LA Times Daily Crossword March 11, 2024 Answers

1. Was ahead 4. __ eclipse: daytime celestial event 9. Iowa State's home 13. Opera solo 15. Ahead by a small margin 16. Discourteous 17. Sound of the 1970s 19. Radiate 20. Pours from one container to another 21. Blue Ribbon brewery 22. __ and beans 23. Novelist O'Brien 26. Early email provider 27. Organ with an iris 29. Electronic source of percussion 32. Cry 34. "Heck if I know" 35. Looks up to 38. Wine shop event 42. G major analogue 44. Qatari leader 45. Unaccredited source of degrees 50. Suffix with percent 51. Florida NBA team, on scoreboards 52. CrossFit units 53. Wood stove output 55. "Works __ time" 57. Carrying capacity of a cargo ship 60. Trig function that models light waves 61. Hypothetical space stuff that doesn't interact with light 64. Not taken in by 65. Figure of speech 66. Word repeated after "Que" in a classic song 67. Locksmith's supply 68. Canadian honker 69. Private chats, briefly, and what 17-, 29-, 45-, and 61-Across literally are

1. Diane of "Chesapeake Shores" 2. The "E" of the Great Lakes HOMES mnemonic 3. Careful about what one reveals 4. Historic fort in South Carolina 5. Numbered musical work 6. Part of UCLA 7. Singer DiFranco 8. __ room: place for a foosball table 9. Square footage 10. India's largest city 11. Inventor Thomas who co-founded General Electric 12. Accept, with "for" 14. Antioxidant berry 18. How software was once sold 21. Dueling steps 23. Angsty genre 24. Composer Shostakovich 27. Woolly mama 28. Agreeable reply 30. Open with a pop 31. Despise 33. Tangerine coat 36. Georgia school that's one of the New Ivies 37. Play charades, say 39. Aped 40. Zero 41. Test for M.A. hopefuls 43. Mantra syllables 45. Makes a decent living 46. "Trainspotting" novelist Welsh 47. More than enough 48. YSL men's fragrance 49. "Girls" creator Dunham 54. Industrious insects 56. Vintage Speed Wagons, e.g. 57. Boxing match decisions, for short 58. Antiseptic target 59. Notable times 61. Use a shovel 62. Ruckus 63. Ipanema's city