
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 8th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Carve into : ETCH
5 Multitasking, perhaps : BUSY
9 Chocolate canines : LABS
13 22-Down city : TROY
14 Turkish bigwigs : AGHAS
16 Run _ : AMOK
17 Emphasize and then some : HAMMER HOME
19 Written reminder : NOTE
20 Portents : OMENS
21 Glowing quality : RADIANCE
23 Me day place : SPA
24 Had an aha moment : SAW THE LIGHT
27 Bearded garden figure : GNOME
29 NPR host Shapiro : ARI
30 “Don’t get carried _!” : AWAY
32 Whisper receiver : EAR
34 Book of maps : ATLAS
39 “Remember your training, people!,” and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 63-Across : THIS IS NOT A DRILL
43 “Water Lilies” painter Claude : MONET
44 Little bit : TAD
45 Above : OVER
46 Slugger Mel inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1951 : OTT
49 Isabel Wilkerson work subtitled “The Origins of Our Discontents” : CASTE
51 “Be brutally honest” : LEVEL WITH ME
56 Financial daily, initially : WSJ
59 Speechmaker’s story : ANECDOTE
60 Bonn’s river : RHINE
62 Seethe : BOIL
63 Some Expedia search results : PLANE FARES
66 Jazz legend Fitzgerald : ELLA
67 Canyonlands features : MESAS
68 Campfire output : HEAT
69 Stand the test of time : LAST
70 Credit card balance, e.g. : DEBT
71 Requests : ASKS
DOWN
1 Belief system : ETHOS
2 Walk with heavy steps : TRAMP
3 “What?” : COME AGAIN
4 “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” for one : HYMN
5 Forbid : BAR
6 “How repulsive!” : UGH
7 In the red : SHORT
8 Big name in electronic instruments : YAMAHA
9 One of four islands in Maui County : LANAI
10 “You’re _ friends” : AMONG
11 Bungle : BOTCH
12 Shooting sport : SKEET
15 Passover meal : SEDER
18 Canadian fuel giant : ESSO
22 Epic poem featuring Patroclus and Achilles : ILIAD
25 Iowa college town : AMES
26 Gradually ease off : WEAN
28 Org. with opening and closing bells : NYSE
30 PIN point : ATM
31 “_ knows?” : WHO
33 “Rubbish!” : ROT
35 Not quite run : TROT
36 Go-getters : LIVE WIRES
37 India Pale _ : ALE
38 Pro’s camera : SLR
40 “Mom knows” : I TOLD
41 RPM gauge : TACH
42 Driver at the Oscars : ADAM
47 Early afternoon hr. : TWO PM
48 Named : TITLED
50 Feudal laborer : SERF
51 Laundry instructions spot : LABEL
52 “_ Holmes”: Millie Bobby Brown film : ENOLA
53 Obscures : VEILS
54 Razzle-dazzle : ECLAT
55 Rib : TEASE
57 B-ball shoe : SNEAK
58 Makes jokes : JESTS
61 “That’s funny!” : HA-HA
64 Snag : NAB
65 Superlative ending : -EST
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