LA Times Daily Crossword January 3, 2024 Answers

1. Mediterranean isle for which a style of pants is named 6. Periodic table's Pb 10. Female lobsters 14. Butcher's garment 15. Killer whale 16. Lobster catcher 17. Takes hold 18. *Bureaucratic obstacle to environmental projects 20. Portuguese greeting 21. "Call Me by Your Name" name 23. Declined, with "out" 24. *Extreme winter-weather event 28. Before, in verse 29. Dolly Parton hit 33. Nonpoetic writing 36. Phobia 38. Daffy or Bugs 40. *Nickname for a Mozart work in C major 43. Pit 44. Tons 45. Lather, __, repeat 46. Aspirations 48. PC alternative 49. *Writer of the 2023 legal thriller "The Exchange" 55. Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" 59. Cereal grain 60. Prefix with tourism 61. Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has 64. Boise's state 66. Couple of magazines? 67. Mayberry boy 68. When the sun rises in the west 69. Dishwashing brand used to clean animals after oil spills 70. D.C. MLB team 71. Honking birds

1. Chocolate substitute 2. Speed skater Ohno 3. Many a charity tournament 4. Go bad 5. Behind closed doors 6. Puzzle solver's skill 7. Former "CNN Newsroom" anchor Barnett 8. Blackjack card 9. Actor Daniel __ Kim 10. URL intro 11. Q.E.D. part 12. Travel pillow spot 13. Raced 19. Fielding of "The Great British Bake Off" 25. Next to 26. "Love Train" group, with "The" 27. Convention 30. Law school course 31. Midday 32. Geological spans 33. Comfy attire that's rarely worn out? 34. Regretted 35. Abbr. on old phones 36. Future soph 37. Contractor's fig. 39. "Science Guy" Bill 41. Red "Sesame Street" resident 42. Lauding 47. Somewhat open 48. "Rocky III" actor with a mohawk 50. Like three Justin Verlander games 51. Stadium entries 52. Throw 53. __ and pains 54. Boxing legend Archie 55. Caustic chemical 56. Little bit 57. Gush 58. Church song 62. Charged particle 63. Transcript fig. 65. Dead end?