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LA Times Crossword Answers Friday August 25 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 25 2023 puzzle.

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1 *Pipe alternative : CIGAR
6 *”You Were Meant for Me” singer : JEWEL
11 *Minor mistake : SLIP
15 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Tony : OLIVA
16 Savory quality : UMAMI
17 Soft food : MUSH
18 Hybrid big cat : LIGER
19 “No __!” : SIREE
20 Spot’s pal in Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” : ARLO
21 Most precious : DEAREST
23 Like Frederick the Great’s kingdom : PRUSSIAN
25 Skin bump : WART
26 Jedi played by Daisy Ridley : REY
27 Unifying idea : THEME
28 Boring situation : DRAG
30 Tara of the “Sharknado” films : REID
32 Novelist Santha Rama __ : RAU
33 Bistros, e.g. : EATERIES
35 Zombies, essentially : CORPSES
39 Inebriated : LIT
40 Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue : EDGE CASE
42 __ kwon do : TAE
43 Guts : INSIDES
45 App’s customers : USER BASE
47 Rx writers : MDS
48 Developer’s map : PLAT
49 Eagle-__ : EYED
50 Title in a Dumas title : COMTE
53 Sewer scamperer : RAT
54 Some quinceañera attendees : TIAS
56 Party bowlful : ONION DIP
58 British actor who played Bilbo Baggins : IAN HOLM
61 Gabrielle Union’s alma mater : UCLA
62 Do the trick : AVAIL
64 Flood guard : LEVEE
65 Wants to take back : RUES
66 2022 role for Pattinson : WAYNE
67 __ rock : ARENA
68 *Challenge : TEST
69 *Tumbler : GLASS
70 *Least satisfactory : WORST

DOWN

1 *On a losing streak : COLD
2 “Would __ to you?” : I LIE
3 Power grid measures : GIGAWATTS
4 Bowler’s statistic : AVERAGE
5 More valuable, perhaps : RARER
6 Merely : JUST
7 Classic record label : EMI
8 Bent out of shape : WARPED
9 Pedicure abrasive : EMERY
10 Substitution word : LIEU
11 Demolition derby collision : SMASHUP
12 “Foreign Affairs” Pulitzer winner : LURIE
13 Mullah’s faith : ISLAM
14 *Call : PHONE
22 Walks purposefully : STRIDES
24 Impolite observer : STARER
26 Gentle hill : RISE
28 *Sub supplier : DELI
29 Reason for indoor recess : RAIN
31 Brain tests, briefly : EEGS
32 Stone discovery site : ROSETTA
34 Blush : REDDEN
35 Asunción abode : CASA
36 Spends the night : STAYS OVER
37 Relieve : EASE
38 *Germ of an idea : SEED
41 Rock’s Blue Öyster __ : CULT
44 “My goose is cooked” : I’M TOAST
46 Save the day : BE A HERO
48 Smoothie fruit : PAPAYA
50 *Server’s spot? : COURT
51 When expected : ON CUE
52 Some credit card rewards : MILES
53 Uber, to Lyft : RIVAL
55 Holiday visitor : IN-LAW
57 University of Georgia athlete, familiarly : DAWG
58 Tahiti et Martinique : ILES
59 Periscope part : LENS
60 *Charcuterie fare : MEAT
63 Progressive business: Abbr. : INS

LA Times Crossword Answers Thursday August 24 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 24 2023 puzzle.

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1 State gem of Wyoming : JADE
5 Strongly suggest : URGE
9 Make self-conscious : ABASH
14 Really excited : AGOG
15 Horn output : TOOT
16 Brown shade : COCOA
17 *Baklava base : FILO DOUGH
19 Spiral-horned antelope : ELAND
20 Craft brewer’s concoction : ALE
21 No more than : UP TO
22 Part of a process : STEP
23 Taylor Swift album with the hit “All Too Well” : RED
24 “C’est la __!” : VIE
25 “Don’t move a muscle” : STAY PUT
28 *Gives testimony : BEARS WITNESS
30 Den fixture : TV SET
33 Accessory with a Lego Riddler minifigure : CANE
34 __ & Perrins steak sauce : LEA
35 Fireplace fuel : WOOD
36 Core-strengthening exercise : PLANK
38 Result of fogged-up glasses : BLUR
39 Touchdown stat : ETA
40 Twofold : DUAL
41 Axels and lutzes : LEAPS
42 *Fix-it guide : REPAIR MANUAL
46 Words of wisdom : PROVERB
47 Kimono accessory : OBI
48 “Way cool!” : RAD!
51 Make the grade : PASS
52 Cabinet dept. : ENER
53 Sunny Day Real Estate genre : EMO
54 Land of the Minotaur : CRETE
56 Art of fencing, and a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues : SWORDPLAY
58 Out in the country : RURAL
59 Inheritance factor : GENE
60 Bulldoze : RAZE
61 Trips around the sun : YEARS
62 Trampled (on) : TROD
63 Plow pullers : OXEN

