LA Times Daily Crossword January 3, 2025 Answers

1. Spielberg thriller based on a Benchley novel 5. Large reference 10. Pal 14. Snack sometimes referred to as a sandwich 15. Bounded 16. Mata __ 17. Therapist's questionnaire? 19. Homemade website? 20. Peaceful greetings 21. Wide body 23. Father's hermana 24. Sultanate on Borneo 26. Keeping in the loop 28. Loan fig. 30. Paper model of a wrinkly dog? 33. Smelling a rat, so to speak 35. Nursery refrain 36. Slowly go dark 37. Peak performance, and an apt title for this puzzle 39. Members of Gil Grissom's team, briefly 43. Bygone airline whose first flight was from Key West to Havana 45. Whisky name 46. Empty cup at Starbucks? 51. Moody genre 52. Daisy variety 53. "The Secret of Monkey Island" figure 55. Tinkering inits. 56. Captured 59. Helped a cause, say 62. Caffeine-rich nut 64. Celebration that involves rowdy games of Twister, facetiously? 66. Old Testament book 67. Trial site 68. Chapeau spot 69. 403(b) IDs 70. Is really good, songwise 71. Cheek

1. __ stick: incense 2. Floor plan measure 3. Brought up with excellent manners, say 4. To this point 5. Figure at a reunion dinner 6. More succinct 7. Head, to a Brit 8. Big lugs 9. Lid affliction 10. "Evita" narrator 11. Genteel gesture 12. Bearish 13. "The Karate Kid" mentor 18. Showing a bit of cheek 22. Palm berry 25. Aid for brainstorming 27. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" singer 28. ET from the planet Melmac 29. Pod filler 31. City-building game franchise 32. Bit of a giggle 34. Fulfill a debt 37. Little pest 38. 128 oz. 40. Southern pitcherful 41. "Can confirm" 42. "Sold out" sign 44. Once again 45. Carter of country 46. Bar shelf assortment 47. Old saws 48. Sri Lanka, once 49. Get ready for guests, perhaps 50. Familiar devices 54. Bakery treats 57. "Well, duh!" shorthand 58. Holiday time 60. Grub 61. Highlights, e.g. 63. Donkey 65. Cheek swab molecule