LA Times Daily Crossword December 17, 2022 Answers

1. Ceremonial champagne opener 6. Rich brown shade 11. Brazen personal ad? 14. Gains star power 15. Attacks, as a snow fort 16. First name in jumps 17. Hub served by BART 18. Initial request for an answer? 19. "You're killing me, __!" 21. Something clasped for support 23. Legal conclusion? 24. Knee-slappers 25. Workshop device 27. Mystery-shrouded novelist Elena 29. Fancy affair 30. Restless desire 31. Symbol held aloft in an Emmy statuette 32. Indigenous Arizona people 35. Minibar tool 39. Number of World Series wins for each of Chicago's teams 40. Draws (away) 41. Continuity problem 42. See 45-Down 43. Having sex, perhaps 45. City in the Sonoran Desert 46. Chest bone 48. "Phooey!" 49. Entrance hall 50. "Calm down, sport" 53. Triumphant declaration 54. Animals in Serta ads 55. A couple

1. Chutzpah 2. Invoice no. 3. Colossus 4. Give a lift 5. Defies authority 6. Food additive 7. Picks 8. Snack with a rock climber on its wrapper 9. "Just play along" 10. Number that's always positive 11. Second place 12. Letters in a tab 13. Place for a plant 14. Sculptor Eva who pioneered postminimalism in the 1960s 15. Fave option 19. Starting from 20. Hustles out 22. King Kong or Kanzi 24. "__ Outspoken: My Life in the News": 2012 memoir 26. Long ride 28. Main ingredient of zongzi 29. Use a joystick, perhaps 31. Quality assurance 32. Bread machine 33. Title derived from the ancient Egyptian for "great house" 34. Skilled performer 35. "Word" 36. Illustrator Dustin who won an Eisner Award for "Descender" 37. One gaining star power, perhaps 38. Go at it 40. Water under the bridge 44. Diagnosis that may be accommodated with an IEP 45. With 42-Across, surface for shavasana 47. Gig fraction 49. Makes sense 50. Two out of nine? 51. Polo, e.g. 52. Korean for "kick"