LA Times Daily Crossword January 1, 2024 Answers

1. Underground areas explored by spelunkers 6. Car-buying necessity, for many 10. Degs. for some entrepreneurs 14. Stuffy "Me too" 15. Competent 16. Noble rank above viscount 17. Stuck in the muck 18. French champagne brand 19. "Well, would you look at that!" 20. Make a polite visit 23. "__ whiz!" 24. Runs easily with long strides 27. False start punishment, in football 34. County Clare's nat. 35. Internet letters 36. "The Banana Boat Song" opener 37. Trails behind 39. Color TV pioneer 40. "Barbie" actor Liu 41. La __: Real Madrid's division 42. Frank on the grill 45. Naught 46. Incredibly hard to hold 49. Photo app filter shade 50. Time period often named for a monarch 51. Celebratory shout heard before "Auld Lang Syne" is played, and an apt title for this puzzle? 58. Crèche trio 61. Moisturizer brand 62. Missouri River tributary 63. Minnesota representative Ilhan 64. Junction point 65. Spoke wildly 66. Sheepherding pig in a 1995 film 67. Smack 68. Austin Powers player Mike

1. Training __: NFL preseason practice time 2. Tibet's continent 3. "Your mileage may __" 4. Come to light 5. Judgmental glance 6. Bedside light 7. Double-reed woodwind 8. Actor Guinness 9. Invasive plants with stinging hairs 10. Note-worthy purchases? 11. Green __, Wisconsin 12. Escort's offering 13. Devious 21. Tailor's line of stitches 22. Freight weight 25. "Seinfeld" character who worked for Pendant Publishing 26. Really frustrate 27. Jam-packs 28. Vowel-shaped track segments 29. Carrot or celery, informally 30. Not so common 31. Hazardous 32. Initial strategy 33. "__ be sorry!" 38. Blue gem 42. Some cards in the board game Clue 43. "Now it's clear!" 44. Overly catchy song 47. Actress Zadora 48. Come out against 52. Furrow former 53. When tripled, phrase spoken by 25-Down 54. No, in Russian 55. Icicle site 56. Ripening agent 57. Cincinnati MLB team 58. Unruly crowd 59. GP's gp. 60. Chitchat