Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 17th 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Snack in a hard or soft shell : TACO
5 Mega-excited, with “up” : TURNT
10 Pattern : MOTIF
15 Big star : IDOL
16 Formal “Same here” : AS DO I
17 Initiative : DRIVE
18 “I luv u” message holder : CANDY HEART
20 “The Lion King” lion : SIMBA
21 Nintendo avatar : MII
22 Prefix added to some music genres : ALT-
24 Kid’s elder : GOAT
25 Textbook dividers : CHAPTER HEADINGS
30 Snippet : CLIP
31 Extreme anger : IRE
32 __ guard : SHIN
33 Glutton : HOG
34 “Ooohhh” : AHA
36 Equal (with) : ON A PAR
40 Hybrid interactive experience : AUGMENTED REALITY
45 “The plan’s been approved” : IT’S A GO
46 “Who, me?” : MOI?
47 Split __ soup : PEA
48 Hiker’s mix : GORP
50 Cooling syst. meas. : BTU
52 “__ Green”: Kermit’s song : BEIN’
53 “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” actress : MELISSA JOAN HART
58 CIO or CTO : EXEC
59 Good Charlotte genre : EMO
60 Kitchen cover : LID
61 __ basin : TIDAL
63 Asserted one’s authority, and what can be found in this puzzle’s circled letters : PULLED RANK
69 “__ in Borderland”: manga series : ALICE
70 Inventor Howe : ELIAS
71 Gel often kept in the fridge : ALOE
72 Slowly, in music : LENTO
73 Wetland plants : REEDS
74 Big name in golf equipment : PING
DOWN
1 Twitch : TIC
2 Orthodontist’s org. : ADA
3 Pro opposite : CON
4 Wall hanging showing 48 states, perhaps : OLD MAP
5 Largest island in French Polynesia : TAHITI
6 “__ your words”: toddler parent’s phrase : USE
7 Nutritionist’s no. : RDA
8 “Sunrise” singer Jones : NORAH
9 Lord and Lady : TITLES
10 Physical pros : MDS
11 Never seen before : ORIGINAL
12 “The Lion King” meerkat : TIMON
13 Hosp. attachment : IV BAG
14 Great deeds : FEATS
19 Puppy plaint : YIP
23 Chevy SUV : TAHOE
25 Influence : CLOUT
26 __ boson: elementary particle : HIGGS
27 Q.E.D. center : ERAT
28 Shorten, as a skirt : RE-HEM
29 Meyer of “Line of Duty” : DINA
30 Fragrant latte : CHAI
35 Marinade in Spanish cooking : ADOBO
37 Laurie of “Twin Peaks” : PIPER
38 Bit the dust : ATE IT
39 Director Coogler : RYAN
41 Tricks that are also a treat? : MAGIC ACT
42 Self-images : EGOS
43 Like Odin and Thor : NORSE
44 Actress Wilson : RITA
49 Overindulge : PAMPER
51 “Except maybe … ” : UNLESS
52 Undeserved notoriety : BAD RAP
53 Key material? : METAL
54 Cast out : EXILE
55 Escorted : LED IN
56 Unit of energy : JOULE
57 Kept out of sight : HID
62 August baby, maybe : LEO
64 Fib : LIE
65 Young man : LAD
66 Comedian Wong : ALI
67 Persona __ grata : NON
68 Pub delivery : KEG
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