Fortune 95. Princess toppers 96. Enthusiastic reply to "Who wants ice cream?" 98. Privatize? 99. Aegean island 100. Melt down, as fat 102. Jack Pearson of "This Is Us," e.g. 103. Asst.'s responsibility, often 104. Tell a whopper 105. Consumer protection agcy. 108. Crockery defect 109. Paralegal employer, for short 112. "The Holly and the __": traditional British carol 113. Slew 114. Bout ruling, briefly 115. Early ABC program, for short