LA Times Daily Crossword January 2, 2026 Answers

1. Charges 6. During 10. House shower? 15. More slick 16. 2024 NBA All-Star Game MVP "__ Time" Lillard 17. In the loop 18. Warning on a note passed in a seminar? 20. Sew loosely 21. Not gross 22. Some Duracells 23. Like many fiddle-leaf figs 24. Land south of Eur. 25. Crystal ball consulted atop Mount Everest? 28. Hawaiian for "white" 29. Highest seed 30. Regret 31. Marble __ 32. Up and about 34. Mother with a Nobel Peace Prize 37. The discovery of the Lucy fossils, for one? 42. Agree 43. Soccer star Sergio who scored more than 100 goals for Real Madrid 45. Audible sighs 48. Long. crosser 49. "Rugrats" dad 51. Tiebreaker periods, for short 52. Beauty school treatment? 56. Opposite of oui 57. Release 58. Singer Carly __ Jepsen 59. Paramount+ partner, briefly 60. Batter beater 61. "Cut that out!," or an apt title for this puzzle 65. Like déjà vu 66. Cry of dismay 67. Leaves for dinner 68. Freezing temps 69. Large number 70. Monster with regenerative heads

1. Recycling container 2. Admission of guilt 3. Well-read individuals 4. Not right? 5. Sold-out letters 6. Magazine income source 7. Swampy habitat 8. Texter's qualifier 9. Pt. of HDTV 10. Novelist Meg 11. Broad strip 12. Tacos al __ 13. Aorta, for one 14. (If) necessary 19. Picnic spoiler 23. Groom feathers 24. Pseudonym preceder 25. Features of orchestras and rhinos 26. Upright 27. Spiritual glow 33. Four-time French Open winner Swiatek 34. Window shades 35. Play guitar 36. Org. for orthodontists 38. Key 39. Dread 40. Comment from someone listening to elevator music, perhaps 41. Push beyond acceptable limits 44. ID with two hyphens 45. Totally wrong 46. [Giggle] 47. Many a mockumentary 49. Manatee, e.g. 50. Taxing trip 53. Gymnast's gripping aid 54. Zaps 55. Susceptible (to) 59. "Don't go!" 61. MMA stat 62. Kraken's realm, briefly 63. "Or so" 64. HHS agency