Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 23, 2020.
“Brockmire” actress Peet – AMANDA
“Capisce?” – GOTIT
“Coco” studio – PIXAR
“Happy Days” diner – ALS
“Much __ About Nothing” – ADO
“T” on a test – TRUE
AC/DC hit with the lyric “Watch me explode!” – TNT
And so forth: Abbr – ETC
Big Ben trio – III
Big shot on the tennis court – SMASH
Bogart’s “Casablanca” hat – FEDORA
Brazil map word – SAO
Brownish gray – TAUPE
Campus housing – DORM
Cartographer’s output – MAP
Co. concerned with net neutrality – ISP
Composer Franck – CESAR
Cul-de-__ – SAC
Debtor’s informal notes – IOUS
Director Roth – ELI
Drug derived from poppies – OPIATE
Feel contrition – REPENT
Foul callers – UMPS
Give a fine edge to – HONE
Here and there? – APART
How much to take – DOSAGE
Howe’er – THO
Hungers – LONGS
HVAC letters – BTU
Images in a beach vacation album – SUNSETS
Influential soul label based in Memphis – STAXRECORDS
Jesters – WAGS
Joshua __ National Park – TREE
Layette buy – ONESIE
Like a hastily donned T-shirt, perhaps – INSIDEOUT
`Like the president’s office – OVAL
Liquid-Plumr rival – DRANO
Little problem – SNAG
Makes do – COPES
Mixed-breed dog – MUTT
Monica who won three straight ’90s French Opens – SELES
Muslim sect – SHIISM
Narrow bit of land at a lagoon entrance, say – SPIT
News agcy – UPI
Oaf – LUMMOX
Off-campus housing – FRAT
Par-3 club, usually – IRON
Part of a biological hierarchy – TAXONOMICGROUP
Perfect example – EPITOME
Primatologist Fossey – DIAN
Prop for Frosty – PIPE
Rate-rising-with-amount levy that makes its way through four long answers starting at 15-Across – PROGRESSIVETAX
Regarding – ASTO
Request to turn up the volume? – BOOKDRIVE
Riverbed sediment – SILT
Ruler deposed in 1979 – SHAH
Salad dressing initialism, to Rachael Ray – EVOO
Sanjay Gupta’s network – CNN
Soft palate part – UVULA
Some alimony recipients – EXWIVES
Spanish greeting – HOLA
Starts a hole – TEESUP
Trade show – EXPO
Tuscan home of St. Catherine – SIENA
Waved for transportation – HAILEDATAXI
Window over a door – TRANSOM
Wound – OFFEND
Zen garden tools – RAKES
__-Roman wrestling – GRECO
