La Times Crossword Answers 01/18/24

Across Clues

• “General Hospital,” for oneSOAP
• CareMIND
• Bogus offerSCAM
• Wheel shaftAXLE
• AdmitCOPTO
• Latin bearURSA
• “Don’t switch to memory foam”KEEPITDOWN
• Softball clubsBATS
• SASE, perhapsENC
• R&B’s __ HillDRU
• Data transfer unitTERABIT
• VendSELL
• Laura of the “Jurassic Park” filmsDERN
• “Pray we can hold on to the smaller one, which is more comfortable than the king”GODSAVETHEQUEEN
• Makes the first bidOPENS
• Srs.’ nest eggsIRAS
• Rain-__ gumBLO
• PasturesLEAS
• Brunch stapleBAGEL
• Void partnerNULL
• Coastal raptorERN
• MammothHUGE
• HS class with a big reading listAPLIT
• “Please double-stitch the new sham”MAKEASTRONGCASE
• Poet of ancient RomeOVID
• RacketsDINS
• See 59-AcrossBLOOMER
• PC file suffixEXE
• Xiao long __: soup dumplingBAO
• Sow soundOINK
• Nighttime heart-to-heart that’s taken literally in this puzzlePILLOWTALK
• With 48-Across, one who is eventually successfulLATE
• “Finding Dory” settingOCEAN
• Peru’s capitalLIMA
• Stretches between forces, brieflyDMZS
• Gender-fluid pronounTHEY
• Sculpting materialCLAY

Vertical Clues

• Quaff with sushiSAKE
• Rice paddy teamOXEN
• Oscar winner GuinnessALEC
• LivelinessPEP
• Self-contained unitMODULE
• Wall St. announcementIPO
• Packaging meas.NTWT
• Signed, sealed, and delivered agreementDONEDEAL
• Outback makerSUBARU
• Cosmic cloud that resembles a crustaceanCRABNEBULA
• Sparkling wine regionASTI
• Sloop poleMAST
• PC paste comboCTRLV
• Dot journal entriesIDEAS
• Nonelective courses, informallyREQS
• Nine-digit IDsSSNS
• 64-Across creature of Jewish folkloreGOLEM
• Word with glasses or glovesOPERA
• Novelist who wrote the “Odd Thomas” thrillersDEANKOONTZ
• Big cat in “Life of Pi”TIGER
• Otto I’s realm: Abbr.HRE
• New York Harbor’s __ IslandELLIS
• “Tropic Thunder” actorNOLTE
• Place to watch GreyhoundsBUSDEPOT
• Actor’s repAGT
• Background figures in video games, for shortNPCS
• Actor CoreyHAIM
• Vice president under 45-DownAGNEW
• ConjuresEVOKES
• Beck album with the single “Where It’s At”ODELAY
• President who resigned in 1974NIXON
• DaringBOLD
• Actor NeesonLIAM
• ButteryRICH
• Cut out earlyBAIL
• __ materALMA
• ApproveOKAY
• Director SpikeLEE
• “Waterfalls” trioTLC