LA Times Daily Crossword December 25, 2024 Answers

1. Cherry-picks, perhaps 6. Exam for HS jrs. 10. Classic road trip game 14. Pickled garnish in a Gibson 15. Dayton's state 17. Work space? 19. Ballpark figures? 20. Harden, as glue 21. Fancy fete 22. Sneeze inducer 23. Like a giant redwood 25. Brew house? 29. What a new parent often craves 31. Spot for the first caller, perhaps 32. PBS funder 34. Bugs 35. Account exec 36. "Don't give up," and a suggestion that can apply to 17-, 25-, 49-, and 59-Across? 39. Big name in pasta sauce 41. Inlet 42. Chinese menu general 43. Interlace 45. Where the heart is? 49. TV station? 53. Tarot reader 54. Blue or red part of 3D glasses 55. Salon sound 57. "Lover" or "Red," for Taylor Swift 58. Reddish-brown horse 59. Jacket pocket? 62. Jamaican citrus fruit 63. Seltzer starter 64. Dunne of "Love Affair" 65. IPO option 66. Tide type 67. Abated

1. Moves effortlessly 2. "That's wild!" 3. Itty-bitty 4. Fireplace fuel 5. Fly in the ointment 6. __ al ajillo: Spanish chicken dish 7. Bunch of papers 8. Pool float filler 9. Item on a tot's Christmas list 10. Make chili oil, perhaps 11. Sandcastle building site 12. Company whose Color of the Year 2024 is Peach Fuzz 13. Decade divs. 18. Body of water in the French Alps 22. Like osmium compared to all other stable elements 24. Olin of "Chocolat" 26. No longer fizzy 27. Two-by-four? 28. Zest 30. Golf course freebies 33. "The __ and the Ecstasy": novel about Michelangelo 34. 180º from SSW 36. Soup kitchen offerings 37. Indie folk artist Bon __ 38. Oz hoppers 39. Make calls on the court 40. Explanatory tool 44. Danica's role on "The Wonder Years" 46. __ Peanut Butter Cups 47. Like a meditation spot, hopefully 48. Stumped 50. Japanese port city 51. Readily available 52. Karaoke need 56. Basic barre bend 58. Manage 59. __-do attitude 60. Cheer after un gol 61. Rita featured on DJ Fresh's "Hot Right Now"