LA Times Daily Crossword December 4, 2024 Answers

1. Whisky, e.g. 7. Business entities 12. HSN alternative 15. Santa's laugh 16. Wide open 17. Dubai's fed. 18. *Speedy dinner option? 20. __-at-ease 21. Prefix with natal 22. Bodies of water 23. Didn't make the team's final roster 25. Somewhat ruddy 28. Tools for fall guys? 29. Pop in for a scene, say 32. Hip-hop's __ Clan 34. Dover landmarks 36. Wistful sound 37. Singer Kristofferson 40. Forever, figuratively 41. Speedy meal option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? 44. Texter's "No clue" 45. Two, in Trois-Rivières 47. Tidy 48. Strength of character 50. Wall Street figure 52. Checked out before a heist 53. Suffix with home or farm 55. Moisturizer target 59. Skeptical about 61. "Just joshing!" 62. Pampering place 65. Japanese sash 66. *Speedy beverage option? 70. __-A-Fella Records: Jay-Z label 71. Goose-bumps-causing 72. Minolta partner 73. Mama deer 74. Pedometer units 75. Makes catty comments

1. Lower leg 2. Gelato receptacle 3. Exceedingly 4. Little one 5. Drive away 6. Made sharper 7. Iranian tongue 8. Polish tennis star Swiatek 9. Male sheep 10. Video file format 11. Spanish title 12. *Speedy breakfast option? 13. Hold in esteem 14. Boston NBA team, colloquially 19. Bit 24. Scuba necessity 25. NFL flag thrower 26. Taylor who was Time's 2023 Person of the Year 27. "Les Misérables" novelist Victor 29. Included on an email 30. Ingredient in some 55-Across treatments 31. *Speedy side dish option? 33. Yorke of Radiohead 35. __ dollar 36. Comic strip reporter Brenda 38. Not busy 39. List of appts. 42. Beginning of an idea 43. Opt for 46. Dentist's procedure 49. Khaki kin 51. Some haciendas 53. Excalibur, for one 54. Beyond discouraged 56. "Jeepers!" 57. Hit the slopes 58. Sneakers, informally 60. Guitar part 62. __ the pot 63. Brief kiss 64. Smallish batteries 67. Wrath 68. Small intake 69. CSI sample