LA Times Crossword December 25, 2023, Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• Saudi Arabia neighbor
  OMAN
• Protractors measure
  ANGLE
• Caustic chemical
  ACID
• Forbidding word
  DONT
• President between Harrison and Polk
  TYLER
• Writer Jaffe
  RONA
• Santa and his reindeer landed __
  ONTHEHOUSE
• Territory near the Mariana Trench
  GUAM
• Actress/writer Issa
  RAE
• Many Christmas trees
  PINES
• Oklahoma city on the Arkansas River
  TULSA
• Correcting myopia maybe
  LASING
• Stockholm citizens
  SWEDES
• Small snack
  BITE
• Before heading down the chimney Santa __
  GOTTHESACK
• App reviewers
  USERS
• Length of TVs 60 Minutes
  HOUR
• Stepping out of the fireplace Santa left a __
  CARBONFOOTPRINT
• Quarter or pound
  COIN
• Like some garden lights
  SOLAR
• After filling the last one Santa hung the __
  STOCKINGUP
• Children of Blood and Bone writer Adeyemi
  TOMI
• On the up and up
  KOSHER
• Homegrown
  NATIVE
• Broad necktie
  ASCOT
• Editorialize
  OPINE
• Flight takeoff approximation: Abbr.
  ETD
• Old Russian leader
  TSAR
• All in all Santa had a very busy __!
  PRESENTDAY
• French 101 verb
  ETRE
• __ tot
  TATER
• Like a red Red Delicious
  RIPE
• Diana of the Supremes
  ROSS
• Speaker of the house?
  ALEXA
• Beehive State people
  UTES

DOWN

• Fragrance
  ODOR
• Da Vinci portrait in the Louvre
  MONALISA
• Long-tongued insectivore
  ANTEATER
• Utmost degree
  NTH
• I havent __ to wear!
  ATHING
• Black Panther star Lupita
  NYONGO
• Sticky stuff
  GLUE
• More or __
  LESS
• I heard him exclaim __ he drove out of sight …
  ERE
• Bickers
  ARGUES
• Mayve
  COULDA
• Almost ready!
  INASEC
• Fabric named for Syrias capital
  DAMASK
• Prefix with center
  EPI
• Whippersnappers
  TWERPS
• Croats neighbor
  SERB
• Tightly closed
  SHUT
• Tampa Bay NFLer
  BUC
• Havaianas shoe e.g.
  THONG
• Additionally
  TOO
• Lightbulbs place
  SOCKET
• Gritty film genre
  NOIR
• Classic Cadillac feature
  FIN
• Round flatbread
  ROTI
• Five stars!
  ILOVEDIT
• Personalized iron-on
  NAMETAPE
• Bi- plus one
  TRI
• Adam Rippon for one
  SKATER
• Play catch with
  TOSSTO
• Hollywood awards
  OSCARS
• Washing dishes doing laundry etc.
  CHORES
• Not gender-specific
  UNISEX
• Bacon Turkey Bravo sandwich chain
  PANERA
• Number of digits in a billion
  TEN
• __ hygiene
  ORAL
• Folk icon Seeger
  PETE
• Changes color perhaps
  DYES
• Org. that may support a school board
  PTA
• Hilton brand
  TRU