Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 18th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “General Hospital,” for one : SOAP
5 Care : MIND
9 Bogus offer : SCAM
13 Wheel shaft : AXLE
14 Admit : COP TO
15 Latin bear : URSA
16 “Don’t switch to memory foam” : KEEP IT DOWN
18 Softball clubs : BATS
19 SASE, perhaps : ENC
20 R&B’s __ Hill : DRU
21 Data transfer unit : TERABIT
23 Vend : SELL
24 Laura of the “Jurassic Park” films : DERN
25 “Pray we can hold on to the smaller one, which is more comfortable than the king” : GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
32 Makes the first bid : OPENS
33 Srs.’ nest eggs : IRAS
34 Rain-__ gum : BLO
35 Pastures : LEAS
36 Brunch staple : BAGEL
38 Void partner : NULL
39 Coastal raptor : ERN
40 Mammoth : HUGE
41 HS class with a big reading list : AP LIT
42 “Please double-stitch the new sham” : MAKE A STRONG CASE
46 Poet of ancient Rome : OVID
47 Rackets : DINS
48 See 59-Across : BLOOMER
51 PC file suffix : EXE
52 Xiao long __: soup dumpling : BAO
55 Sow sound : OINK
56 Nighttime heart-to-heart that’s taken literally in this puzzle : PILLOW TALK
59 With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful : LATE
60 “Finding Dory” setting : OCEAN
61 Peru’s capital : LIMA
62 Stretches between forces, briefly : DMZS
63 Gender-fluid pronoun : THEY
64 Sculpting material : CLAY
DOWN
1 Quaff with sushi : SAKE
2 Rice paddy team : OXEN
3 Oscar winner Guinness : ALEC
4 Liveliness : PEP
5 Self-contained unit : MODULE
6 Wall St. announcement : IPO
7 Packaging meas. : NT WT
8 Signed, sealed, and delivered agreement : DONE DEAL
9 Outback maker : SUBARU
10 Cosmic cloud that resembles a crustacean : CRAB NEBULA
11 Sparkling wine region : ASTI
12 Sloop pole : MAST
14 PC paste combo : CTRL-V
17 Dot journal entries : IDEAS
22 Nonelective courses, informally : REQS
23 Nine-digit IDs : SSNS
25 64-Across creature of Jewish folklore : GOLEM
26 Word with glasses or gloves : OPERA
27 Novelist who wrote the “Odd Thomas” thrillers : DEAN KOONTZ
28 Big cat in “Life of Pi” : TIGER
29 Otto I’s realm: Abbr. : HRE
30 New York Harbor’s __ Island : ELLIS
31 “Tropic Thunder” actor : NOLTE
36 Place to watch Greyhounds : BUS DEPOT
37 Actor’s rep : AGT
38 Background figures in video games, for short : NPCS
40 Actor Corey : HAIM
41 Vice president under 45-Down : AGNEW
43 Conjures : EVOKES
44 Beck album with the single “Where It’s At” : ODELAY
45 President who resigned in 1974 : NIXON
48 Daring : BOLD
49 Actor Neeson : LIAM
50 Buttery : RICH
52 Cut out early : BAIL
53 __ mater : ALMA
54 Approve : OKAY
57 Director Spike : LEE
58 “Waterfalls” trio : TLC