LA Times Crossword Answers Friday August 1st 2025

LA Times Crossword Answers Friday August 1st 2025

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 1st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Pyramid city with the Great Sphinx : GIZA
5 Carry (off) : CART
9 Border : EDGE
13 Full house components, perhaps : ACES
14 See-through dish : ASPIC
16 Shelved item : BOOK
17 Zooplankton eaten by whales : BUNKER HILL
19 Hidden mic : WIRE
20 Waste time : DALLY
21 Make a beeline for : DASH TO
23 Sidewalk artist’s supply : CHALK
25 Berets, bonnets, etc. : HASTINGS
27 Belafonte song starter : DAY-O
28 Educational ad : PSA
30 Didn’t play : SAT OUT
31 With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle’s circled letters : THAT’S HALF
34 Banister post : NEWEL
35 Email pioneer : AOL
36 Snack brand based in Hanover, Pennsylvania : UTZ
38 “Forrest Gump” role, for short : LT DAN
42 See 31-Across : THE BATTLE
48 Some silver cups : AWARDS
50 St. with 14 HBCUs : ALA
51 Shoe support : HEEL
52 More than a few : NORMANDY
54 Full-bosomed : BUXOM
55 Sunflower shade : YELLOW
56 Gush : SPURT
58 Mexican coin : PESO
59 Art museum named for an oil magnate : GETTYSBURG
63 Info in a bank : DATA
64 City served by Incheon International Airport : SEOUL
65 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s lake : ERIE
66 Three-time AL MVP in the 2000s : A-ROD
67 Fossil, perhaps : BONE
68 Comedian Foxx : REDD

DOWN

1 Yak : GAB
2 Hosp. area : ICU
3 “Dune” actress : ZENDAYA
4 Make demands (of) : ASK A LOT
5 Planetary scientist Sagan : CARL
6 Wan : ASHY
7 Tech sch. in upstate New York : RPI
8 Oscar winner Swinton : TILDA
9 Writer who studied under William Strunk Jr. at Cornell : EB WHITE
10 “Why are you waiting!?” : DO IT NOW
11 Ignore orders : GO ROGUE
12 Squeeze (out) : EKE
15 “_ dismissed!” : CLASS
18 Great Plains grazer : ELK
22 Poem part : STANZA
23 Summer hrs. in 26-Down : CDT
24 Derisive laugh : HAH
25 Actor Holbrook : HAL
26 Mo. town : STL
28 Vietnamese soup : PHO
29 Pretzel topping : SALT
32 Birkenstock product : SANDAL
33 Stoke : FUEL
37 Scheduling abbr. : TBA
38 PC hookup : LAN
39 24-month : TWO-YEAR
40 Bravely decides one can : DARES TO
41 Carrying capacity : ARMLOAD
43 _ fever : HAY
44 9-Down’s “Is Sex Necessary?” collaborator James : THURBER
45 Feel : TEXTURE
46 Papal name chosen by Robert Prevost : LEO
47 Shade tree : ELM
49 Southampton smooches : SNOGS
53 Nerdy type : DWEEB
54 City vehicle : BUS
56 Amaze : STUN
57 Gomer of 1960s TV : PYLE
58 Smooching at the movies, say : PDA
60 Overly : TOO
61 Purge (of) : RID
62 HS equivalency test : GED