LA Times Daily Crossword December 26, 2023 Answers

1. Finishes 5. Spill the beans 9. Chest muscle, for short 12. In __ of 13. Credit card user 14. "It follows logically that ... " 15. Maintain 16. "Me too," more formally 17. State of mind 18. Make a real mess 21. Chillingly strange 22. "Pronto!" 23. Many moons __ 26. Rightmost computer menu, often 28. Cloak and __ 30. Tortoise's fabled competitor 33. Gymnastics rings position held with the body parallel to the ground 36. Norse god of war 37. Collaborative sites 38. Another, in Spanish 39. Feature of some espadrilles 41. Witnessed 42. Swim team swimwear 43. Toward sunrise 46. Extra sports periods, briefly 47. Per person 50. Chops, as an onion 53. Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across 57. Japanese noodle 59. Dog collar dangler 60. Notion 61. Come to a stop 62. "You've got some __!" 63. Shakespeare's mad king 64. "Yellowjackets" network, briefly 65. Mardi __: pre-Lenten festival 66. Annoys

1. Part of BPOE 2. Nephew's sister 3. Brand of riding mowers 4. Ruins at Durrington Walls that once consisted of wooden posts, not stones 5. Giant party 6. Winona's "Beetlejuice" role 7. Very long time 8. Units led by colonels 9. Grow cuttings from a succulent, say 10. Alter __ 11. Fish that may be black or blue 13. Dev of "Lion" 14. Down Under bird 19. Golfer Michelle __ West 20. Practice in the ring 24. Bookstore section 25. Liver, for one 27. Ballet barre bend 29. Pepper in extremely hot curry dishes 30. "Can you explain?" 31. Skilled (at) 32. Works alone 34. __ out a win: almost lose 35. Disgusting 37. Extraordinarily large 40. Dutch cheese 44. "Better late than never," e.g. 45. [as per the original] 48. More mature 49. Historic site in Jordan known as the Rose City 51. Duck down 52. Go on tiptoe 54. Picked-off pass, for short 55. Big D NBA squad 56. Prominent feature of a fennec fox 57. Hesitation syllables 58. Lah-di-__