Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 30th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Rash reaction? : ITCH
5 Pool float : RAFT
9 Tune in : WATCH
14 Branch of Islam : SHIA
15 Santa : California winds : ANAS
16 “Here for you” : I CARE
17 Designation for who or what, perhaps : LEADING QUESTION
20 Couple of dollars? : ELS
21 Chapel vow : I DO
22 Cosmetics brand with a So Fierce! collection : REVLON
23 Designation for tri-tip or flap steak, perhaps : TOP SIRLOIN
27 Reel Big Fish genre : SKA
28 Eye ailment : STYE
29 Fitting : APT
30 “Not all heroes wear ” : CAPES
32 Yellow __ : LAB
35 Potential auction winner : HIGH BID
37 Designation for “Unforgiven” or “Tombstone,” perhaps : BEST WESTERN
39 True to life : FACTUAL
40 “Big” and “Bang Bang” singer Rita : ORA
41 Minor tussle : SET-TO
42 Actress Zadora : PIA
44 “Curses!” : DRAT
48 Furry foot : PAW
49 Designation for mozzarella or cheddar, perhaps : GOAT CHEESE
52 Principal dancer in a ballet company : ETOILE
55 Hundred Acre Wood hopper : ROO
56 Beach bottle no. : SPF
57 Designation for Ticonderoga or Faber-Castell, perhaps : NUMBER ONE PENCIL
61 Tire out : DRAIN
62 Stand up : RISE
63 Second-most traded currency in the world : EURO
64 Asks (for) : SENDS
65 Basic sammies : BLTS
66 Frosh, probably : TEEN
DOWN
1 Bits of green in blue : ISLETS
2 Whole kit and caboodle : THE LOT
3 U.S. operative : CIA SPY
4 Possessed : HAD
5 Shore leave, informally : R AND R
6 Second-largest Portuguese-speaking country : ANGOLA
7 Page to check before contacting customer service : FAQ
8 Historically Black school in Houston, briefly : TSU
9 Sensible : WISE
10 When Miranda says, “O, brave new world / That has such people in ‘t!” : ACT V
11 Severe decline : TAILSPIN
12 Not on the up-and-up : CROOKED
13 Dyes used for some body art : HENNAS
18 XXX divided by X : III
19 Directional suffix : -ERN
24 Choose : SELECT
25 One of the two women in “Hamlet” : OPHELIA
26 Terse assurance : IT IS
30 “Strong Enough” diva : CHER
31 Rub the wrong way? : ABRADE
33 Regarding : AS TO
34 AC meas. : BTU
36 Classic Pontiac : GTO
37 Alter ego of DC’s Kate Kane : BATWOMAN
38 D.C. daily : WAPO
39 Spotlight : FEATURE
41 Forks out : SPENDS
43 Immobile : AT REST
45 Shelter adoptee : RESCUE
46 Set lofty goals : ASPIRE
47 Nonstick coating : TEFLON
49 Cologne’s land: Abbr. : GER
50 Gets by : COPES
51 Groundbreaking tool : HOE
53 As above, in a footnote: Abbr. : IBID
54 Perspective, metaphorically : LENS
58 Planet, e.g. : ORB
59 Love of another sport? : NIL
60 Basket part : NET
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