LA Times Daily Crossword January 18, 2024 Answers

1. "General Hospital," for one 5. Care 9. Bogus offer 13. Wheel shaft 14. Admit 15. Latin bear 16. "Don't switch to memory foam" 18. Softball clubs 19. SASE, perhaps 20. R&B's __ Hill 21. Data transfer unit 23. Vend 24. Laura of the "Jurassic Park" films 25. "Pray we can hold on to the smaller one, which is more comfortable than the king" 32. Makes the first bid 33. Srs.' nest eggs 34. Rain-__ gum 35. Pastures 36. Brunch staple 38. Void partner 39. Coastal raptor 40. Mammoth 41. HS class with a big reading list 42. "Please double-stitch the new sham" 46. Poet of ancient Rome 47. Rackets 48. See 59-Across 51. PC file suffix 52. Xiao long __: soup dumpling 55. Sow sound 56. Nighttime heart-to-heart that's taken literally in this puzzle 59. With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful 60. "Finding Dory" setting 61. Peru's capital 62. Stretches between forces, briefly 63. Gender-fluid pronoun 64. Sculpting material

1. Quaff with sushi 2. Rice paddy team 3. Oscar winner Guinness 4. Liveliness 5. Self-contained unit 6. Wall St. announcement 7. Packaging meas. 8. Signed, sealed, and delivered agreement 9. Outback maker 10. Cosmic cloud that resembles a crustacean 11. Sparkling wine region 12. Sloop pole 14. PC paste combo 17. Dot journal entries 22. Nonelective courses, informally 23. Nine-digit IDs 25. 64-Across creature of Jewish folklore 26. Word with glasses or gloves 27. Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers 28. Big cat in "Life of Pi" 29. Otto I's realm: Abbr. 30. New York Harbor's __ Island 31. "Tropic Thunder" actor 36. Place to watch Greyhounds 37. Actor's rep 38. Background figures in video games, for short 40. Actor Corey 41. Vice president under 45-Down 43. Conjures 44. Beck album with the single "Where It's At" 45. President who resigned in 1974 48. Daring 49. Actor Neeson 50. Buttery 52. Cut out early 53. __ mater 54. Approve 57. Director Spike 58. "Waterfalls" trio