LA Times Daily Crossword December 24, 2019 Answers

1. Drains of energy 5. Pay with a credit card 11. FDR's successor 14. Gillette razor 15. Alabama's cross-state rival 16. Par-three eagle 17. *Nutrition guide 19. Big coffee holder 20. Battery terminals 21. Chant for Real Madrid 23. Send (to) for treatment 24. *Comprehensive personal philosophy 27. Disney CEO Robert 28. Cross-shaped Greek letters 29. Yardstick unit 30. Grass farm roll 31. Truth 32. Small boat 34. *Horse breeder's concern 36. Covent Garden productions 39. Driver's one-eighties 40. Gave birth to 43. CBS legal drama "The Good __" 44. Yardstick units 45. Novelist Caleb 46. *Figuratively, whence some unexpected ideas 49. Mint family herb 50. Corkscrew pasta 51. Rose impressively 52. Big name in ATMs 53. 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be 56. To this moment 57. Lacking nothing 58. Falco of "Nurse Jackie" 59. Insured investments: Abbr. 60. Ready for more action 61. Run the show

1. African adventures 2. In a single try 3. Checked for errors 4. More glum 5. Little isles 6. "Ben-__": Heston epic 7. Org. with many judges 8. Grapevine fodder 9. Barbecue 10. Came to a close 11. Semi activity 12. With 36-Down, nocturnal bird with a shrill cry 13. Down-for-the-count count 18. Part of mph 22. Like ewe, but not me 24. City between Austin and Dallas 25. Best in an ŽpŽe match 26. Tot's query 28. New Mexico art colony 31. Home of the SEC's Gators 32. Nutrition regimen 33. Officeholders 34. One of hockey's Hulls 35. Stretched the truth 36. See 12-Down 37. Poked a hole in 38. Concerted tries 40. Fall outing in a wagon 41. Country south of Georgia 42. Made deeper, as a shipping lane 44. Deceptive fencing moves 45. Coco of fashion 47. __ optic cable 48. Completely absurd 49. Low digit 51. Went quickly 52. Home of MoMA 54. Hobbyist's buy 55. Smelter input