Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday March 18th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Sleep outdoors: CAMP
5 Salad topped with blue cheese and bacon: COBB
9 _ Sketch: drawing toy: ETCH A
14 Spiny succulent: ALOE
15 Major producer of pineapples and bananas: DOLE
16 Dubbed: NAMED
17 Extremely good-looking person, slangily: SMOKE SHOW
19 Peruvian pack animal: LLAMA
20 Cantina fare: TACOS
21 Oahu neighbor: KAUAI
23 Actress who played Rollergirl in “Boogie Nights”: HEATHER GRAHAM
29 Fury: IRE
30 Quiche need: EGG
31 _ Jima: IWO
32 Inquires: ASKS
36 April 15 agcy.: IRS
38 Bother terribly: EAT AT
40 Treat that can help a dog with indigestion: CHARCOAL BISCUIT
44 “Access Hollywood” host Lopez: MARIO
45 Hither and : YON
46 Residential units, briefly: APTS
47 Horror movie street: ELM
48 Mallon in the World Golf Hall of Fame: MEG
51 Sleeping place: BED
53 Online publication founded in 1996 by Michael Kinsley: SLATE MAGAZINE
58 Island: New England state: RHODE
59 Flatbreads for gyros: PITAS
62 Belly button type: OUTIE
65 Range between white and black, and where the starts of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 53-Across can be found: GRAY SCALE
68 Monastery member: FRIAR
69 Jane Austen heroine: EMMA
70 Sledding spot: HILL
71 Lower leg joint: ANKLE
72 Proofreader’s catch: TYPO
73 Airline to Tel Aviv: EL AL
DOWN
1 Performers in a play: CAST
2 _ mater: ALMA
3 Freeloader: MOOCH
4 Tea option: PEKOE
5 LP successors: CDS
6 _ and aah: OOH
7 British fellow: BLOKE
8 Word of caution: BEWARE
9 Makes bigger: ENLARGES
10 Actress Shire: TALIA
11 Nashville-based awards org.: CMA
12 Skirt edge: HEM
13 Tooth care org.: ADA
18 “La Bamba” actor Morales: ESAI
22 Brand of fluffy slippers: UGG
24 Group of three: TRIO
25 Queen of Mount Olympus: HERA
26 Seek a loan from: HIT UP
27 Anticipate: AWAIT
28 Apple juice brand: MOTT’S
32 Zeniths: ACMES
33 “_ we dance?”: SHALL
34 Cosmic payback: KARMA
35 Indian honorific: SRI
37 _ as a fox: SLY
39 2010 health law, for short: ACA
41 Summoning words: COME HERE
42 Tea option: BOBA
43 Spanish spelling of Agnes: INEZ
49 Angsty music genre: EMO
50 Gizmo: GADGET
52 Hummus and salsa: DIPS
54 Dry run: TRIAL
55 Bacteria-ridden: GERMY
56 For a very specific audience: NICHE
57 Online sales: E-TAIL
60 Penne _ vodka: ALLA
61 Vend: SELL
62 Birds _ feather: OF A
63 Self-serve coffee server: URN
64 “__ Tok”: No. 1 hit for Kesha: TIK
66 Gear for a roadie: AMP
67 Basketball star Ming: YAO
