Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday March 31st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Cupid” singer Cooke : SAM
4 Sulk : MOPE
8 FDR’s middle name : DELANO
14 Boozy brew : ALE
15 Not quite right : AWRY
16 Thought out loud : OPINED
17 Word of denial : NOT
18 Lotion additive : ALOE
19 Required : NEEDED
20 “I’d like something that won’t rust, something … ” : CHROME-PLATED
23 Brush target : HAIR
24 Vette alternative : T-BIRD
25 Game show prize, maybe : TRIP
29 Crotchety Muppet : OSCAR
31 “I’d like a lawn mower and maybe some … ” : EDGE TOOLS
33 Sense of diplomacy : TACT
35 Fútbol cheer : OLE
36 Reggae kin : SKA
37 Texas border city : LAREDO
40 Bring to a stop : ARREST
42 Nest egg letters : IRA
43 Megaplex chain : AMC
45 Brontë governess : EYRE
46 “I’d like sun protection in the Serengeti, such as a … ” : SAFARI HAT
49 Approvals : YESES
53 Sketch out : PLAN
54 Referenced : CITED
56 Modernist with a memorable mustache : DALI
57 “Only window shopping,” and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, or 46-Across : JUST BROWSING
60 Spanish 4-Down : SENORA
63 “One True Thing” novelist Quindlen : ANNA
64 __ and tonic : GIN
65 Malign, as a reputation : IMPUGN
66 Soaks up the sun : TANS
67 Binary code digit : ONE
68 Hospital caregivers : NURSES
69 Thwack : SLAP
70 Quietly agree : NOD
DOWN
1 Panza of “Don Quixote” : SANCHO
2 Kona greetings : ALOHAS
3 Like milligrams and milliliters : METRIC
4 Title said with the tip of a hat, perhaps : MA’AM
5 Tiny hooter : OWLET
6 Side wager on a sporting event, informally : PROP BET
7 Blinking body part : EYELID
8 Infomercial exhortation : DON’T DELAY
9 Dueler’s implement : EPEE
10 Wasn’t honest with : LIED TO
11 “Your point is?” : AND
12 Coretta King, _ Scott : NEE
13 Like 2025 : ODD
21 Deliver a speech : ORATE
22 Mythological ship : ARGO
26 Valentine’s Day flower : ROSE
27 Kinds : ILKS
28 Princeton Review subj. : PSAT
30 Plane tracker : RADAR
32 Name of two Monty Python members : TERRY
34 Unserious typeface : COMIC SANS
37 Speech imperfection : LISP
38 North _ Sea: Asian lake : ARAL
39 14-time French Open winner, to fans : RAFA
41 Bassoon essentials : REEDS
44 Voucher : CHIT
45 Lasting forever : ETERNAL
47 Green-skinned pears : ANJOUS
48 Chances for a hit : AT BATS
50 “Miss __”: Broadway musical set in Vietnam : SAIGON
51 Periodic Pacific current : EL NINO
52 Like a finalized contract : SIGNED
55 “Queen of Disco” Summer : DONNA
58 Beseech : URGE
59 Stinging bug : WASP
60 Sloth or greed : SIN
61 Ostrich kin : EMU
62 “Morning Edition” airer : NPR
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