Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 18th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Like some histories : ORAL
5 Scents such as freshly baked bread and clean laundry : AROMAS
11 Cave mammal : BAT
14 Zilch : NONE
15 __ Creed: Mass recitation : NICENE
16 Flamenco cry : OLE
17 Avant-garde : CUTTING EDGE
19 Was victorious : WON
20 Live and breathe : EXIST
21 Feel under the weather : AIL
22 Cabin timber : PINE
23 Assets and liabilities statement : BALANCE SHEET
27 King Arthur’s realm : CAMELOT
30 Compete in a slalom : SKI
31 Alias letters : AKA
32 Dozes (off) : NODS
35 Archipelago unit : ISLET
39 Stylistic faux pas that puts an editor between a rock and a black sheep? : MIXING METAPHORS
43 Take potshots (at) : SNIPE
44 Repeated word in a Doris Day classic : SERA
45 Tear (apart) : RIP
46 Archer’s asset : AIM
48 Positives : UPSIDES
51 Illumination that sets a tone : MOOD LIGHTING
56 Storylines : ARCS
57 Salty expanse : SEA
58 Pirouetting, say : ON TOE
62 Tabby : CAT
63 List of top-scoring players, and what the start of 17-, 23-, 39-, or 51-Across could be called? : LEADERBOARD
66 Feasted on : ATE
67 Achieve fame : ARRIVE
68 Arancini ingredient : RICE
69 Sopping : WET
70 Organized workflow : SYSTEM
71 Flair : ELAN
DOWN
1 _ upon a time : ONCE
2 Gumbo thickener : ROUX
3 Against : ANTI
4 Doesn’t disturb : LETS BE
5 Rashida’s “Parks and Recreation” role : ANN
6 Fix, as a fight : RIG
7 Atlantic, for one : OCEAN
8 Soldier trained in first aid : MEDIC
9 “I teach geometry, so I know all the ”: math professor’s quip : ANGLES
10 Observe : SEE
11 “Starman” singer David : BOWIE
12 Unaccompanied : ALONE
13 Core belief : TENET
18 Lang. of Rome : ITAL
22 Run an email scam : PHISH
24 division : LONG
25 Molecule makeup : ATOMS
26 Pass over : SKIP
27 Zoom devices, familiarly : CAMS
28 Related (to) : AKIN
29 Ankle-length skirt : MAXI
33 Hollywood ending? : DEE
34 Confident stride : STRUT
36 “Bridgerton” title : LORD
37 Cleveland’s lake : ERIE
38 Baking amts. : TSPS
40 Apple tablets : IPADS
41 Singer Diamond : NEIL
42 Heritage celebrated in May, for short : AAPI
47 Great suffering : MISERY
49 Hoity-toity type : SNOB
50 Send to voicemail, perhaps : IGNORE
51 Colorful parrot : MACAW
52 Deliver a speech : ORATE
53 Chamber music configuration : OCTET
54 Bike parts : GEARS
55 “You’ve never _ so good” : HAD IT
59 Follow covertly : TAIL
60 Marine apex predator : ORCA
61 Idyllic place : EDEN
63 __ Vegas Aces : LAS
64 Night before : EVE
65 “Shiny Happy People” band : REM
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