La Times Crossword Answers 12/12/23

Across Clues

• Sitcom pioneer LucilleBALL
• Taken __: startledABACK
• Arthur __ Stadium: world’s largest tennis venueASHE
• “Titans” actor MoralesESAI
• __ LamaDALAI
• Great Basin peopleUTES
• Spa for out-of-shape shoe forms?LASTRESORT
• Coffee brewing choiceDRIP
• French farewellADIEU
• __ decoratorINTERIOR
• Himalayan bovineYAK
• Word with stone or markerMILE
• “Right now,” in textsATM
• Sit-up musclesABS
• Ceiling metalTIN
• Identity statement, brieflyBIO
• Marking off the hours left to cram before the big exam?FINALCOUNTDOWN
• Clenched handFIST
• Major arteryAORTA
• Writer WieselELIE
• Homebuyer’s day-of-sale demand for a single window dressing?CLOSINGCURTAIN
• Animation frameCEL
• CommercialsADS
• Boat bladeOAR
• Uru. neighborARG
• Spielberg film featuring a sharkJAWS
• Answer to an addition problemSUM
• Wore red at a wedding, saySTOODOUT
• Fluffy-eared marsupialKOALA
• Cancel, as a checkVOID
• Effects of months of glute workouts?ENDRESULTS
• __ veraALOE
• Inbox messageEMAIL
• Binary digitZERO
• Running with scissors, e.g.NONO
• Southwestern plateausMESAS
• Muscat’s countryOMAN

Vertical Clues

• Secure, as a ship’s lineBELAY
• Carne __: steak dishASADA
• Sharper image innovation?LASIK
• Lo-calLITE
• Fruit drink suffixADE
• Pesto herbBASIL
• IndependentlyALONE
• E-commerce iconCART
• Toy with a string and a tailKITE
• Sit in on, as a classAUDIT
• Calzone cousinSTROMBOLI
• BeneficiaryHEIR
• Telepathic lettersESP
• Afro-Cuban danceRUMBA
• TiradeRANT
• Manhattan, e.g.ISLAND
• CGI creatures in a superhero film series starring Paul RuddANTS
• Tulle skirtTUTU
• Lined upINAROW
• Victorious cryIWIN
• Binary digitONE
• Nail salon toolFILE
• QuarantineISOLATION
• Gear teethCOGS
• Tolkien monsterORC
• BelovedDEAR
• Media-monitoring org.FCC
• Shakespearean betrayerIAGO
• AssignmentsTASKS
• “This isn’t my first __”RODEO
• Biblical betrayerJUDAS
• Naturally lit courtyardsATRIA
• Capital of OregonSALEM
• ExtremeULTRA
• Lawyer Perry of classic TVMASON
• Without helpSOLO
• Judge to beDEEM
• “Lunch is __”: “I’m buying”ONME
• Anise-flavored Greek liquorOUZO
• Vehicle with sliding side doorsVAN
• Raised trainsELS