LA Times Daily Crossword December 20, 2023 Answers

1. Athletic brand that shares its name with a big cat 5. Cold desert in Asia 13. Asked for proof of age, say 14. Admissions hurdle 15. "Let's Dance" singer David 16. Like 9-Downs 17. Semester 18. Super cool digs? 19. High price to pay, metaphorically 22. Bell bottoms option 23. Pudge on an infant 27. Eclectic musician Brian 29. Star cluster that resembles a bird of prey 32. Oscar nod, briefly 33. Key mistake? 34. "Shucks!" 35. Letting in a draft, maybe 37. Part of the "Law & Order" franchise, familiarly 39. Blow hard 40. Mediterranean microstate 43. One-named Irish singer 46. Tuna roll topping 47. Health regimen modeled on the cuisine of Japan's Ryukyu Islands 49. Cease 50. Screamed, perhaps 51. "One __ at a time" 53. Salad dressing brand, and a feature of 19-, 29-, and 47-Across? 58. Guiding belief 61. "Out! Out!" 62. Made it 63. "Hadestown" playwright Mitchell 64. Lawsuit basis 65. Cash for cards 66. Bend out of shape 67. Boo-boo 68. Covert convo start

1. Bread with tzatziki 2. Japanese soup noodle 3. Grandiose delusions 4. Really dig 5. Have one's voice heard 6. Beasts that pulled covered wagons 7. Avon product? 8. Third No. 1 hit for the Black Eyed Peas 9. Stuffed diner's request 10. Piercing tool 11. Kia model 12. Recent prefix 15. "Sorry" singer Justin 20. __ and greet 21. Get, as a job 24. "Where do you see yourself in five years" subject 25. Brie of "Community" 26. Heavily inked 27. Utterly charm 28. "I swear!" 30. Apple Maps tech 31. Really dug 36. Party bowlful from 53-Across 38. College, to Brits 41. Open-air enclosures for some pets 42. Had to pay 44. Political endorsement 45. Poori flour 48. Lengthens 52. Yosemite peak, familiarly 54. DIY site 55. Tuna roll wrap 56. 911 responders: Abbr. 57. Chuck, slangily 58. Cry from a crow 59. Molecule in some vaccines 60. Unit of corn