Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday January 5th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Nothing more than : MERE
5 Software-driven FX : CGI
8 K-pop band with a community of fans known as ARMY : BTS
11 Colombian street snack : AREPA
13 Laptop slot : PORT
14 Sass : LIP
15 TV series that may have high costume budgets : PERIOD DRAMAS
17 Alias indicator : AKA
18 Lag : TRAIL
19 Uses one’s noggin : THINKS
21 Bun in a bamboo steamer : BAO
22 Recording device in a vehicle : DASHCAM
24 Radish kin : TURNIP
26 Digging : INTO
27 “There you __!” : ARE
28 Energy bar brand : CLIF
30 Crypto-linked collectibles: Abbr. : NFTS
34 Fan-written story that romantically links same-sex characters : SLASH FICTION
38 Mediocre : SO-SO
39 “Hey, you!” : PSST
40 Regret : RUE
41 Like Robin Hood’s beneficiaries : POOR
44 Military directives : ORDERS
46 Office competition during March Madness : BRACKET POOL
50 Printing measures longer than ens : EMS
51 Gibson of the “Fast & Furious” films : TYRESE
52 Parkinson’s drug : L-DOPA
54 Do one’s part? : ACT
55 Corporate symbols, or how to make the answers to 15-/22-Across and 34-/46-Across match their clues : TRADEMARKS
59 Tax org. : IRS
60 Regatta equipment : OARS
61 “Good __!” : GRIEF
62 Bit of sunshine : RAY
63 Trident-shaped letter : PSI
64 Like DoorDash meals : TO-GO
DOWN
1 Hot under the collar : MAD
2 Reliever’s stat : ERA
3 Stops on the interstate : REST AREAS
4 Writer/director Nora : EPHRON
5 URL ender : COM
6 Potatoes au __ : GRATIN
7 “I am melting!” : IT’S HOT
8 White vin : BLANC
9 Marinated tandoor dish : TIKKA
10 Jerk : SPASM
12 Limón who is the first Latina to be Poet Laureate of the United States : ADA
13 Not very bright : PALE
16 __ effect : RIPPLE
20 Terse denial : I DON’T
21 Pack animal : BURRO
23 Musical phrases : RIFFS
24 Can openers : TABS
25 “How nasty” : ICK
29 Genius Bar employee, e.g. : IT PRO
31 Video game hero who defeats Goombas with flaming projectiles : FIRE MARIO
32 Around-the-world jaunts : TOURS
33 Classic game console, for short : SNES
35 Thicket : COPSE
36 Tristan’s beloved : ISOLDE
37 Pos. for Lisa Leslie : CTR
42 “You’re embarrassing me!” : OH STOP
43 Met expectations? : OPERAS
45 Leave : DEPART
46 Flight unit : STAIR
47 Wetsuit material : LYCRA
48 Quirkily creative : ARTSY
49 Auto pioneer : OLDS
53 “!!!” : OMG!
56 “Consider This” co-host Shapiro : ARI
57 Brewpub cask : KEG
58 OAK alternative : SFO
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