Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday May 12th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 U.S. president who wrestled at Yale : TAFT
5 Reject : SPURN
10 “How does that _ you?” : GRAB
14 Beaut : LULU
15 Hebrew prophet : HOSEA
16 Traditional tales : LORE
17 “Nerts!” : DRAT
18 Go with the flow : ADAPT
19 “The Brutalist” actress Laird : EMMA
20 Not for children : RATED-R
22 “No problem!” : I SURE CAN
24 Paging device : BEEPER
26 Dee Dee of punk rock : RAMONE
27 Spike Lee’s employer: Abbr. : NYU
29 _ Bach: fictional “forgotten son” of classical music : PDQ
30 Droop : SAG
31 Mediocre, in Gen Z slang : MID
32 The “T” of SAT : TEST
34 Stole steers : RUSTLED
37 “So funny!” : HA HA
38 Lotus-_ : EATER
39 Shopping cart unit : ITEM
43 Fashion magazine that went digital-only in 2022 : INSTYLE
45 Home of Tulane University, for short : NOLA
46 Overwhelming feeling : AWE
49 “_ it or lose it” : USE
50 Winter hrs. in Las Cruces : MST
52 Domino dimple : PIP
53 Mock mercilessly : DERIDE
55 Unlace, say : LOOSEN
57 Bestowed upon : HANDED TO
59 Signify approval of, as a Reddit post : UPVOTE
62 Foil alternative : EPEE
63 Alma __ : MATER
65 Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
66 Stephanie’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” role : ROSA
67 San Diego State athlete : AZTEC
68 Six years for a U.S. senator, e.g. : TERM
69 Docs who perform tonsillectomies : ENTS
70 Disappointing turnout : NO ONE
71 Nile vipers : ASPS
DOWN
1 Abbr. before a summary : TL;DR
2 Mystical glow : AURA
3 *Neighborhood where the Brooklyn Dodgers played : FLATBUSH
4 Solo scholar : TUTEE
5 *ZZ Top hit with the lyric “Silk suit, black tie” : SHARP DRESSED MAN
6 Cacao container : POD
7 Old Pan Am rival : USAIR
8 Union agts. : REPS
9 *Soil, water, or wind, e.g. : NATURAL RESOURCE
10 Electric toothbrush brand : GLEEM
11 Date night flick : ROMCOM
12 Italian fashion house : ARMANI
13 Conked with a curveball : BEANED
21 Opp. of withdrawal : DEP
23 Fury : RAGE
25 Treat as the same : EQUATE
27 To the _ degree : NTH
28 Word of support : YEA
30 Patron of sailors : ST ELMO
33 Mai _: cocktail : TAI
35 Foul territory? : STY
36 Cacophony : DIN
40 Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues : TOP NOTES
41 Yale grad : ELI
42 Hiker’s graphic : MAP
44 Wearing nothing : NUDE
46 Stick fast : ADHERE
47 Clue category : WEAPON
48 Novelist Hemingway : ERNEST
51 Amt. that may be “heaping” : TSP
54 Mental flashes : IDEAS
55 State-run game : LOTTO
56 Patti LuPone role : EVITA
58 Brand with an Organic Blonde Tea Latte variety : TAZO
60 Rain delay cover : TARP
61 Colonnade trees : ELMS
64 Poetic nightfall : E’EN
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