Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 29th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Celebrate emphatically : DO A JIG
7 Root with red skin : RADISH
13 Gum choice : CINNAMON
15 Invitation on a sealed envelope : OPEN ME
16 Programming sequences that don’t end, literally : INFINITE LOOP
17 Moral of the story : LESSON
18 “The Matrix” protagonist : NEO
19 Crown material : ENAMEL
21 Skater Midori : ITO
22 Puzzling field formations, literally : CROP CIRCLES
24 _ sequitur : NON
25 Chelsea apartments : FLATS
27 Exercise in a heated studio : HOT YOGA
30 Containers for a comic character’s internal monologue, literally : THOUGHT BUBBLES
32 Sigma preceder : RHO
33 Eurasian border river : URAL
34 Ability to see what others can’t : ESP
35 Bling for successful MLB teams, literally : WORLD SERIES RINGS
38 Ante- : PRE-
40 Together, in music : A DUE
41 Little one : TOT
42 Exercise devices for pet rodents, literally : HAMSTER WHEELS
44 Instant coffee brand : NESCAFE
48 Cameo shapes : OVALS
49 Many moons _ : AGO
51 Toys that are quite hip, literally : HULA HOOPS
52 NAACP co-founder __ B. Wells : IDA
53 Tequila plants : AGAVES
56 ‘Twas, now : ‘TIS
57 Word with license or justice : POETIC
59 Weights used for strength training, literally : MEDICINE BALLS
61 Paying customer : CLIENT
62 Holier-than-thou sorts : ELITISTS
63 Winter Paralympian apparatus : SIT SKI
64 Cooks dim sum, say : STEAMS
DOWN
1 Moola : DINERO
2 Walking or running : ON FOOT
3 Darth Vader’s childhood nickname : ANI
4 __ Doe : JANE
5 “Let’s do it!” : I’M IN
6 Passed with flying colors : GOT AN A
7 Take a turn in Yahtzee : ROLL
8 Copycat : APE
9 Original “Star Trek” studio : DESILU
10 Step-by-step : IN STAGES
11 Evens (out) : SMOOTHS
12 Barnyard mother : HEN
13 Guaranteed victory : CINCH
14 Verne captain : NEMO
20 Between, in Spanish : ENTRE
23 Fireworks prefix : PYRO-
25 Large books : FOLIOS
26 Pit stop brand : STP
28 “Nuts!” : OH RATS
29 “Fiddler on the Roof” wife : GOLDE
31 Gold rush storyteller Bret : HARTE
33 Take advantage of : USE
35 “Success!” : WE MADE IT!
36 Tight-fitting lid : DURAG
37 Scratch the surface? : ETCH
38 Soup with rice noodles : PHO
39 Filled pasta : RAVIOLI
43 Roof tiles : SLATES
44 Storied works : NOVELS
45 Condition measured on a spectrum : AUTISM
46 Spark producers : FLINTS
47 Alleviates : EASES
50 Clue, e.g. : GAME
53 Dramatic beginning : ACT I
54 Revise : EDIT
55 Location : SITE
57 Mac alternatives : PCS
58 HP supply : INK
60 Langley org. : CIA
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