Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 16th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Creature of Jewish folklore : GOLEM
6 Verb with thou : SAYST
11 _ bar : FIG
14 Slightly in front : UP ONE
15 Intercontinental range : URALS
16 Soundless messaging syst. : ASL
17 Pa ss : SPLIT TICKET
19 Dark site of the moon? : SEA
20 Members of a sub group : HOAGIES
21 Like overripe bananas : SPOTTED
23 “Embrace the glorious _ that you are”: Elizabeth Gilbert : MESS
24 Dressage pace : TROT
25 Fi rm : PARTED COMPANY
30 Formal, in a way : DRESSY
32 Sought office : RAN
33 Fruit in some gin : SLOE
34 Overlord of the rings, for short? : IOC
35 “That’s gonna leave a mark!” : OOF
36 Family : KIN
37 Egg pouches : SACS
39 Co-worker of Jamie, Alan, and Mara, in Progressive ads : FLO
40 Planters : SOWERS
43 Shis hito : CRACKED PEPPER
46 Blasted : DARN
47 __ bene : NOTA
48 Skating hazard : THIN ICE
51 Comic-con attendee with pointy ears, maybe : TREKKIE
55 Feel sick : AIL
56 Bo nds : SEVERED TIES
58 Org. with Kings and Knights : NHL
59 Switch : TRADE
60 Aquarium fish : TETRA
61 Slime : GOO
62 Campaign topic : ISSUE
63 Caravan rest stops : OASES
DOWN
1 Rhapsodize : GUSH
2 Intel collected during a race : OPPO
3 “Copacabana” showgirl : LOLA
4 Hard-to-read people : ENIGMAS
5 Fortes : METIERS
6 Word on some European notes : SUISSE
7 Shape made with a pencil and string : ARC
8 Jaws : YAKS
9 Didn’t answer immediately : SLEPT ON
10 Brief weather event? : T-STORM
11 Slick one : FAST TALKER
12 Words of understanding : I SEE
13 Willing (to) : GLAD
18 Petulant : TESTY
22 Best or bests : TOPS
25 Minor offense : PECCADILLO
26 Wilt : DROOP
27 Half-: latte spec : CAF
28 Cain genre : NOIR
29 Urges : YENS
30 jockey : DISC
31 Laugh good and hard : ROAR
35 Word with hand or saw : OLD
38 Get the drift, perhaps : SCAN
39 Folks who might say, “Curses! Foiled again!”? : FENCERS
40 Botanical reproductive unit : SPORE
41 Decided in favor of : OPTED TO
42 Underwhelming argument : WEAK TEA
44 Skating great Yamaguchi : KRISTI
45 Menu selection : ENTREE
48 Kick : TANG
49 Chipper greeting : HI HO
50 Some NASA missions : EVAS
52 Many Ikea purchases, essentially : KITS
53 French noun suffix : -IERE
54 Those, in Spanish : ESAS
57 Gettysburg address feature? : EDU
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