Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday March 17th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “A Star Is Born” star _ Gaga : LADY
5 Gas additive brand that’s a longtime NASCAR sponsor : STP
8 Blokes : CHAPS
13 Largest bone of the pelvis : ILIUM
15 Kanga’s kid : ROO
16 One of two on a 747 : AISLE
17 Hustler with a cue stick : POOL SHARK
19 Spot for a brooch : LAPEL
20 Tennis great Williams : SERENA
21 “Quiet on the !” : SET
23 Color named for a duck : TEAL
24 Hunting dogs with keen senses of smell : BLOODHOUNDS
27 Less likely to back down : FIERCER
31 Puts a name to : IDS
32 Hoped-for result of a brainstorming session : IDEA
33 Super Mario brother : LUIGI
36 Stately tree : ELM
39 Completely unexpected revelation : BOLT FROM THE BLUE
43 Sneaky : SLY
44 Allows to use temporarily : LENDS
45 Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
46 No longer fashionable : OUT
47 1960s TV role for Diana Rigg : MRS PEEL
50 Like chocolate with a high cacao percentage : BITTERSWEET
55 Textbook section : UNIT
56 “ la la!” : OOH
57 Philadelphia NFLers : EAGLES
62 Fixed prices : RATES
64 Molar, or a feature of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 50-Across : BACK TOOTH
66 Drum kit component : SNARE
67 “Mr. Blue Sky” gp. : ELO
68 _ Monica, California : SANTA
69 On edge : TENSE
70 Raspberry shade : RED
71 57-Across, for one : TEAM
DOWN
1 Kissing pair : LIPS
2 Sunburn soother : ALOE
3 Fashion’s Christian : DIOR
4 Christmas season : YULE
5 Spanish Mrs. : SRA
6 Upper body : TORSO
7 Jabbed : POKED
8 Orioles great Ripken : CAL
9 Temporary break : HIATUS
10 Colorado ski town : ASPEN
11 Beseech : PLEAD
12 Exchanges for cash : SELLS
14 Rachel Maddow’s network : MSNBC
18 In fine fettle : HALE
22 Quadriceps locale : THIGH
25 Synthetic fabric pioneered by DuPont : ORLON
26 “Garfield” dog : ODIE
27 Trivial lies : FIBS
28 Object of adoration : IDOL
29 Too wriggly to get hold of : EELY
30 Rodent in a subway tunnel : RAT
34 College Park sch. : UMD
35 “Who’s there?” reply : IT’S ME
36 French pronoun : ELLE
37 Olympics sled : LUGE
38 Lunch or brunch : MEAL
40 Chimney part : FLUE
41 Fashionable again : RETRO
42 Jazz style : BOP
46 Playful river mammals : OTTERS
48 Really stink : REEK
49 Data for a sports analyst : STATS
50 Sudden outbreak : BURST
51 Vapid : INANE
52 Pre-Olympian god of Greek mythology : TITAN
53 Temperate : SOBER
54 Mammal that feeds on krill : WHALE
58 One looking after the kids? : GOAT
59 One and only : LONE
60 “At Last” singer James : ETTA
61 Phony : SHAM
63 “What’d I tell ya?” : SEE?
65 Massachusetts cape named for a fish : COD
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