Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 25th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pet rescue org. : ASPCA
6 Titled lady : DAME
10 “Dark Angel” actress Jessica : ALBA
14 Diamond weight : CARAT
15 Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Trebek : ALEX
16 “La vie en rose” singer Édith : PIAF
17 Justice Kagan of the Supreme Court : ELENA
18 Trace of smoke : WISP
19 Landlord’s income : RENT
20 Get down to brass tacks : LAY IT ON THE LINE
23 Sponsored spots : ADS
24 Motor homes, for short : RVS
25 Marina _ Rey, California : DEL
26 Debtor’s letters : IOU
27 Norse god of war : ODIN
29 Film studio with a roaring lion : MGM
32 Exhortation to someone building up to a tantrum : DON’T MAKE A SCENE
36 Podcast host Maron : MARC
37 Cooking spray brand : PAM
38 Actor Alda : ALAN
39 “Get it together!” : CLEAN UP YOUR ACT
44 Ray Bradbury’s “_ for Space” : S IS
45 Colony insects : ANTS
46 Frying vessel : PAN
47 “And so on” abbr. : ETC
48 Knock the socks off : WOW
49 German “Drat!” : ACH
52 “Join us for some fun!” : COME OUT AND PLAY
57 Tool most people are willing to part with? : COMB
58 TiVo forerunners : VCRS
59 Devour : EAT UP
60 Wine and __ : DINE
61 Panache : ELAN
62 Cropped up : AROSE
63 Reached base feet-first : SLID
64 Deeply absorbed : RAPT
65 Surgical beam : LASER
DOWN
1 Amtrak express train between Washington, D.C., and Boston : ACELA
2 Waldorf _ : SALAD
3 Hunts, with “on” : PREYS
4 “Pleeease?” : CAN I?
5 With some speed, to equestrians : AT A TROT
6 Daybreaks : DAWNS
7 Settled on a perch : ALIT
8 Breathable fabric : MESH
9 Travel-booking website : EXPEDIA
10 First full month of spring : APRIL
11 Property claim : LIEN
12 _ of one’s existence : BANE
13 Toward the stern : AFT
21 Egg cell : OVUM
22 Telescope glass : LENS
26 Quechua speaker : INCA
27 Signs off on : OKAYS
28 Expo presentation : DEMO
29 Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls : MEL C
30 Pesky insect : GNAT
31 Fellows : MEN
32 Surrealist Salvador : DALI
33 Miner’s quarry : ORES
34 Date with a doc : APPT
35 “Misery” co-star James : CAAN
36 Show hosts, informally : MCS
40 Kid-lit boy detective _ the Great : NATE
41 Remove a lid from : UNCOVER
42 Second word of many a fairy tale : UPON
43 Short end of the stick : RAW DEAL
47 Add to an email, as a GIF : EMBED
48 “I _ born yesterday!” : WASN’T
49 Voices above tenors : ALTOS
50 __ and effect : CAUSE
51 All keyed up : HYPER
52 Slinky’s shape : COIL
53 Bygone Dodge subcompact : OMNI
54 Home of the NCAA’s Bruins : UCLA
55 Lint collector : TRAP
56 Prefix with legal or normal : PARA-
57 Fixed-term bank accts. : CDS
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