LA Times Daily Crossword October 11, 2024 Answers

1. Mishandle, as a grounder 5. Accelerated sci. class 10. __ Eats 14. Colorful deepwater fish 15. Hospital prep area 16. Aviation milestone 17. Hook 20. Sentimentality 21. IMO relative 22. Orangutan, e.g. 23. Chilly product prefix 24. Line 33. Basic decision-maker 34. Weak poker hand 35. Actress Zadora 36. Sometime in the past 37. Inconsiderable 38. Fantasy franchise letters 39. Amanda Gorman's "An __ We Owe" 40. __ dish 41. Prefix with -genarian 42. Sinker 46. Plant sci. 47. "A spider!" 48. Take by force 51. "Sadly, yes" 56. Hook, line, and sinker 59. New Rochelle campus 60. Hook, line, and sinker, e.g. 61. One on a seal 62. "Yep, already spotted that" 63. Hard to navigate 64. John or Paul, but not Ringo or George

1. Danceable songs 2. Gp. whose most populous member is Nigeria 3. Citizenship recitation 4. Ship in a late 19th century tragedy 5. Simple program 6. Lead-in to fall 7. Julie who played Rita on "Dexter" 8. Lithium-__ battery 9. Reveal, in verse 10. Tried to influence with 11. Order (around) 12. Director Kazan 13. Good-looking? 18. "Snow Angel" singer Reneé 19. Key type 23. Barbecue rod 24. Slide on a seat 25. Vrbo listing 26. The Owls of the NCAA 27. Jumping chollas, e.g. 28. Victor Vasarely's movement 29. Frenzied 30. Holocene, for one 31. Tucci's "Road to Perdition" role 32. Deck with kings and queens 37. Equinox mo. 38. "You have a dictionary, don't you?" 40. Snap 43. "Pygmalion" playwright, for short 44. Grounds for excommunication 45. Drinks with scones 48. "Captain America: The First Avenger" backdrop, briefly 49. Spanish flowers 50. Italian volcano that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site 51. Turquoise hue 52. Low state 53. Shape of some chicken nuggets, briefly 54. First course, often 55. Generous offer 57. Young'__ 58. Long or short measure