LA Times Daily Crossword January 4, 2025 Answers

1. Take credit? 4. Kevin's "Bull Durham" role 9. Up 14. Autoreply sender 15. Prefix with -centric 16. Pressure 17. Device used in some medical and military training, informally 19. Sooty passages 20. Closing statement? 21. Mid day? 22. Reptile that dominates Taylor Swift's "Reputation" era imagery 23. Punk, grunge, emo, et al. 25. Camper's protection 27. Important figures of preindustrial Japan 29. Oktoberfest order 31. Border 33. Highly intelligent songbirds 34. All of the Barenaked Ladies, actually 35. Crème de la crème 38. Not amazing 39. Suggestions, informally 41. Confer, as authority 42. Busy travel days 44. Baby, in Irish slang 46. Allay 48. People with no class? 50. Apple Watch stat 53. Some beachfront dwellings 54. "I've heard quite enough" 57. Deceptive move 58. Follows a boat, in a way 59. Bert's bestie 60. Put up 61. Furniture wood 62. Standing __ 63. Some jabs 64. "Called it"

1. Curt "Clearly" 2. Nematodes, e.g. 3. Hunt in action movies 4. Works outside? 5. More ripe, perhaps 6. To boot 7. Tuscan city that hosts the Palio horse races twice a year 8. Rooms together? 9. Emotionally encourage 10. Was wildly popular, say 11. "Serial" genre 12. Cutting-edge footwear? 13. Hi or low follower 18. Tickle pink 24. Sugar magnate who established a network of British art galleries 26. Over-the-counter option after an accident? 28. "Sorta" 29. "Relatable" 30. Many tourist sites in Peru 32. Group formed in Seoul in 2010 34. __ Puff: SpongeBob's driving teacher 36. Oast, for one 37. Takes it from the top 40. First artificial satellite 43. Swerves 45. Follows up on copying 47. __ ratio 49. Portion 51. Some toys, for short 52. Upside-down frown 55. Australian actress Dawson 56. Bianco of "The Magicians" 57. Stoked