
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday January 2nd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Brand with a four-ring logo : AUDI
5 Box in, perhaps : TRAP
9 D.C. ballplayers : NATS
13 Small cut : SNIP
14 _ Bock: dark beer from Texas : SHINER
16 Dieciséis dividido por dos : OCHO
17 Behind : TUSH
18 Hindu practice : TANTRA
19 Welcome downfall for a gardener : RAIN
20 “Wait for meeeee!” : I’M COMING I’M COMING
23 Kindergartener : TOT
24 RV park chain : KOA
25 Harry and Sally from “When Harry Met Sally …,” e.g. : ROMCOM COUPLE
31 Brewpub offering : ALE
33 Big changes : SHAKE-UPS
34 Race unit : LAP
37 Perjurer : LIAR
39 Soft mineral : TALC
40 “Your Majesty” : SIRE
41 Natural hairstyle : AFRO
42 Cadence : RHYTHM
44 Bread flour : ATTA
45 Inexperienced sort : NEWBIE
47 Some field journalists : EMBEDS
49 Oscar-winning song from “Mary Poppins” : CHIM CHIM CHER-EE
54 African cackler : HYENA
55 Traveling : AWAY
56 Rule : REIGN
58 “Helpful hardware folks” company : ACE
59 Golden Arches order with two patties, and an apt title for this puzzle : MCDOUBLE
62 Higher ed hurdle : GRE
63 Not feeling so hot : ILL
64 Passed (out) : HANDED
65 Put a spell on : HEX
66 In medias _ : RES
67 Comes out with : UTTERS
68 Vietnamese holiday whose full name translates to “festival of the first day” : TET
DOWN
1 Italian wine town : ASTI
2 E pluribus _ : UNUM
3 Shuffleboard piece : DISC
4 Onetime Apple media app : IPHOTO
5 Larger _ life : THAN
6 Take a toll? : RING
7 Against : ANTI
8 Long-lasting do : PERM
9 Par for the course : NORMAL
10 _ na tigela: Brazilian dish with berries : ACAI
11 Like a stick : THIN
12 Karaoke selection : SONG
14 Disney character initially called Experiment 626 : STITCH
15 Amass : RACK UP
21 May honorees : MOMS
22 “Silly me!” : OOPS
25 Rollers that might get stuck in the mud : REAR WHEELS
26 Vow : OATH
27 “Uh-huh … ” : MKAY
28 Gaelic speaker : CELT
29 “Stop poking me!” : OUCH
30 Rare spot for a No. 12 seed : ELITE EIGHT
31 Astronaut Shepard : ALAN
32 Progression from birth to death : LIFECYCLE
35 Creative’s credential : ART DEGREE
36 Matar paneer vegetables : PEAS
38 Songbird with an orange belly : ROBIN
40 Buffalo NHLer : SABRE
42 Suggestion, casually : REC
43 Nothing to write home about : MEH
46 Prayer leader : IMAM
48 Trifling : MERE
50 Tore into : HAD AT
51 “Uh-uh!” : I WON’T
52 “Euphoria” actress Apatow : MAUDE
53 E- kin : CYBER-
54 Small margin of victory : HAIR
57 On deck : NEXT
60 “Wicked” director Jon M. _ : CHU
61 Mormon church inits. : LDS
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