
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday January 4th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Take credit? : OWE
4 Kevin’s “Bull Durham” role : CRASH
9 Up : ASTIR
14 Autoreply sender : BOT
15 Prefix with -centric : HELIO-
16 Pressure : FORCE
17 Device used in some medical and military training, informally : VR HEADSET
19 Sooty passages : FLUES
20 Closing statement? : I’M ALL DONE
21 Mid day? : IDES
22 Reptile that dominates Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” era imagery : SNAKE
23 Punk, grunge, emo, et al. : ALT-ROCK
25 Camper’s protection : TARP
27 Important figures of preindustrial Japan : SAMURAI
29 Oktoberfest order : BIER
31 Border : ABUT
33 Highly intelligent songbirds : TITS
34 All of the Barenaked Ladies, actually : MEN
35 Crème de la crème : TOP TIER
38 Not amazing : MEH
39 Suggestions, informally : RECS
41 Confer, as authority : VEST
42 Busy travel days : EVES
44 Baby, in Irish slang : SNAPPER
46 Allay : EASE
48 People with no class? : TRUANTS
50 Apple Watch stat : STEPS
53 Some beachfront dwellings : HUTS
54 “I’ve heard quite enough” : OH SPARE ME
57 Deceptive move : FEINT
58 Follows a boat, in a way : WATER-SKIS
59 Bert’s bestie : ERNIE
60 Put up : ERECT
61 Furniture wood : ELM
62 Standing __ : DESKS
63 Some jabs : LEFTS
64 “Called it” : SEE
DOWN
1 Curt “Clearly” : OBVI
2 Nematodes, e.g. : WORMS
3 Hunt in action movies : ETHAN
4 Works outside? : CHALK ART
5 More ripe, perhaps : REDDER
6 To boot : ALSO
7 Tuscan city that hosts the Palio horse races twice a year : SIENA
8 Rooms together? : HOTEL SUITE
9 Emotionally encourage : AFFIRM
10 Was wildly popular, say : SOLD OUT
11 “Serial” genre : TRUE CRIME
12 Cutting-edge footwear? : ICE SKATES
13 Hi or low follower : -RES
18 Tickle pink : ELATE
24 Sugar magnate who established a network of British art galleries : TATE
26 Over-the-counter option after an accident? : PAPER TOWEL
28 “Sorta” : ISH
29 “Relatable” : BEEN THERE
30 Many tourist sites in Peru : INCA RUINS
32 Group formed in Seoul in 2010 : BTS
34 _ Puff: SpongeBob’s driving teacher : MRS
36 Oast, for one : OVEN
37 Takes it from the top : RESTARTS
40 First artificial satellite : SPUTNIK
43 Swerves : VEERS
45 Follows up on copying : PASTES
47 _ ratio : ASPECT
49 Portion : SHARE
51 Some toys, for short : PEKES
52 Upside-down frown : SMILE
55 Australian actress Dawson : STEF
56 Bianco of “The Magicians” : ESME
57 Stoked : FED
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