Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 7th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Thriller” debut channel : MTV
4 Dull pain : ACHE
8 Manatee : SEA COW
14 _ milk : OAT
15 Dramatic outburst during court testimony : LIAR
16 Like Enigma machine messages : IN CODE
17 Hideout that’s not very hidden? : OPEN LAIR
19 Small beard : GOATEE
20 Recipient of a wish list : GENIE
21 Zen paradox : KOAN
23 Shirt : TOP
24 Times of year for competitive baking? : FLOUR SEASONS
28 Historic fort near Charleston : SUMTER
31 Quark-antiquark particle : MESON
32 “That is not !”: parents’ words of warning : A TOY
33 -Cola : COCA
36 Rite place : ALTAR
39 Greek god of pastures : PAN
40 Hip-hop subgenre dedicated to the woes of hair loss? : BALD RAP
42 Pro : ACE
43 Stood out : SHONE
45 MRI output : SCAN
46 _ novel : DIME
47 Composer Frederick : LOEWE
49 Got down pat : NAILED
51 Assorted barrettes and clips? : HAIRPIN BLEND
55 Insect whose colony has a queen : ANT
56 “Ah, got it” : I SEE
57 Garden party? : GNOME
61 Split : IN HALF
64 Accepted defeat, and what 17-, 24-, 40-, and 51-Across did? : TOOK THE L
66 __ 101: skyscraper in an Asian capital : TAIPEI
67 Latin year : ANNO
68 Sick : ILL
69 Turn on the charm? : INCANT
70 Scorch : SEAR
71 Loving poem : ODE
DOWN
1 First commercial synthesizer maker : MOOG
2 Cassette : TAPE
3 Powerful engine banned by F1 : V-TEN
4 Gene variant : ALLELE
5 Longtime KGB spycraft enemy : CIA
6 Poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern : HAIKU
7 Wrong move : ERROR
8 Contract endorser : SIGNEE
9 Musician Brian : ENO
10 Obama-era legislation, initially : ACA
11 Small rabbit : COTTONTAIL
12 Ancient theater of Ephesus : ODEON
13 Cries : WEEPS
18 “Swell!” : NIFTY
22 Eritrea’s capital : ASMARA
25 Killer whale : ORCA
26 “By yesterday!” letters : ASAP
27 Spanish sun : SOL
28 Drains : SAPS
29 Zion locale : UTAH
30 Like an ancient obelisk : MONOLITHIC
34 Twins who created the fashion label The Row : OLSENS
35 Public health org. : CDC
37 Fictional company whose products tend to malfunction : ACME
38 Woodwind insert : REED
40 Appliance alert : BEEP
41 Great-aunt of Prince George : ANNE
44 Scand. land : NOR
46 “That _ hurt” : DIDN’T 48 Video game that uses a balance board : WII FIT 50 Cambodia’s _ Wat : ANGKOR
51 Part of Hispaniola : HAITI
52 Diplomat Kofi : ANNAN
53 Releases with bugs, probably : BETAS
54 Sierra _ : LEONE
58 Weird or cringe, in Gen Alpha slang : OHIO
59 Combine : MELD
60 Vogue rival : ELLE
62 Shrinks’ org. : APA
63 Actor Cariou : LEN
65 “Based _ true story” : ON A
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