Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday March 22nd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Possessive pronoun that can be singular: THEIR
6 Clue: PLUM
10 Tesla, for one: SERB
14 Certain king-maker: SERTA
15 Actress Chaplin: OONA
16 Ancient Roman conqueror?: AMOR
17 Survive scrutiny: PASS MUSTER
19 Green party, briefly?: LPGA
20 Samovar kin: TEAPOTS
21 Banded marbles: AGATES
23 Identical: SAME
24 Light tunes: STRAINS
25 Anti-conservative slogan?: GO BIG OR GO HOME
29 Saw: ADAGE
30 Clear the air: DEFOG
31 Blot: DAB
34 Continental capital: BERN
35 Encounter: RUN-IN
36 Piece of one’s mind?: LOBE
37 Oft-redacted fig.: SSN
38 Digital services?: MANIS
39 Unit of energy: JOULE
40 Pool problem?: BRACKET BUSTER
43 Perfect figures?: SQUARES
45 Tops: A-ONE
46 Takeoff locale: TARMAC
47 Portrayer of Andy Bernard on “The Office”: ED HELMS
50 Actress __ Deavere Smith: ANNA
51 Novels no one reads?: AUDIOBOOKS
54 Picked out, in a way: ID’ED
55 Tagliatelle topper: RAGU
56 “We agree”: US TOO
57 Ealy capital of Japan: NARA
58 Appear: SEEM
59 Frank who co-designed Prague’s Dancing House: GEHRY

DOWN

1 Shortening in a recipe: TSP
2 Pressure, informally: HEAT
3 Highland tongue: ERSE
4 “The universe has spoken!”: IT’S A SIGN
5 Frenzy: RAMPAGE
6 Preserved jams?: POSTER DUNKS
7 Plenty: LOTS
8 A word to les sages?: UNE
9 Long-lasting event: MARATHON
10 Bow low: SALAAM
11 Drained: EMPTIED OUT
12 “The Lion King” voice actor Seth: ROGEN
13 High-ranking officials: BRASS
18 Italian man: UOMO
22 Buccaneer booze: GROG
24 L.A. venue where “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” was filmed: SOFI STADIUM
25 Chats: GABS
26 Heart-filled texts?: ODES
27 Match that’s lit: BARN BURNER
28 Spirit of myth: GENIE
32 Up to it: ABLE
33 Ginger : BEER
35 Drag performers: RACE CARS
36 Like a situation with no good outcome: LOSE-LOSE
38 Rooney of “Women Talking”: MARA
39 Beetle in the scarab family: JUNE BUG
41 Wyndham brand: RAMADA
42 -chic: BOHO
43 Leave a mark: STAIN
44 Time when audiences are engaged, briefly: Q AND A
47 Upper hand: EDGE
48 Lepidopterist’s subject: MOTH
49 Toffee bar: SKOR
52 Persian Gulf fed.: UAE
53 __ milk: SOY

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 21st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Fare topped with tzatziki: GYRO
5 Collection of matching cruets: CONDIMENT SET
9 “_ we cool?”: ARE
12 Like some handwriting: LOOPY
14 Deer friend of Thumper: BAMBI
15 WC: LAV
16 Striped stone: AGATE
17 Silk region of India: ASSAM
18 Word with breaker or maker: ICE-
21 Lasting memory of an old flame?: EMBER
23 One of three in bunco: DIE
24 Pharyngeal tissue: ADENOID
27 Vis-à-vis: AS TO
30 Painter’s board: PALETTE
32 Violinist recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986: YEHUDI MENUHIN
34 Future JDs’ exams: LSATS
35 Aromatic tree: FIR
38 Expressing feeling: EMOTIVE
40 Eventually, with “in”: DUE TIME
42 Honorific for 32-Across: SIR
43 Simpson with a blue beehive: MARGE
45 Turkey’s national flower: TULIP
46 London district that includes Shaftesbury Avenue: WEST END
48 Home facelift, informally: RENO
49 Heartfelt: EARNEST
51 Legged it: RAN
53 High-priced Japanese beef: WAGYU
54 Support neighborhood shops, say: BUY LOCAL
59 Bungle: ERR
60 Ask (for): HIT UP
63 Novelist Shreve: ANITA
64 The “A” of 61-Down: ALE
65 “That’s not for me”: I PASS
66 Held back for now: SAT ON
67 Pastrami bread: RYE
68 _ a one: NARY
69 See 41-Down: Dime

