Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 21st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Fare topped with tzatziki: GYRO
5 Collection of matching cruets: CONDIMENT SET
9 “_ we cool?”: ARE
12 Like some handwriting: LOOPY
14 Deer friend of Thumper: BAMBI
15 WC: LAV
16 Striped stone: AGATE
17 Silk region of India: ASSAM
18 Word with breaker or maker: ICE-
21 Lasting memory of an old flame?: EMBER
23 One of three in bunco: DIE
24 Pharyngeal tissue: ADENOID
27 Vis-à-vis: AS TO
30 Painter’s board: PALETTE
32 Violinist recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986: YEHUDI MENUHIN
34 Future JDs’ exams: LSATS
35 Aromatic tree: FIR
38 Expressing feeling: EMOTIVE
40 Eventually, with “in”: DUE TIME
42 Honorific for 32-Across: SIR
43 Simpson with a blue beehive: MARGE
45 Turkey’s national flower: TULIP
46 London district that includes Shaftesbury Avenue: WEST END
48 Home facelift, informally: RENO
49 Heartfelt: EARNEST
51 Legged it: RAN
53 High-priced Japanese beef: WAGYU
54 Support neighborhood shops, say: BUY LOCAL
59 Bungle: ERR
60 Ask (for): HIT UP
63 Novelist Shreve: ANITA
64 The “A” of 61-Down: ALE
65 “That’s not for me”: I PASS
66 Held back for now: SAT ON
67 Pastrami bread: RYE
68 _ a one: NARY
69 See 41-Down: Dime
DOWN
1 “Happy our paths crossed!”: GLAD I MET YOU
2 Hatha practitioner: YOGI
3 Incur cellphone charges, maybe: ROAM
4 Unsubscribed: OPTED OUT
5 Informal duds: CASUALS
6 Mantra syllables: OMS
7 Org. that includes nets and Nets: NBA
9 Story backed up by a witness, hopefully: ALIBI
10 Zoomed: RACED
11 “Best. Day. __!”: EVER
13 Igloo rival: YETI
14 Bun cooked in a bamboo steamer: BAO
20 “You got that right!”: YEP
22 Stooge with the shortest name: MOE
25 Muffle: DEADEN
26 Caesarean delivery?: ET TU
27 Yes votes: AYES
28 Big rig: SEMI
29 Brother of Balder: THOR
31 Tips off: ALERTS
35 Mani-pedi tool: FILE
36 “Wouldn’t miss it for the world!”: I’M IN
37 Collector’s item?: REPO
39 Mantel piece: VASE
41 With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle: TURN ON A DIME
44 “Stop dawdling!”: GET BUSY
46 Like some humor: WRY
47 Like some humor: DRY
49 In advance: EARLY
50 Say yes: AGREE
52 Sad sigh: ALAS
53 Sport: WEAR
55 FedEx rival: UPS
56 Amex rival: CITI
57 Bohr model subject: ATOM
58 Assignment for a swimmer or a sprinter: LANE
61 Brewpub brew: IPA
62 Road or roof goo: TAR
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