
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday January 3rd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Spielberg thriller based on a Benchley novel : JAWS
5 Large reference : ATLAS
10 Pal : CHUM
14 Snack sometimes referred to as a sandwich : OREO
15 Bounded : LEAPT
16 Mata __ : HARI
17 Therapist’s questionnaire? : SELF SURVEY
19 Homemade website? : ETSY
20 Peaceful greetings : SALAAMS
21 Wide body : SEA
23 Father’s hermana : TIA
24 Sultanate on Borneo : BRUNEI
26 Keeping in the loop : CC’ING
28 Loan fig. : APR
30 Paper model of a wrinkly dog? : CARD SHAR-PEI
33 Smelling a rat, so to speak : LEERY
35 Nursery refrain : E-I-E-I-O
36 Slowly go dark : FADE
37 Peak performance, and an apt title for this puzzle : A-GAME
39 Members of Gil Grissom’s team, briefly : CSI’S
43 Bygone airline whose first flight was from Key West to Havana : PAN AM
45 Whisky name : DEWAR
46 Empty cup at Starbucks? : VACANT LATTE
51 Moody genre : EMO
52 Daisy variety : OXEYE
53 “The Secret of Monkey Island” figure : PIRATE
55 Tinkering inits. : DIY
56 Captured : WON
59 Helped a cause, say : DONATED
62 Caffeine-rich nut : KOLA
64 Celebration that involves rowdy games of Twister, facetiously? : BODY PARTAY
66 Old Testament book : AMOS
67 Trial site : VENUE
68 Chapeau spot : TETE
69 403(b) IDs : SSNS
70 Is really good, songwise : SLAPS
71 Cheek : SASS
DOWN
1 __ stick: incense : JOSS
2 Floor plan measure : AREA
3 Brought up with excellent manners, say : WELL-BRED
4 To this point : SO FAR
5 Figure at a reunion dinner : ALUMNA
6 More succinct : TERSER
7 Head, to a Brit : LAV
8 Big lugs : APES
9 Lid affliction : STYE
10 “Evita” narrator : CHE
11 Genteel gesture : HAT-TIP
12 Bearish : URSINE
13 “The Karate Kid” mentor : MIYAGI
18 Showing a bit of cheek : SAUCY
22 Palm berry : ACAI
25 Aid for brainstorming : IDEA MAP
27 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” singer : CROCE
28 ET from the planet Melmac : ALF
29 Pod filler : PEA
31 City-building game franchise : SIM
32 Bit of a giggle : -HEE
34 Fulfill a debt : REPAY
37 Little pest : ANT
38 128 oz. : GAL
40 Southern pitcherful : SWEET TEA
41 “Can confirm” : I AM
42 “Sold out” sign : SRO
44 Once again : ANEW
45 Carter of country : DEANA
46 Bar shelf assortment : VODKAS
47 Old saws : AXIOMS
48 Sri Lanka, once : CEYLON
49 Get ready for guests, perhaps : TIDY UP
50 Familiar devices : TROPES
54 Bakery treats : TARTS
57 “Well, duh!” shorthand : OBVS
58 Holiday time : NOEL
60 Grub : EATS
61 Highlights, e.g. : DYES
63 Donkey : ASS
65 Cheek swab molecule : DNA
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