DOWN

1 “Happy our paths crossed!”: GLAD I MET YOU
2 Hatha practitioner: YOGI
3 Incur cellphone charges, maybe: ROAM
4 Unsubscribed: OPTED OUT
5 Informal duds: CASUALS
6 Mantra syllables: OMS
7 Org. that includes nets and Nets: NBA
9 Story backed up by a witness, hopefully: ALIBI
10 Zoomed: RACED
11 “Best. Day. __!”: EVER
13 Igloo rival: YETI
14 Bun cooked in a bamboo steamer: BAO
20 “You got that right!”: YEP
22 Stooge with the shortest name: MOE
25 Muffle: DEADEN
26 Caesarean delivery?: ET TU
27 Yes votes: AYES
28 Big rig: SEMI
29 Brother of Balder: THOR
31 Tips off: ALERTS
35 Mani-pedi tool: FILE
36 “Wouldn’t miss it for the world!”: I’M IN
37 Collector’s item?: REPO
39 Mantel piece: VASE
41 With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle: TURN ON A DIME
44 “Stop dawdling!”: GET BUSY
46 Like some humor: WRY
47 Like some humor: DRY
49 In advance: EARLY
50 Say yes: AGREE
52 Sad sigh: ALAS
53 Sport: WEAR
55 FedEx rival: UPS
56 Amex rival: CITI
57 Bohr model subject: ATOM
58 Assignment for a swimmer or a sprinter: LANE
61 Brewpub brew: IPA
62 Road or roof goo: TAR

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday March 20th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Carousel riders?: BAGS
5 Instruments that may create a meditative sound bath: GONGS
10 Street snack in a shell: TACO
14 Río contents: AGUA
15 “Stop the launch!”: ABORT
16 Muscat’s country: OMAN
17 *Noisy yard implement: LEAF BLOWER
19 Major Temecula Valley industry: WINE
20 Lot timers: METERS
21 Cooler filler: ICE
22 Subj. for an MBA: ECON
23 Pitching stat: ERA
24 *Like a skier without goggles, perhaps: SNOW-BLIND
26 Printer issue: JAM
28 “You could’ve kept that to yourself”: TMI
30 Very short pencil: NUB
31 Jai __: ALAI
33 “Preach!”: AMEN
36 Inner circle: CADRE
40 *Path through Oz: YELLOW BRICK ROAD
43 Overhead space?: SCALP
44 Rival leader?: ARCH-
45 Gulp: SWIG
46 Steamed bun dipped in hoisin sauce: BAO
48 Baby goat: KID
50 Nashville-to-Louisville dir.: NNE
51 *Hobnob (with): RUB ELBOWS
56 Situp targets: ABS
58 Brief “However”: OTOH
59 Banned Books Week org.: ALA
60 Like a clock with hands: ANALOG
63 Selfish cry: MINE!
64 Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue: MIXING BOWL
66 Taiwanese laptop maker: ACER
67 Turn away: AVERT
68 Foil kin: EPEE
69 Comic Bargatze: NATE
70 Inkling: SENSE
71 Story opening, in journalism lingo: LEDE

