LA Times Daily Crossword January 2, 2024 Answers

1. Starfleet Academy student 6. "Ain't gonna happen" 10. Mattress support piece 14. Fruit on a cocktail toothpick 15. Lyft rival 16. Opera house level 17. *Hurdles for would-be attorneys 20. "Take a load off" 21. Toothpaste dispensers 22. Group of eight 23. Break bread 24. More formal than business casual 25. *Rural byway 29. Beyoncé's "Best __ I Never Had" 30. Made for __ other 31. Pampering place 34. Make mad 35. TGIF part 37. Growth on an old loaf 38. "Woo-hoo!" 39. Cold feet 40. Light supper 41. *Clarinet, bassoon, etc., in an orchestra 44. Arcade coins 47. Backyard storage for hoes and hoses 48. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi 49. Spud, informally 51. __ Dhabi 54. Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? 57. "Bloodline" actor Chandler 58. Part of a plot 59. Windy City airport 60. Fly off the shelves 61. "To __ It May Concern" 62. Narrow openings

1. Corn discards 2. Jai __: Basque game 3. Earth 4. December 24 or 31 5. Tapping out messages 6. Digit 7. Award similar to a Tony 8. Farm structures 9. Timeline segment 10. Like cold cuts 11. Ransacks 12. Youngest "Despicable Me" daughter 13. Peevish 18. Grandma's daughter 19. Bar mitzvah scroll 23. Two-part sci-fi epic starring Timothée Chalamet 24. Charging station 25. Novelty "pet" that's really a plant 26. Greasy 27. Quite a while 28. Took off 29. Give it a go 31. Guitar Hero challenge 32. Architectural drawing 33. Throw in 35. Change for a 50, maybe 36. Possessed 37. Rosie on "The Jetsons," for one 39. Helsinki inhabitants 40. Sound systems 41. Ferret kin 42. Respect highly 43. "Believe" Grammy winner 44. Bulletin board pins 45. BLT option 46. Small hill 49. Film crew employee 50. __-Cuban jazz 51. Blueberrylike berry 52. Ernie's "Sesame Street" pal 53. Finds a purpose for 55. Uncooked 56. Stanley Cup org.