LA Times Daily Crossword December 9, 2021 Answers

1. Guttural interruption 5. Hook or Kirk: Abbr. 9. Logician's "E" 13. Rope fiber 15. Confidently say 16. Earned 17. Vintage hue on a photo app 18. Digital media brand 19. Plains people 20. Often euphemistic words for lacking employment 23. __-pitch softball 25. I-5 state 26. Liberia neighbor 27. Manhattan attraction 31. Petri dish gels 32. Former Romanian president 36. Buster Brown's dog 37. Flat sign 39. Alternatively 41. Mosaic piece 43. Pricing word that rhymes with its opposite 44. Rounding third base after starting at second, say 47. Axis foes 51. Guffaw sound 52. Cue preceder? 53. Just plain folks 57. Cream additive 58. It may be wild 59. Union station? 62. Midday refreshers 63. Inland Asian sea 64. Hospital cry 65. "Time spent with __ is never wasted": Colette 66. P.D. ranks 67. Thai money

1. Jenny's offspring 2. Hustle, quaintly 3. Threat to national security 4. Water __ 5. "Breaking Bad" bad guys 6. Swear 7. Short dog, for short 8. 1969 film remade in 2010 with Jeff Bridges in John Wayne's role 9. Smiley face with hearts for eyes, e.g. 10. Betray 11. Sun-dried brick 12. Thompson of "Westworld" 14. Hercules' dozen 21. Historic time 22. Zap 23. Shoo relative 24. Kosher 28. "__ chic!" 29. Dish from which paella evolved 30. Sierra Nevada, e.g. 33. Genesis son 34. The "her" in Shakespeare's "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety" 35. "I can help" 37. Buzz-creating promo 38. The NBA's Magic 40. Duel tool 42. Kid-lit poet Silverstein 43. Iraqi neighbor 45. Slangy alternative to walking 46. Swiss river 47. Range name 48. New Hampshire state flower 49. Parkinson's treatment 50. Latin "in other words" 54. Suffix for the rich 55. Future doc's exam 56. Black card, maybe 60. Bat wood 61. No longer working: Abbr.