Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 22nd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Signal and Line : APPS
5 Is into : DIGS
9 Espresso or cappuccino, to Italians : CAFFE
14 King’s address : SIRE
15 Lot of land : ACRE
16 Group calling strikes : UNION
17 Heartfelt request : PLEA
18 Plane section : TAIL
19 Clichéd : TIRED
20 Diamonds can cut glass, corundum can scratch most other minerals, et al.? : COOL HARD FACTS
23 Contented : AT PEACE
24 Blanketed : COATED
27 Crime lab evidence : DNA
28 Some Kellogg grads : MBAS
30 “Breaking Bad” org. : DEA
31 Quadri- doubled : OCTO-
34 Director’s guidance to be more affable? : PLAY IT WARM
37 Staff leaders : CLEFS
39 Colonial insect : ANT
40 Take root : SET IN
41 Stuffed animals that go viral? : HOT FUZZIES
44 Bottom of the barrel stuff : LEES
45 Brink : EVE
46 Votes of no confidence : NAYS
47 “The __ and the Pussycat” : OWL
49 Listing agent’s field : REALTY
51 Baja breaks : SIESTAS
55 Increase pressure, or an apt title for this puzzle? : TURN UP THE HEAT
58 Fast Amtrak train : ACELA
60 Euphoric feeling : GLEE
61 Org. concerned with ergonomics : OSHA
62 Suddenly took interest : SAT UP
63 Moon goddess : LUNA
64 Designer Cassini : OLEG
65 Book maker : PRESS
66 Dr. Frankenstein’s assistant : IGOR
67 Tiny bits : TADS
DOWN
1 Pet welfare org. : ASPCA
2 Series opener? : PILOT
3 Scrub-up stop : PRE-OP
4 Leakproof : SEALED OFF
5 Fixed point in a mobile contract? : DATA CAP
6 “My thoughts are with you” : I CARE
7 Calendar page, maybe : GRID
8 __-control : SELF
9 Save on spending : CUT COSTS
10 Singer Baker : ANITA
11 What one might Bumble into? : FIRST DATE
12 Cheetah, to Wonder Woman : FOE
13 Wrap up : END
21 Kylo’s father : HAN
22 Berry in a yogurt bowl : ACAI
25 Uncanny : EERIE
26 Consigns to hell : DAMNS
28 Buffing and painting services : MANIS
29 Tera- finisher : -BYTE
31 Shade in the desert : OCHER
32 Orange studder, at Christmas : CLOVE
33 Private meeting : TETE-A-TETE
35 Averse to work : LAZY
36 “Gosh darn it” : WELL, SHOOT
38 South-facing gardens, maybe : SUN TRAPS
42 “Pillowtalk” singer : ZAYN
43 “Rumor has it” : SO I HEAR
48 Teeny-tiny : WEE
50 Humdingers : LULUS
51 Dictation taker : STENO
52 Physicist Nikola : TESLA
53 Reacted to a laser show, perhaps : AAHED
54 Bambi and others : STAGS
56 Knobbly citrus : UGLI
57 Socket filler : PLUG
58 Egyptian viper : ASP
59 Token in The Game of Life : CAR
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