Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 3rd 2024, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Mediterranean isle for which a style of pants is named : CAPRI
6 Periodic table’s Pb : LEAD
10 Female lobsters : HENS
14 Butcher’s garment : APRON
15 Killer whale : ORCA
16 Lobster catcher : TRAP
17 Takes hold : ROOTS
18 *Bureaucratic obstacle to environmental projects : GREEN TAPE
20 Portuguese greeting : OLA
21 “Call Me by Your Name” name : ELIO
23 Declined, with “out” : OPTED
24 *Extreme winter-weather event : BOMB CYCLONE
28 Before, in verse : ERE
29 Dolly Parton hit : JOLENE
33 Nonpoetic writing : PROSE
36 Phobia : FEAR
38 Daffy or Bugs : TOON
40 *Nickname for a Mozart work in C major : JUPITER SYMPHONY
43 Pit : SEED
44 Tons : LOTS
45 Lather, __, repeat : RINSE
46 Aspirations : DREAMS
48 PC alternative : MAC
49 *Writer of the 2023 legal thriller “The Exchange” : JOHN GRISHAM
55 Tyler of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” : AISHA
59 Cereal grain : OATS
60 Prefix with tourism : ECO-
61 Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has : COPYRIGHT
64 Boise’s state : IDAHO
66 Couple of magazines? : ITEM
67 Mayberry boy : OPIE
68 When the sun rises in the west : NEVER
69 Dishwashing brand used to clean animals after oil spills : DAWN
70 D.C. MLB team : NATS
71 Honking birds : GEESE
DOWN
1 Chocolate substitute : CAROB
2 Speed skater Ohno : APOLO
3 Many a charity tournament : PRO-AM
4 Go bad : ROT
5 Behind closed doors : IN SECRET
6 Puzzle solver’s skill : LOGIC
7 Former “CNN Newsroom” anchor Barnett : ERROL
8 Blackjack card : ACE
9 Actor Daniel __ Kim : DAE
10 URL intro : HTTP
11 Q.E.D. part : ERAT
12 Travel pillow spot : NAPE
13 Raced : SPED
19 Fielding of “The Great British Bake Off” : NOEL
22 Caustic chemical : LYE
25 Next to : BESIDE
26 “Love Train” group, with “The” : O’JAYS
27 Convention : NORM
30 Law school course : ETHICS
31 Midday : NOON
32 Geological spans : EONS
33 Comfy attire that’s rarely worn out? : PJS
34 Regretted : RUED
35 Abbr. on old phones : OPER
36 Future soph : FROSH
37 Contractor’s fig. : EST
39 “Science Guy” Bill : NYE
41 Red “Sesame Street” resident : ELMO
42 Lauding : PRAISING
47 Somewhat open : AJAR
48 “Rocky III” actor with a mohawk : MR T
50 Like three Justin Verlander games : NO-HIT
51 Stadium entries : GATES
52 Throw : HEAVE
53 __ and pains : ACHES
54 Boxing legend Archie : MOORE
55 Caustic chemical : ACID
56 Little bit : IOTA
57 Gush : SPEW
58 Church song : HYMN
62 Charged particle : ION
63 Transcript fig. : GPA
65 Dead end? : DEE
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