DOWN

1 “Aladdin” villain who transforms into a giant cobra : JAFAR
2 Quick and nimble : AGILE
3 Parceled (out) : DOLED
4 Swelled head : EGO
5 Perfect place : UTOPIA
6 Network device : ROUTER
7 Disco era adjective : GO-GO
8 Horn of Africa country: Abbr. : ETH
9 Transparent overlay : ACETATE
10 Second wife of Henry VIII : BOLEYN
11 Like Pentatonix performances : A CAPPELLA
12 Dad’s lad : SON
13 Possessed : HAD
18 Comforter : DUVET
22 Perform abysmally : STINK
25 The ugly duckling, eventually : SWAN
26 Exhaust : USE UP
27 Rulers before the Bolsheviks : TSARS
28 Turning in place? : BED
29 Milan’s La __ : SCALA
30 Pipsqueak : TWERP
31 Polling booth user : VOTER
32 Serialized drama : SOAP OPERA
36 Good vibrations? : PURRS
37 Ewe kid : LAMB
38 “The Fresh Prince of __-Air” : BEL
40 Some trucks : DIESELS
41 Highlands title : LAIRD
43 Gamer’s game face : AVATAR
44 “What are you doing!?” : NO NO NO!
45 Got a ride through an app : UBERED
48 Kick back : RELAX
49 Astonish : AMAZE
50 Senior member : DOYEN
52 Washstand accessory : EWER
54 React to onion fumes : CRY
55 “You will __ the day!” : RUE
56 PD rank : SGT
57 Tennis club expert : PRO

LA Times Crossword Answers Wednesday August 23 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday August 23 2023 puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Remove for security reasons, say : REDACT
7 “Aw, darn it!” : OH, HELL
13 “Atlas Shrugged” author : AYN RAND
15 Roster newbie : ROOKIE
16 Trucker in a union : TEAMSTER
18 __ manual : OWNER’S
19 Five dollar face, for short : ABE
20 Olive center : PIT
22 Small plateaus : MESAS
23 Mama’s mama : NANA
25 “No worries” : IT’S OKAY
27 Tony-winning musical “Dear __ Hansen” : EVAN
28 Enjoyed some gum, say : CHEWED
29 Some ESPN highlights : TDS
32 Without restraint : WILDLY
34 “True Blood” star Paquin : ANNA
35 Sleep cycle letters : REM
36 Final authority : SAY-SO
37 Clinic staffers: Abbr. : RNS
38 Lab rodent : MOUSE
40 Tiebreaker periods, briefly : OTS
41 Skidded : SLID
43 Strands in a tree : TINSEL
44 Converged : MET
45 Skor bar center : TOFFEE
47 Key in a PC reboot combo : CTRL
48 Taxi money : CAB FARE
49 Tolkien tree creatures : ENTS
50 Vision : SIGHT
53 Pro’s 35mm camera, maybe : SLR
54 Pigeon sound : COO
55 “Spider-Man: __ the Spider-Verse” : ACROSS
57 Neighborhood diner? : LOCAVORE
61 Grunts and groans : NOISES
62 Restored to mint condition : LIKE NEW
63 Make sympathetic : ENDEAR
64 Perfectly calm : SERENE

