L.A. Times Daily - Dec 24 2021

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
"'And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!'": "The Merchant of Venice" OPE
"Around the Horn" airer ESPN
"Critique of Judgment" author KANT
"Not a doubt in my mind" IMSURE
"Oversharing!" TMI
"Star Wars" role LUKE
"That's that!" DONE
"Therefore ... " ANDSO
"United States of Al" network CBS
"Very droll" HAHA
1974 CIA spoof SPYS
33-Down members: Abbr SRS
Added to the official playbook MADEARULE
Animals drawn in the Lascaux caves DEER
Apple product IPAD
Bit of rebar ROD
Booty SPOILS
Certain rider's pace CANTER
Chair's prep job AGENDA
Coastal raptor ERN
Comment about a familiar film IVESEENIT
Comments SAYS
Drumroll follower BIGMOMENT
Edible seed CHIA
End of the title CHRISTMAS
Fix a messy package, say RETAPE
Fla. NBA team, on scoreboards MIA
Gets gasps from AWES
Gets rid of ERASES
Greek letter THETA
Grooving on INTO
Home of the Green Wave TULANE
Increase RAMPUP
Inventing middle name ALVA
It's risky to work on it SPEC
Like email notifications PAPERLESS
Long range ANDES
Madrid pronoun ESTO
Mary's upstairs neighbor RHODA
MGM motto word ARS
Natural resources ORES
Clues Answers
Near-EGOT winner Midler (she's missing the O) BETTE
Not at all up-front SNEAKY
Obsessed mariner AHAB
Old TWA competitor PANAM
Opposite of aprÃ%A8s AVANT
Org. with admirals USN
Organization for 48-Across AARP
Part of a pot ANTE
Philippine currency PESO
Port near the Red Sea ADEN
Puck handler? OBERON
RBI, e.g STAT
Representation IMAGE
Reviews briefly SKIMS
Salton, for one INLANDSEA
Shady place ARBOR
Short strings? UKES
Short two-pointer TIPIN
Shrewdness ACUMEN
Signs OMENS
Slightly ATAD
Smelting fuel COKE
Stale OLD
Star in Orion RIGEL
Start of a seasonal title TheTwelve
Strong POTENT
Tbsp., for example AMT
Text lead-in PREFACE
Tiny crawlers ANTS
Title, part 2 DAYSOF
To date ASYET
Touchy monarch? MIDAS
Update follower, perhaps RESTART
Wild party ORGY
Wimbledon division SET
With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down PARTRIDGE
Word often contracted ARE
Word with home or bed STEAD
__ al-Fitr: end-of-Ramadan feast EID
__ control ARMS