LA Times Daily Crossword December 29, 2023 Answers

1. Sponge (off) 6. Degs. for CFOs 10. 1040 ID figs. 14. Place to perform 15. Additionally 16. Shiny sticker? 17. The worst description of poor purses? 19. __ chips 20. Breading choice 21. Has quite a kick 22. Rx writer 25. Completely unlike a docile man? 28. Investment firm figure 31. Agent, informally 32. Simu of "Kim's Convenience" 33. Italian birthplace of Paganini 34. Element in some smoky whiskies 35. Filmmaker Lee 36. The furthest thing from tidier rooms? 40. Call (out) 42. Swimmer Torres who won 12 Olympic medals 43. Literary form 46. Consists of 47. Letters before a pen name 48. Spartan 50. The opposite of one who is not against? 53. Patch, perhaps 54. Size for fries 55. Cut a rug 58. Gloating cry 59. Treated with a decided lack of due respect? 64. Promontory 65. Pennsylvania city across from Presque Isle State Park 66. Sports news 67. Seers? 68. Over and done with 69. Madonna hit that begins, "Strike a pose"

1. 2023 World Series honor for Corey Seager 2. Poetic contraction 3. "Double Fantasy" singer 4. Astrological delineation 5. __ filter 6. Word with fish or meat 7. Sign of spring 8. Tempe sch. 9. Scouring brand 10. Retro tone 11. SoulCycle offering 12. Bottom line 13. Shell-less gastropod 18. Comes to a halt 21. Some plastic fasteners 22. Peace Nobelist Hammarskjöld 23. Single 24. Peppermint pattern 26. Ice cream cookie 27. In the ballpark 29. Liverpool lav 30. Gridiron stat 34. Educational org. 37. Shortfin shark 38. Turkey neighbor 39. NYC hrs. 40. Ceremonial goblet 41. Bolted 44. Equal 45. Evergreen shrub 48. How cutlery is typically sold 49. Alternative magazine name 51. Hong Kong politician and social activist Chow 52. "Luther" star Elba 56. Video surveillance letters 57. Irish capital 59. Oomph 60. Bullpen fig. 61. __ sale 62. Georgetown closer 63. Barely passing mark