Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday January 1st 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Underground areas explored by spelunkers : CAVES
6 Car-buying necessity, for many : LOAN
10 Degs. for some entrepreneurs : MBAS
14 Stuffy “Me too” : AS AM I
15 Competent : ABLE
16 Noble rank above viscount : EARL
17 Stuck in the muck : MIRED
18 French champagne brand : MOET
19 “Well, would you look at that!” : MY MY
20 Make a polite visit : PAY RESPECT TO
23 “__ whiz!” : GEE
24 Runs easily with long strides : LOPES
27 False start punishment, in football : FIVE-YARD PENALTY
34 County Clare’s nat. : IRE
35 Internet letters : EMAILS
36 “The Banana Boat Song” opener : DAY-O
37 Trails behind : LAGS
39 Color TV pioneer : RCA
40 “Barbie” actor Liu : SIMU
41 La __: Real Madrid’s division : LIGA
42 Frank on the grill : WEENIE
45 Naught : NIL
46 Incredibly hard to hold : SLIPPERY AS AN EEL
49 Photo app filter shade : SEPIA
50 Time period often named for a monarch : ERA
51 Celebratory shout heard before “Auld Lang Syne” is played, and an apt title for this puzzle? : HAPPY NEW YEAR
58 Crèche trio : MAGI
61 Moisturizer brand : OLAY
62 Missouri River tributary : OSAGE
63 Minnesota representative Ilhan : OMAR
64 Junction point : NODE
65 Spoke wildly : RAVED
66 Sheepherding pig in a 1995 film : BABE
67 Smack : SWAT
68 Austin Powers player Mike : MYERS
DOWN
1 Training __: NFL preseason practice time : CAMP
2 Tibet’s continent : ASIA
3 “Your mileage may __” : VARY
4 Come to light : EMERGE
5 Judgmental glance : SIDE-EYE
6 Bedside light : LAMP
7 Double-reed woodwind : OBOE
8 Actor Guinness : ALEC
9 Invasive plants with stinging hairs : NETTLES
10 Note-worthy purchases? : MEMO PADS
11 Green __, Wisconsin : BAY
12 Escort’s offering : ARM
13 Devious : SLY
21 Tailor’s line of stitches : SEAM
22 Freight weight : TON
25 “Seinfeld” character who worked for Pendant Publishing : ELAINE
26 Really frustrate : STYMIE
27 Jam-packs : FILLS
28 Vowel-shaped track segments : I-RAILS
29 Carrot or celery, informally : VEGGIE
30 Not so common : RARER
31 Hazardous : DICEY
32 Initial strategy : PLAN A
33 “__ be sorry!” : YOU’LL
38 Blue gem : SAPPHIRE
42 Some cards in the board game Clue : WEAPONS
43 “Now it’s clear!” : I SEE
44 Overly catchy song : EARWORM
47 Actress Zadora : PIA
48 Come out against : NAYSAY
52 Furrow former : PLOW
53 When tripled, phrase spoken by 25-Down : YADA
54 No, in Russian : NYET
55 Icicle site : EAVE
56 Ripening agent : AGER
57 Cincinnati MLB team : REDS
58 Unruly crowd : MOB
59 GP’s gp. : AMA
60 Chitchat : GAB