LA Times Daily Crossword September 14, 2024 Answers

1. Car whose interior "looks like Darth Vader's bathroom," per Michael Knight 5. "Figure it out" 14. Shine 16. Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel 17. Lively presence in Hollywood? 18. Bends and stretches 19. Georgia O'Keeffe's "Jimson __/White Flower No. 1" 20. Otherworldly visitors 21. "Ghosts" actress McIver 22. Sandwiches since 1967 24. Film stock 26. Boxing trainer Dundee 27. Make sense for 29. Common source of revenue for podcasts 30. Spiced coffeehouse order 32. Inflatable swan, e.g. 33. 2023 Pink album 34. Metric speed meas. 37. Basic shelters 38. Land between the Atlantic and the Pyrenees 40. Shows confidence in, in a way 41. Trapper's task 42. Try to make angry 43. Comm. system in the film "CODA" 45. Passable, at best 46. Follower of an aperitivo 49. Hunt of "Mission: Impossible" 51. Cereal mascot once voiced by Mel Blanc 52. Lacks buoyancy 53. Language whose name translates to "one who hopes" 54. Residencia

1. Security org. dismantled in 1991 2. Bringer of misfortune, so they say 3. Chinese snacks with a marbled pattern 4. "I want to go too!" 5. Low areas 6. Late notice? 7. Accessories company with a "one for one" business model 8. Nerve center 9. French summer 10. The Ritz-Carlton owner 11. Pardon 12. Dishevel 13. Builds up 15. Olympic chart 22. What do ewe say? 23. Party leaders? 24. Historic Buddhist monastery in the Songshan mountains 25. Career number for sluggers 27. Slugs 28. Spanish pronoun 31. El __: second-largest city in Bolivia 32. Drill 33. "Let's go for a drive!" 34. God celebrated on Janmashtami 35. Ornamental trees with acorns 36. Evil Queen's disguise in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" 37. Peruvian prairies 39. Hot 40. Online discount 41. Sportscast tech 43. WNBA pt. 44. 25-Down, for one 47. Norm 48. Tennis star Ivanovic 50. DOD arm