Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 2nd 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Payments to some volunteers : HONORARIA
10 Band wind instruments : JUGS
14 “Is everything resolved now?” : ARE WE GOOD
15 Peel out, maybe : GUN IT
16 1994 Chuck Norris movie : HELLBOUND
17 Pope’s “An __ on Criticism” : ESSAY
18 Apiece, in scores : ALL
19 Art Deco icon : ERTE
20 Reconcile : ATTUNE
21 Entertainer with a desk : CLASS CLOWN
23 Spectrum : SCALE
25 Neologism : COINAGE
27 Megan of “The Blacklist” : BOONE
28 Robert __, unsuccessful 1987 Supreme Court nominee : BORK
29 Poet’s preposition : THRO’
31 Without delay : RAPIDLY
33 Drop : DESCEND
35 Eastern nurse : AMAH
36 Pac-12 team since 2011 : UTES
38 “Me __!” : THREE
39 Tools used on the way up : ICE AXES
41 Island birthplace of Pythagoras : SAMOS
42 “Just one more” : ALMOST DONE
44 Poor : SUBPAR
46 Jazz phrase : RIFF
47 Electrify : ZAP
50 Sanctions : OKAYS
51 Small driers, to Brits : TEA TOWELS
53 “Jay __ Garage”: Emmy-winning reality show : LENO’S
54 Reveres : VENERATES
55 Grandson of Abraham : ESAU
56 Refuse to budge : STAND FAST
DOWN
1 “Funny not funny” : HA HA
2 Russian city : OREL
3 Dudley Do-Right’s love : NELL
4 Symbol of Athena : OWL
5 Rose up : REBELLED
6 Hellenic gathering places : AGORAE
7 Creams : ROUTS
8 “Rhinoceros” playwright : IONESCO
9 Cookbook directive : ADD
10 “Pay attention and see how it’s done” : JUST WATCH ME
11 One who didn’t get what they deserved : UNSUNG HERO
12 17th-century sculptor Bernini : GIAN
13 Ocular woe : STYE
15 Board : GET ON
20 Matching in many ways : ALIKE
21 Offer to a customer : CAN I HELP YOU
22 Wood lots : CORDS
23 “Same here” : SO AM I
24 Manilow hit featuring Tony and Lola : COPACABANA
26 White-tailed fliers : ERNES
27 Hood accessory : BRA
28 Units usually prefixed : BYTES
30 Poetic tribute : ODE
32 Vegas hotel that once had a King Tut’s Tomb replica : LUXOR
34 Home of the Cardinal : STANFORD
37 Where the Boss’ band once rehearsed : E STREET
40 Corral : AMASS
41 Give in a bit : SOFTEN
43 Mythical hunter : DIANA
44 Exclusive : SOLE
45 Bari __: low-pitched strings : UKES
47 Sixth of 24 : ZETA
48 Porters, e.g. : ALES
49 Sibilant “Hey!” : PSST
51 Sharp offerings : TVS
52 Post-WWII feminine flier : WAF