LA Times Daily Crossword December 19, 2024 Answers

1. At the stern 4. Revolutionary tool? 9. Ebbs 15. Place to pick up trinkets and tchotchkes 17. Action hero with amnesia 18. Physician who specializes in perioperative care 20. Use one's gray matter 21. Change 22. Start of a protestor's cry, perhaps 23. Pair 24. Pretzel shape 25. __ package 26. Prefix with thermal 28. One who never draws a blank? 31. Fried turnovers 34. Taking after 35. Seafood paella option 36. Supports 40. "Sweet!" 41. Genre with retrofuturistic technology 43. Tribute act 47. __ latte 48. Toss, slangily 49. Big stretches 50. Not awesome 52. Convent figure 53. Like some orange juice 55. Tricolor cat 58. "You're not fooling me!," or what 18-, 28-, and 43-Across might say? 61. Haitian language 62. Mooches 63. "__ you right!" 64. Darts about 65. Speed Wagon maker

1. Amazon berry 2. Slush __ 3. Canopy makeup 4. Drawing worth a lot of money? 5. Tennis great Arthur 6. English article 7. Church cry of praise 8. Postscripts 9. Fit 11. Summer mo. 12. Like some elders 13. Secure 14. Dog for pheasant hunters 16. "That didn't escape my attention" 19. Director Preminger 24. Joshes 25. Fastener 26. Glam rock? 27. Australian avian 28. Light wood 29. 26-Down weight 30. Classless one? 32. To date 33. Approach 36. Crime novelist Gerritsen 37. Place to order rolls 38. "Music for Airports" composer Brian 39. Big __ Country 41. Visit on the way 42. Link-shortening service 43. Critics of good-faith efforts 44. Canon 45. False front 46. Depend (on) 50. Heavy hammers 51. Red Muppet 53. Propulsion aid 54. Versatile vehicles, for short 55. Tech review site acquired by Ziff Davis in 2024 56. Give up 57. Ish 59. End of a congressional address 60. Retailer that sells crampons and chalk bags