Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 14th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Some tech support agents: CHATBOTS
9 Director Peter recognized with an Academy Honorary Award in 2023: WEIR
13 Professional charge from a 16-Down, perhaps: LEGAL FEE
14 River through Florence: ARNO
15 Time when everyone woke up achy and sore?: ERE MATTRESSES
17 Like venison, compared to beef: GAMIER
18 “That’s sorta right”: ISH
19 Tear: RIP
21 “__ go bragh!”: ERIN
22 “Reader, I married him,” “I would always rather be happy than dignified,” etc.?: EYRE QUOTES
26 Release: LET GO
28 Western treaty gp.: OAS
29 Credit card giant: VISA
30 QB stats: TDS
31 Deep purple: PLUM
33 Picks up the tab: TREATS
35 Key component of a royal line of succession?: HEIR POWER
37 Mediterranean capital: ATHENS
40 Era: SPAN
41 Nt. wt. units: LBS
44 Home of the Mets from 1964 to 2008: SHEA
45 Take to court: SUE
46 Freedom, in Swahili: UHURU
48 Eligible bachelors in Berlin?: HERR SUPPLY
52 Deep purple berry: ACAI
53 Antidiscrimination letters: EEO
54 1950s political moniker: IKE
55 Sheepish reply to “Where’s the rest of the pizza?”: I ATE IT
57 Car wash freebies, or an apt title for this puzzle: AIR FRESHENERS
61 Crabby mood: SNIT
62 Cellphone lack: DIAL TONE
63 Socials with finger sandwiches: TEAS
64 Playground game similar to hide-and-seek: SARDINES
DOWN
1 Took home, in a way: CLEARED
2 Loners: HERMITS
3 Getting on: AGEING
4 Far from daring: TAME
5 Strident noise: BLARE
6 Many times o’er: OFT
7 Lunar festival in Vietnam: TET
8 Word on some Emmy Awards: SERIES
9 St. Louis sch.: WASHU
10 Hosp. areas: ERS
11 Resistance to change: INERTIA
12 Most optimistic: ROSIEST
16 Atty.’s title: ESQ
17 Hanukkah chocolate: GELT
20 Some ads: PSAS
23 Part of FYI: YOUR
24 Builds dramatically: RAMPS UP
25 Above: OVER
27 Willing to talk: OPEN
32 Fleur-de-__: LIS
33 Bygone airline: TWA
34 Big name in saline: RENU
35 Catch, in a way: HEAR
36 Astra and Corsa automaker: OPEL
37 Tennis legend Arthur: ASHE
38 Whence one Wicked Witch: THE EAST
39 Wonder Woman, for one: HEROINE
41 Swiss home of the rock relief known as the Lion Monument: LUCERNE
42 Sears and simmers: BRAISES
43 Diamonds, for one: SUIT
45 Exceeds the limit: SPEEDS
47 Disparage: HATE ON
49 Combs (through): SIFTS
50 Kyiv’s country: Abbr.: UKR
51 Make way: YIELD
56 Against: ANTI
58 Narrow waterway: RIA
59 “Unstoppable” singer: SIA
60 Laugh syllable: HAR
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