LA Times Daily Crossword December 17, 2020 Answers

1. "Vice" (2018) Oscar nominee Amy 6. Pairing 11. __ water 14. Jazz pianist Chick 15. Fit provider 16. Gulf st. 17. Equivalent Stanley award? 19. Storage unit 20. __-Caps: candy 21. Memo opener 22. Went up 24. Produce 26. Venue that may sell naming rights 27. Forward, in a way 30. Take different paths 32. Cake decorators 33. "The Ra Expeditions" author Heyerdahl 35. MSN and AOL 39. Equivalent Scotland locale? 42. Japanese sandal 43. Not taxing 44. Cuban boy in 2000 headlines 45. Thickener in Asian desserts 47. They may be special or secret 48. Passionate dance 51. Bouts 54. Off-topic 56. Ohio border lake 57. Anonymous party 60. __ service 61. Equivalent type of horse? 64. Mound stat 65. Long-stemmed mushrooms 66. Some South Pacific carvings 67. Court unit of at least six games 68. Search for water 69. "Mad Men" pool member

1. Blackjack cards 2. "Whatcha __?" 3. Cornstarch brand 4. Indifferent reaction 5. Stephen Colbert, for one 6. Enterprise officer 7. Large chamber group 8. Fortune competitor 9. 2016 work by Pulitzer poet Sharon Olds 10. Org. with a long track record? 11. Put on ice 12. Strange 13. World Wildlife Fund logo animal 18. New law student 23. Things, or written things 24. Baby transport 25. Bond creator? 27. Big name in hotels and crackers 28. Lingering effect 29. Golda of Israel 31. MSNBC analyst Melber 33. Romanov royals 34. Casual hellos 36. __ guard 37. Fuel from a bog 38. Taxpayer IDs 40. Pro vote 41. Pays no attention to 46. Hit the links 47. Others, to Ovid 48. Grimm accounts 49. Pumped up 50. Go after, puppy-style 52. Sneaks a look 53. Orange half of a "Sesame Street" duo 55. Purple pet in old cartoons 57. Fake in the rink 58. Lena of "The Reader" 59. Exxon, formerly 62. Sacred promise 63. Assembly-required boxful