La Times Crossword Answers 01/16/24

Across Clues

• Ballplayer’s hatCAP
• Bygone Persian rulersSHAHS
• UnderBELOW
• Baton Rouge sch.LSU
• Certain TuscanPISAN
• Suspect’s excuseALIBI
• Feel illAIL
• South American home of many pink dolphinsAMAZONRIVER
• At one’s leisureIDLY
• More currentNEWER
• Potato spotEYE
• Scientific studies of pooled dataMETAANALYSES
• “Don’t believe the __”HYPE
• Make a mistakeSLIPUP
• Very smallWEE
• Healing ointmentSALVE
• Top of the lineAONE
• Diner dessert topped with a scoopAPPLEPIEALAMODE
• “Star Wars” heroineLEIA
• Sing the praises ofEXTOL
• Snapchat snickerLOL
• Court gameTENNIS
• “Knives Out” filmmaker JohnsonRIAN
• Bowlful of letter-shaped pastaALPHABETSOUP
• Grampa SimpsonABE
• Feudal lordLIEGE
• Fire truck itemHOSE
• New venture that may collaborate with Y Combinator, and what 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across each literally has?TECHSTARTUP
• “With all __ respect … “DUE
• “West Side Story” role for Rachel ZeglerMARIA
• Sierra __, AfricaLEONE
• Place for a napkin or a catLAP
• Hit the booksSTUDY
• Spanish misterSENOR
• Above-the-street rumblersELS

Vertical Clues

• Call one’s ownCLAIM
• “All kidding __ … “ASIDE
• End a project due to lack of funding, sayPULLTHEPIN
• Place to take it easySPA
• He/__ pronounsHIM
• Yoga postureASANA
• Witch __: astringent lotionHAZEL
• Like some winter nightsSNOWY
• Wooden wine containerBARREL
• Yale studentELI
• Reside (in)LIVE
• Follow ordersOBEY
• Undercover agent’s deviceWIRE
• Loch __ monsterNESS
• “Great news!”YAY
• Altar areaAPSE
• Half-moon tideNEAP
• Former name of ThailandSIAM
• Simple flotation devicePOOLNOODLE
• ReverseUNDO
• Kumquat coatPEEL
• Poet WhitmanWALT
• Fencer’s bladeEPEE
• UntruthLIE
• IrkVEX
• Gulp downEAT
• “Blue Banisters” singer-songwriter Del ReyLANA
• Ancestral stories, e.g.LORE
• Settled on a branch, as a birdALIT
• “Darn tootin’!”ILLSAY
• Rotisserie rodSPIT
• __-blond: grayish shadeASH
• RecoversHEALS
• Share an opinionAGREE
• Pick to win at the trackBETON
• Regular’s order, with “the”USUAL
• Marshmallow treats shaped like baby birdsPEEPS
• Cash dispensersATMS
• Score more points thanBEAT
• Beige shadeECRU
• CamouflagedHID
• Game in which a player may get a red or a yellow cardUNO
• According toPER