DOWN

1 Lab rodent : RAT
2 Hurricane center : EYE
3 *Forensic expert on many a crime drama : DNA ANALYST
4 Accessories worn by soccer captains : ARMBANDS
5 “__ closed!” : CASE
6 Explosive initials : TNT
7 Spanish gold : ORO
8 *”Is this a smile on my face?” : HOW MAD AM I?
9 Baklava sweetener : HONEY
10 Barely gets (by) : EKES
11 Old Italian bread? : LIRA
12 “More or __” : LESS
14 Profundity : DEPTH
17 Move like tides and stock prices, or what the hidden words do in the answers to the starred clues? : RISE AND FALL
21 Small dots on a map : TOWNS
23 California governor Gavin : NEWSOM
24 Fly : AVIATE
25 Unwelcoming : ICY
26 “Detective Pikachu” actor Watanabe : KEN
29 *Warning from the paranoid : TRUST NO ONE
30 Climate for much of Nevada : DESERT
31 Requires Febreze, maybe : SMELLS
33 *Like Viola and Sebastian’s ship at the start of “Twelfth Night” : LOST AT SEA
37 Jazz licks : RIFFS
39 Quick appraisal : ONCE OVER
42 High tennis shot : LOB
43 Shape of a “timeout” hand signal : TEE
46 CBS News correspondent Barnett : ERROL
48 Picked : CHOSE
50 Of sound mind : SANE
51 Envelope opened with a click, e.g. : ICON
52 Sudoku diagram : GRID
54 Dessert with icing : CAKE
56 Abbreviation on old Russian maps : SSR
58 Prefix with gender : CIS-
59 Driver’s “Star Wars” role : REN
60 Barnyard female : EWE

LA Times Crossword Answers Tuesday August 22nd 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 22nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.

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1 Garden soil : DIRT
5 __ broke: risk it all : GO FOR
10 Ranch measure : ACRE
14 Far offshore : ASEA
15 Moan and groan : WHINE
16 Unoccupied : FREE
17 Place where a contractor buys sheet rock? : WALL OUTLET
19 Dejected mood : FUNK
20 Civil rights org. with Image Awards : NAACP
21 Write off over time, as an initial cost : AMORTIZE
23 Vapor trail locale : SKY
24 Sought office : RAN
26 __ and tear : WEAR
27 Place where Uncle Sam buys his red, white, and blue garb? : NATIONAL MALL
32 Grow molars, e.g. : TEETHE
35 Tennis great Sampras : PETE
36 Soccer great Hamm : MIA
37 Launder : WASH
38 Pickle holder : JAR
39 Many a sci-fi fan, stereotypically : NERD
40 Way to the www : ISP
41 Etc. kin : ET AL
43 “I, Tonya” Oscar winner Allison : JANNEY
45 Place where the military buys silver stars? : GENERAL STORE
48 Obama-era immigration policy, familiarly : DACA
49 Sense of self : EGO
50 Fail to share : HOG
53 “Please, this is too much” : OH, STOP IT
56 State known as Down East : MAINE
58 French cheese with a rind : BRIE
59 Place where Paddington buys marmalade sandwiches? : BEAR MARKET
61 House of Lords title : EARL
62 “Rizzoli & Isles” actress Harmon : ANGIE
63 Beef, e.g. : MEAT
64 Some craft beers : ALES
65 Bird’s perch : ROOST
66 Every 12 mos. : YRLY

DOWN

1 Daybreaks : DAWNS
2 “Wicked Game” singer Chris : ISAAK
3 Baton-passing race : RELAY
4 Very soft mineral : TALC
5 D.C. school named for a president : GWU
6 MVP pitcher/hitter Shohei : OHTANI
7 Movie : FILM
8 Boast in an ad for a used car : ONE OWNER
9 Relaxing destination : RETREAT
10 Validate : AFFIRM
11 Santa __, California : CRUZ
12 Russo of “Thor” : RENE
13 Shriek of fear : EEK
18 Media mogul with a book club : OPRAH
22 Folk story : TALE
25 Had a snack : ATE
27 To the __ degree : NTH
28 Australian gems : OPALS
29 Prayer ender : AMEN
30 Old Italian coins : LIRE
31 “Poker Face” singer __ Gaga : LADY
32 Small stick : TWIG
33 Peace of mind : EASE
34 “College GameDay” channel : ESPN
38 Pungent pepper : JALAPENO
39 SSW’s opposite : NNE
41 The “E” of Q.E.D. : ERAT
42 Buffet featuring tortillas and fillings : TACO BAR
43 “__ my memory”: “Give me a hint” : JOG
44 Fragrance : AROMA
46 Unpopular Fords of the late 1950s : EDSELS
47 2023 biopic about the creation of a video game : TETRIS
50 Trail follower : HIKER
51 Actress Tatum : O’NEAL
52 Los Angeles museum, with “The” : GETTY
53 __-B: dental brand : ORAL
54 Add to the staff : HIRE
55 Othello’s false friend : IAGO
57 Military force : ARMY
58 Actress Arthur : BEA
60 Bumped into : MET

