LA Times Daily Crossword January 16, 2024 Answers

1. Ballplayer's hat 4. Bygone Persian rulers 9. Under 14. Baton Rouge sch. 15. Certain Tuscan 16. Suspect's excuse 17. Feel ill 18. South American home of many pink dolphins 20. At one's leisure 22. More current 23. Potato spot 24. Scientific studies of pooled data 28. "Don't believe the __" 29. Make a mistake 33. Very small 35. Healing ointment 39. Top of the line 40. Diner dessert topped with a scoop 44. "Star Wars" heroine 45. Sing the praises of 46. Snapchat snicker 47. Court game 50. "Knives Out" filmmaker Johnson 52. Bowlful of letter-shaped pasta 58. Grampa Simpson 61. Feudal lord 62. Fire truck item 63. New venture that may collaborate with Y Combinator, and what 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across each literally has? 67. "With all __ respect ... " 68. "West Side Story" role for Rachel Zegler 69. Sierra __, Africa 70. Place for a napkin or a cat 71. Hit the books 72. Spanish mister 73. Above-the-street rumblers

1. Call one's own 2. "All kidding __ ... " 3. End a project due to lack of funding, say 4. Place to take it easy 5. He/__ pronouns 6. Yoga posture 7. Witch __: astringent lotion 8. Like some winter nights 9. Wooden wine container 10. Yale student 11. Reside (in) 12. Follow orders 13. Undercover agent's device 19. Loch __ monster 21. "Great news!" 25. Altar area 26. Half-moon tide 27. Former name of Thailand 30. Simple flotation device 31. Reverse 32. Kumquat coat 33. Poet Whitman 34. Fencer's blade 36. Untruth 37. Irk 38. Gulp down 41. "Blue Banisters" singer-songwriter Del Rey 42. Ancestral stories, e.g. 43. Settled on a branch, as a bird 48. "Darn tootin'!" 49. Rotisserie rod 51. __-blond: grayish shade 53. Recovers 54. Share an opinion 55. Pick to win at the track 56. Regular's order, with "the" 57. Marshmallow treats shaped like baby birds 58. Cash dispensers 59. Score more points than 60. Beige shade 64. Camouflaged 65. Game in which a player may get a red or a yellow card 66. According to