LA Times Daily Crossword December 24, 2021 Answers

1. Tbsp., for example 4. Touchy monarch? 9. "United States of Al" network 12. "Very droll" 14. Representation 15. Edible seed 16. Port near the Red Sea 17. To date 18. Wild party 19. Near-EGOT winner Midler (she's missing the O) 21. Org. with admirals 22. Reviews briefly 23. Gets gasps from 24. Bit of rebar 25. Philippine currency 26. Word often contracted 27. Text lead-in 30. "Oversharing!" 32. Home of the Green Wave 34. Shrewdness 36. Inventing middle name 37. Short two-pointer 41. "Critique of Judgment" author 42. Animals drawn in the Lascaux caves 43. Opposite of après 44. Madrid pronoun 45. Like email notifications 48. 33-Down members: Abbr. 51. Update follower, perhaps 52. "'And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!'": "The Merchant of Venice" 55. Old TWA competitor 57. Coastal raptor 58. Shady place 60. Signs 61. __ al-Fitr: end-of-Ramadan feast 62. Greek letter 63. Apple product 64. "Therefore ... " 66. Natural resources 67. "Star Wars" role 68. Star in Orion 69. "That's that!" 70. 1974 CIA spoof 71. Word with home or bed 72. Tiny crawlers

1. Obsessed mariner 2. Added to the official playbook 3. Start of a seasonal title 4. Fla. NBA team, on scoreboards 5. "Not a doubt in my mind" 6. Title, part 2 7. Chair's prep job 8. Wimbledon division 9. End of the title 10. Drumroll follower 11. Comments 13. Part of a pot 15. Smelting fuel 20. "Around the Horn" airer 22. It's risky to work on it 26. Slightly 28. Fix a messy package, say 29. Certain rider's pace 31. Grooving on 33. Organization for 48-Across 35. Short strings? 38. Comment about a familiar film 39. With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down 40. Salton, for one 46. __ control 47. RBI, e.g. 48. Booty 49. Increase 50. Not at all up-front 52. Puck handler? 53. Strong 54. Gets rid of 56. Long range 59. Mary's upstairs neighbor 64. MGM motto word 65. Stale