LA Times Daily Crossword December 24, 2023 Answers

1. Monastery head 6. Unrefined 11. Devilish creatures 15. Like some reports 19. Swap 20. More vast 21. Awkwafina's real first name 22. Fried cornbread 23. Men's clothing retailer 25. Action in Uno 26. Sicilian volcano 27. 2-Down accompaniers 28. Elton John hit with the misheard lyric "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" 30. Not the worst 31. "__ I say more?" 33. Give comfort to 34. Lunch hours, e.g. 37. Messy handwriting 41. Teakettle output 44. Hanover Ivy 48. __ alai 49. Fitness method with "a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward" 53. UPC bar code developer 54. Public persona 56. Cereal grain 57. "Orinoco Flow" singer 58. Mythological fox destined never to be caught 61. Circle widths 64. Agnus __ 65. Org. created by the 1957 Treaty of Rome 66. Suffix akin to -ule 67. Physicist Newton 69. Permanent marks 72. Longtime PBS "Mystery!" host Diana 76. Digital asset: Abbr. 78. Dent or scratch 80. Office supplier 82. Celestial object next visible from Earth in 2061 88. Sign 89. Singer DiFranco 90. "Middlemarch" novelist 91. Polish tennis champ Swiatek 92. Connie Francis hit with a rhyming title 95. Wall St. takeover 96. Some errand runners on a yacht 99. Starts a fresh pot 100. Tungusic people of northeast China 102. Cat hair, pollen, dust mites, etc. 106. One held for questioning 110. Plastic shoe wearer 111. __ Bora: Afghan region 115. Thor's son in the role-playing game Scion 118. Greeted with a ceremonial bow 120. Dublin Murder Squad series novelist French 121. "Shining Vale" actress Sorvino 122. German roadster that once held the world speed record 125. Trains for a marathon, say 126. U.S. passport holder 127. Flood defense 128. Tank nuisance 129. "What __ can I say?" 130. Turner and Knight 131. Stadium levels 132. Marsh ducks

1. Aramis companion 2. "Great show!" 3. Rum-soaked cakes 4. Tribute in "Antigone" 5. Hatcher of "Lois & Clark" 6. Fashion house whose logo is two interlocking C's 7. Oft-baked potato 8. "That's gross!" 9. Low grade 10. Make the team's blooper reel, perhaps 11. Home to more than 1.4 billion people 12. Eves' counterparts 13. Appeals to a higher power 14. Carpentry debris 15. Game 1 16. Campus mil. group 17. Celebrity chef Burrell 18. King who says to Cordelia, "Nothing can come of nothing" 24. Portuguese title 28. End-of-unit classroom event 29. Gmail option 32. "Rugrats" mom 33. Go back to Chapter 1 35. Ceremony host 36. Counterpart of fem., in grammar 38. "Stronger than dirt" brand 39. Payment for labor 40. Property claim 41. Name in fine china 42. Eye color, e.g. 43. Trouble 45. Does impressions 46. Honor given by HM King Charles III 47. Actress Thurman 50. Thing 51. Some deli loaves 52. Irene of "Fame" 55. Extremely small 59. __ Moines, Iowa 60. Fit snugly inside 62. __ Park: Edison lab site 63. Polynesian language 68. Word with sky or spy 70. Upon 71. Malek of "Oppenheimer" 73. Hardly appropriate 74. "Your wish is my command" speaker 75. Formula 1 starting positions 77. Went to collect 79. Fix a worn-out shoe 81. Quechua speaker 82. Command post 83. "Dark Angel" star Jessica 84. King of the jungle 85. Member of the fam 86. Like the dinos in "Jurassic Park" 87. Texter's "I'm out!" 93. Thrift shop condition 94. Not firmly fixed 97. Bygone coin-op eatery 98. Boxer Max 101. Jewel box 103. List 104. Sugarcoats 105. Vogue rival 107. "Demon Slayer" genre 108. How Santa dresses, mostly 109. Approaches 112. Luxury timepiece 113. Kidney-related 114. Carving tools 115. Raison d'__ 116. "The Addams Family" actor Julia 117. Road-trip stops 119. Future dr.'s class 122. Diner fave 123. Luau neckwear 124. "__ seen worse"