LA Times Daily Crossword January 5, 2025 Answers

1. Big name in shortening 7. Roman __ 15. In base eight 20. Give a terrible review 21. Neapolitan standard that provided the melody for Elvis's "It's Now or Never" 22. Birch of "Hocus Pocus" 23. HS podcast recording sites 24. Produced charts? 26. Disclose 27. Oscar winner Guinness 29. Quaint lodging 30. Basketball position 31. __ of Skye 33. Heap affection (on) 35. Stormed (in) 36. Stirred up rages? 41. Hardly windy? 42. More refined 43. "Deal me in" payment 44. Twist a peg on a guitar, say 45. __ tape 49. Earlier 50. Latin "and others" 53. Announce, on a stream 54. Cause for a blessing 55. Father on the sidelines 57. Brain activity tests, briefly 58. "If these walls __ talk" 59. Gem with fire and matrix varieties 60. Perfect 10s 62. Animated film about a racing 61-Down 63. "Agatha All Along" star Kathryn 66. Developed genres? 70. Tampa Bay team 71. Pain relief brand 73. Ball honorees 74. Lummoxes 76. Direct (to) 77. KOA client 78. Many crime drama characters 83. Uncredited actor 84. Graph lines 85. Classic theater name 86. "Got it!" 87. Yard holder 88. Pulls even with 89. Swing music 90. Faith founded by Muhammad 92. Water pitchers 94. Acquired taste? 97. Some family cars 99. Sharp plumlike fruit 100. Gospel-singing sister of Aretha Franklin 101. 1980s game consoles 102. Colorado Native 103. Kunis of "Bad Moms" 105. Viral social media bit 109. Discovered vin rosé? 113. Less biased 115. Raise 116. Fistfighter's fist 117. Harder to see 118. Range where tomatoes originated 119. Some smartphones 120. Biases

1. Kibitz 2. Give a great review 3. "__ make your head spin!" 4. Aquarium collection 5. Corn discard 6. Up for auction 7. Norton Sound port city 8. Sports org. that added a "P" to its initials in 2019 9. Stylish, in the 1960s 10. First name in pharmaceuticals 11. Brings in fresh equipment 12. Nitrogen compound 13. Security for a debt 14. Outfield layer 15. Furry swimmers 16. Found Crusoe? 17. Flourless cake 18. Like a rainbow 19. "If I Only Had the Nerve" singer Bert 25. Cause alarm 28. Commanded 32. Actress Meryl 33. Statistician's focus 34. Buried treasure 35. Not straight 36. Daycation locations 37. Victor of French literature 38. Sporty Camaro 39. Glamorous event 40. Seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma 44. Forum frocks 46. "Star Trek" lieutenant 47. Cheese similar to cheddar 48. Flaps 51. Hong Kong transport 52. Unprepared remark 53. Looks 54. Magician's set 56. Begat Eric? 57. Lawn care tool 60. Runs in neutral 61. Garden creeper 63. __ pants: baggy trousers 64. "__ & Katie": Netflix sitcom 65. Tests by lifting 67. Ancient Persian king 68. Fabled toymakers 69. Little dustup 72. Timeline division 75. Teamwork hurdle 78. High follower 79. Braddock's opponent in "Cinderella Man" 80. "The Lion King" lion 81. Not this 82. "The feeling is mutual" 84. Puts on the tube 85. Initiation, e.g. 88. Like a tightrope 89. "Atlas" actress, familiarly 91. Triathlete's asset 93. Pants measurements 94. Weather advisories 95. Slippery swimmer 96. Pub offerings 97. Firm 98. Like an icicle-covered house, perhaps 99. Cause of a kettle's whistle 101. Field 102. Iris layer 103. Synthesizer pioneer 104. Printer refills 106. Environmentalist Brockovich 107. Track event 108. Makes a wrong move 110. Private exchanges, briefly 111. Moo __ pork 112. Electron transfer result, maybe 114. Feel sick