LA Times Crossword Answers Monday August 21st 2023

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 21st 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Elbow gently : NUDGE
6 Questions : ASKS
10 “Jeopardy!” contestant lineup, e.g. : TRIO
14 Hybrid garment : SKORT
15 Made off with : TOOK
16 Hockey venue : RINK
17 Cars : AUTOS
18 Some barbecue ribs : BABY BACKS
20 Kareem’s former name : LEW
21 Low-tech leaf blower alternative : RAKE
22 Lacto-__ vegetarian : OVO
23 Safest courses of action : BEST BETS
25 Food pkg. info : NET WT
28 Hawaiian hellos : ALOHAS
29 Abruptly broke off communications : GHOSTED
31 Japanese currency : YEN
32 Site : LOCALE
35 Folder projections : TABS
36 Star of classic TV’s “The Incredible Hulk” : BILL BIXBY
38 Song sung alone : SOLO
41 Spoken : VERBAL
42 Perform on stage : ACT
45 Math exercise : PROBLEM
47 __ pub : GASTRO
49 Island near Venezuela : ARUBA
50 Nickname of boxer Ray Mancini : BOOM BOOM
52 Citi Field team, on scoreboards : NYM
53 Madeline of “Blazing Saddles” : KAHN
54 Actress de Armas : ANA
55 Cartoon rabbit with a Brooklyn accent : BUGS BUNNY
58 Corn-based breakfast side : GRITS
60 Apt name for a tuxedo cat : OREO
61 Bar mixer : SODA
62 Bert’s “Sesame Street” pal : ERNIE
63 “Ideas worth spreading” spinoff : TEDX
64 “Dear” advice giver : ABBY
65 Boston airport : LOGAN

DOWN

1 Intelligence org. with a Cryptologic Museum : NSA
2 Luau instrument : UKULELE
3 Spoils, as a grandchild : DOTES ON
4 __ chart: kid’s height tracker : GROWTH
5 “Take me to your leader” speakers, briefly : ETS
6 Chance to get a hit, in baseball : AT BAT
7 Relaxes in the tub : SOAKS
8 Japanese beef city : KOBE
9 Rainbow’s place : SKY
10 __ of justice: case that makes a mockery of the court : TRAVESTY
11 Italian cheese in stuffed shells : RICOTTA
12 Pen filler : INK
13 Greenlights : OKS
19 U2 lead singer : BONO
21 Clear up, as a dispute : RESOLVE
23 Chesapeake __ Bridge-Tunnel : BAY
24 Island near Java : BALI
26 Spider’s trap : WEB
27 NFL scores : TDS
29 Smooth-talking : GLIB
30 Six-sided shape : HEXAGON
33 Skelton’s Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
34 Like some dicts. : ABR
36 Anklets worn with poodle skirts, informally : BOBBY SOX
37 “Bang!” : BLAM
38 Health resort : SPA
39 NHL great Bobby : ORR
40 Took it easy : LOUNGED
42 Making up (for) : ATONING
43 Zagreb’s country : CROATIA
44 Actor Hanks : TOM
46 Young sheep : LAMB
48 Mall pizza chain : SBARRO
50 Cozy lodging hinted at by 18-, 23-, 36-, 50-, and 55-Across : B AND B
51 “What a great surprise!” : OH YAY
53 Door handle : KNOB
55 Plant sci. : BOT
56 Suffix with script : -URE
57 Mex. neighbor : USA
58 Salon goo : GEL
59 Capitol Hill VIP : SEN