Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 24th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Halts : CEASES
7 Loops in via email : CCS
10 Muslim cleric : IMAM
14 “Dear Prudence” offering : ADVICE
15 Circle of life? : TREE RING
17 __ Marcus : NEIMAN
18 New word for something old : RETRONYM
19 Economic metaphor coined by Adam Smith : INVISIBLE HAND
21 Crow’s-nest call : AHOY
22 Tolkien villains : ORCS
25 Cryptographer Turing : ALAN
28 Gawk : RUBBERNECK
33 Cantina dip : SALSA
35 Hence : ERGO
36 “Leave the World Behind” actor Mahershala : ALI
37 Very softly, in music : PPP
38 Hurry, with “it” : HOTFOOT
41 Hydroelectric facility : DAM
42 Ore-__ Tater Tots : IDA
43 Years during Caesar’s reign : ANNI
44 One of the Stooges : SHEMP
46 Lowest of lows : ROCK BOTTOM
50 Some Dada works : ARPS
51 “Manhattan Beach” novelist Jennifer : EGAN
52 Ranch newborn : FOAL
54 Superhero team with the physical features of 19-, 28-, 38-, and 46-Across : FANTASTIC FOUR
62 Hawaiian treat similar to a snow cone : SHAVE ICE
64 Mellow : SEDATE
65 “Until we meet again” : FAREWELL
66 Beyond thrilled : ELATED
67 Pieces de resistance? : OHMS
68 “Levitating” singer __ Lipa : DUA
69 States definitively : SAYS SO
DOWN
1 “Pretty please?” : CAN I
2 Genesis paradise : EDEN
3 Tel __, Israel : AVIV
4 Gorillas, e.g. : SIMIANS
5 Net funds : E-CASH
6 Ranking : SENIOR
7 Corner PC key : CTRL
8 One of Canada’s First Nations : CREE
9 “An American Pickle” star Rogen : SETH
10 Like some transfers : IRON-ON
11 Telepath : MIND READER
12 Whichever : ANY
13 James Bond film studio : MGM
16 Big Band __ : ERA
20 Mormon sch. : BYU
23 Letter-shaped vise : C-CLAMP
24 Pinches pennies : SKIMPS
25 Seek (to) : ASPIRE
26 Cuddly companion : LAPDOG
27 Source of some wool : ALPACA FARM
29 Suit : BEFIT
30 “Dude!” : BRO
31 Self-importance : EGO
32 Decomposes : ROTS
34 Literary captain obsessed with a whale : AHAB
39 Artist Yoko : ONO
40 Minecraft explosive : TNT
45 Part-timer’s work period, perhaps : HALF DAY
47 Rapscallions : KNAVES
48 Many times, poetically : OFT
49 Felipe Alou’s outfielder son : MOISES
53 Amtrak express : ACELA
55 State-of-the-art : NEW
56 Deadlocked : TIED
57 Women’s Rights Project org. : ACLU
58 Actress Ward : SELA
59 Feedbag grains : OATS
60 Versatile vehicles, for short : UTES
61 Start afresh : REDO
62 Bay Area airport letters : SFO
63 “As if!” : HAH