DOWN

1 Salve: BALM
2 Pulitzer winner James: AGEE
3 Most populous Central American country: GUATEMALA
4 Less of a gamble: SAFER
5 Girls: GALS
6 “Price flexible” abbr.: OBO
7 Lose-lose: NO-WIN
8 With 51-Down, wrestling style: GRECO-
9 Scattered: STREWN
10 Bathroom drying racks: TOWEL BARS
11 Pals, in Parma: AMICI
12 Officially accepted works: CANON
13 Standing straight, as hair: ON END
18 Oktoberfest sausage, informally: BRAT
24 Mufasa’s son in “The Lion King”: SIMBA
25 O’Neil who was the first African American coach in the MLB: BUCK
26 Blue birds: JAYS
27 Actor Guinness: ALEC
29 Wide opening: MAW
32 “Come find me when you’re ready”: I’LL BE HERE
34 Fumble: ERR
35 Stevie of Fleetwood Mac: NICKS
37 Skier’s direction: DOWNSLOPE
38 Wet weather: RAIN
39 Trim, as grass: EDGE
41 October birthstone: OPAL
42 T’ai _ ch’uan: CHI
47 Barack and Michelle: OBAMAS
49 “Darn it!”: DANG
51 See 8-Down: -ROMAN
52 College city near Syracuse: UTICA
53 Lisa of “A Different World”: BONET
54 _ oil: OLIVE
55 Pallid: WAXEN
57 Biblical tower spot: BABEL
60 Pay to play: ANTE
61 Had to pay: OWED
62 Delight: GLEE
65 Auditing agcy.: IRS

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday March 19th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Maker of the first graphing calculator: CASIO
6 Mediterranean volcano: ETNA
10 Tournament passes: BYES
14 Acrylic fiber: ORLON
15 Blistex targets: LIPS
16 Goddess born to the Titans Coeus and Phoebe: LETO
17 Mole: BEAUTY MARK
19 Lots and lots: A TON
20 Wager: BET
21 Declare with confidence: AVER
22 Pressing into service: USING
23 Mole: SLEEPER AGENT
27 Not as expensive: LESS
28 “U slay me!”: LOL
29 Ornamental pond fish: KOI
32 6-Across output: LAVA
35 Pines, e.g.: CONIFERS
37 Mole: UNIT OF SUBSTANCE
41 Rose up: REBELLED
42 Wine quality: NOSE
43 Wool producer: EWE
44 Not exactly talkative: MUM
45 “Hold on!”: WAIT
48 Mole: MEXICAN SAUCE
53 Open mic night figure: COMIC
56 Palo , California: ALTO
57 Skillet: PAN
58 North Sea: Central Asian lake: ARAL
59 Mole: GARDEN PEST
62 Demolish: RAZE
63 Advantage: EDGE
64 Soeur de la mère: TANTE
65 Cold drafts: ALES
66 Once in a blue __: MOON
67 General delivery?: ORDER

DOWN

1 Some hearty salads: COBBS
2 Staggering: AREEL
3 Roof option: SLATE
4 Letters for debtors: IOU
5 Recorded: ON TAPE
6 Big name in glue: ELMER’S
7 Diadem: TIARA
8 “Fresh Air” airer: NPR
9 “That’s a pretty big ”: ASK
10 Really fun time: BLAST
11 Himalayan recluse: YETI
12 Historical English school: ETON
13 “Call Me” or “Call Me Maybe”: SONG
18 Saint Laurent: YVES
22 Like birthday candles during dinner: UNLIT
24 Absolutely delight: ELATE
25 Goopy lump: GLOB
26 Ages and ages: EONS
29 Lotto game: KENO
30 Middle-earth menaces: ORCS
31 “Understood”: I SEE
32 Fishing aid: LURE
33 Once more: ANEW
34 General feeling: VIBE
35 Bovine mouthful: CUD
36 Crush alternative: FANTA
38 Early Mesoamerican civilization: OLMEC
39 _ capacitor: “Back to the Future” device: FLUX
40 Final Four game: SEMI
45 Thoreau work subtitled “Life in the Woods”: WALDEN
46 Stake: ANTE
47 Can’t be fooled by: IS ONTO
48 Marathon units: MILES
49 _ pants: CARGO
50 Overturn: UPEND
51 Isabel Wilkerson book that inspired the Ava DuVernay film “Origin”: CASTE
52 “Come in!”: ENTER
53 “Scars to Your Beautiful” singer Alessia: CARA
54 Spoken: ORAL
55 Puzzle with paths: MAZE
59 Peridot, for one: GEM
60 Fuss: ADO
61 __ for the course: PAR

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