Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 23rd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Whip It” band : DEVO
5 Substantial account : SAGA
9 Mint family herb : BASIL
14 Photoshop, say : EDIT
15 _ hygiene : ORAL
16 “My Brilliant Friend” novelist Ferrante : ELENA
17 Tube on an automatic ball launcher? : PITCH PIPE
19 “Sorry, got other plans” : I CAN’T
20 Ghost _ chance : OF A
21 Cry of discovery : OHO
22 Polar vehicle : SNO-CAT
23 __-Leste: first new sovereign state of the 21st century : TIMOR
25 Batter’s decision not to bunt? : SWING VOTE
28 Bygone boxy Toyota : SCION
29 Art Deco designer : ERTE
30 Flagon kin : EWER
31 Suffix similar to -ess : -ENNE
32 Crushes, in a way : ACES
34 “I got it!” or “Blazing fastball!,” for example? : CATCH PHRASE
39 Stock option? : SOUP
40 Starring role : LEAD
42 Whack : SWAT
46 “A Death in the Family” writer James : AGEE
48 Container allowances on scales : TARES
50 Tally entered on a scoreboard? : HIT RECORD
52 Not suitable : INAPT
53 Sudden charge : ONRUSH
54 Racket : DIN
56 Rock & Roll HoF city : CLE
57 Perch : ROOST
58 Instructional video about getting under a tag? : SLIDE SHOW
61 Govt. security : T-NOTE
62 Obedience school lesson : HEEL
63 “Present!” : HERE!
64 Ribald nature spirit of Greek mythology : SATYR
65 “Relax” : EASY
66 “New-to-you,” perhaps : USED
DOWN
1 Storehouses : DEPOTS
2 Imposing structure : EDIFICE
3 Nutrient in citrus : VITAMIN C
4 Like 3-Down pills: Abbr. : OTC
5 Former frosh : SOPH
6 Melodic : ARIOSE
7 Opening : GAP
8 Brewpub brew : ALE
9 “The Perks of _ a Wallflower”: 2012 teen drama : BEING
10 Secluded spot : ALCOVE
11 Dugong, for one : SEA COW
12 Natural : INNATE
13 More recent : LATTER
18 Insects in the genus Vespa : HORNETS
22 Scornful expression : SNEER
24 Actress Chaplin : OONA
26 Spot for a bar code, often : WRAPPER
27 Hankering : ITCH
33 Cracker served with 39-Across : SALTINE
35 Whistle blower : COACH
36 “Les Misérables” novelist : HUGO
37 English actor Bean : SEAN
38 Maladies treated with drops : EARACHES
41 Strongly regret : DEPLORE
42 Gym bottoms : SHORTS
43 Ryder of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” : WINONA
44 Fundamentally : AT ROOT
45 Unlikely to be undependable : TRUSTY
47 Swirls of water : EDDIES
49 Like some tomatoes and prunes : STEWED
51 Organic compound : ESTER
55 Aimlessly : IDLY
58 Pop duo _ & Him : SHE
59 Thompson of “Back to the Future” : LEA
60 Moo __ pork : SHU
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