Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday January 2nd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Starfleet Academy student : CADET
6 “Ain’t gonna happen” : NOPE
10 Mattress support piece : SLAT
14 Fruit on a cocktail toothpick : OLIVE
15 Lyft rival : UBER
16 Opera house level : LOGE
17 *Hurdles for would-be attorneys : BAR EXAMINATIONS
20 “Take a load off” : SIT
21 Toothpaste dispensers : TUBES
22 Group of eight : OCTET
23 Break bread : DINE
24 More formal than business casual : DRESSY
25 *Rural byway : COUNTRY ROAD
29 Beyoncé’s “Best __ I Never Had” : THING
30 Made for __ other : EACH
31 Pampering place : SPA
34 Make mad : RILE
35 TGIF part : THANK
37 Growth on an old loaf : MOLD
38 “Woo-hoo!” : YAY
39 Cold feet : FEAR
40 Light supper : SALAD
41 *Clarinet, bassoon, etc., in an orchestra : WIND SECTION
44 Arcade coins : TOKENS
47 Backyard storage for hoes and hoses : SHED
48 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi : ANNAN
49 Spud, informally : TATER
51 __ Dhabi : ABU
54 Things to “see” in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? : CROSS-REFERENCES
57 “Bloodline” actor Chandler : KYLE
58 Part of a plot : ACRE
59 Windy City airport : O’HARE
60 Fly off the shelves : SELL
61 “To __ It May Concern” : WHOM
62 Narrow openings : SLITS
DOWN
1 Corn discards : COBS
2 Jai __: Basque game : ALAI
3 Earth : DIRT
4 December 24 or 31 : EVE
5 Tapping out messages : TEXTING
6 Digit : NUMBER
7 Award similar to a Tony : OBIE
8 Farm structures : PENS
9 Timeline segment : ERA
10 Like cold cuts : SLICED
11 Ransacks : LOOTS
12 Youngest “Despicable Me” daughter : AGNES
13 Peevish : TESTY
18 Grandma’s daughter : AUNT
19 Bar mitzvah scroll : TORAH
23 Two-part sci-fi epic starring Timothée Chalamet : DUNE
24 Charging station : DOCK
25 Novelty “pet” that’s really a plant : CHIA
26 Greasy : OILY
27 Quite a while : YEARS
28 Took off : RAN
29 Give it a go : TRY
31 Guitar Hero challenge : SOLO
32 Architectural drawing : PLAN
33 Throw in : ADD
35 Change for a 50, maybe : TENS
36 Possessed : HAD
37 Rosie on “The Jetsons,” for one : MAID
39 Helsinki inhabitants : FINNS
40 Sound systems : STEREOS
41 Ferret kin : WEASEL
42 Respect highly : ESTEEM
43 “Believe” Grammy winner : CHER
44 Bulletin board pins : TACKS
45 BLT option : ON RYE
46 Small hill : KNOLL
49 Film crew employee : TECH
50 __-Cuban jazz : AFRO
51 Blueberrylike berry : ACAI
52 Ernie’s “Sesame Street” pal : BERT
53 Finds a purpose for : USES
55 Uncooked : RAW
56 Stanley Cup org. : NHL
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