Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 27th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Start of communications with NATO : ALFA
5 Building blocks : ABCS
9 Seacrest vehicle, familiarly : IDOL
13 Baby hippo : CALF
14 Studio Ghibli’s animated fuzz ball : SOOT SPRITE
17 Rhyming song that’s acted out : I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT
19 Fanning of “Coraline” : DAKOTA
20 Uber CEO Khosrowshahi : DARA
21 Article in a French periodical : LES
22 In : AMID
24 Some shortcuts : MACROS
26 “I’m late!” : GOTTA RUN
30 Overflow (with) : TEEM
31 “Ew, no” : UGH
32 Doner __: Turkish dish : KEBAB
34 Gems formed by silica deposits : OPALS
37 Get up : ARISE
39 Valuable diamond, say : ACE
40 “Ask anyone else” : NOT IT
41 Change : CENTS
42 Fuming : IRATE
44 Shiba __ : INU
45 Meet face-to-face? : KISS
47 Magnified : ENHANCED
49 Pro who worked with Magic : KAREEM
51 “Memories of the Future” author Hustvedt : SIRI
52 Cribbage piece : PEG
53 Just so : NEAT
55 Figure in a Clement Clarke Moore poem : ST NICK
59 First play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway : A RAISIN IN THE SUN
62 Many a Gillian Flynn work : CRIME NOVEL
63 Gladys Knight, for one : ALTO
64 Sardine cans : TINS
65 Used cars? : RODE
66 With 57-Down, rom-com trope : MEET-
DOWN
1 Rock type : ACID
2 Dharma teacher : LAMA
3 Barrage of criticism : FLAK
4 Solvent : AFLOAT
5 “Easter Parade” star : ASTAIRE
6 Spam maker : BOT
7 Dispassionate : COLD
8 Video game distribution platform : STEAM
9 A Gershwin : IRA
10 Strategically polite : DIPLOMATIC
11 Chiwere speakers : OTOES
12 “I’m down” : LET’S
15 Classic Fender, for short : STRAT
16 Message on some holiday cards : PEACE ON EARTH
18 “That tracks” : IT MAKES SENSE
23 Home of the Museum of the Future : DUBAI
25 Default action, informally : REPO
26 Quick dip? : GUAC
27 Princess Fiona, after sunset : OGRE
28 “Nope” : THINK AGAIN
29 Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
33 Part of a full English breakfast : BEANS
35 Stick figure’s torso : LINE
36 First earring, maybe : STUD
38 Mix : STIR
43 Symbol of Scotland : THISTLE
46 Receive : SEE IN
48 Starting hr. for some : NINE AM
49 Gymnast Strug : KERRI
50 Estate : MANOR
52 Accord : PACT
54 Late show broadcaster? : TIVO
56 “__ of Dogs”: Wes Anderson film : ISLE
57 See 66-Across : -CUTE
58 Bedhead problem : KNOT
60 Cyberchats : IMS
61 Composer Rorem : NED
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