Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday April 26th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Opening remark? : IT’S A START
10 Discussion topic for Oscar buffs : SNUBS
15 Green energy source? : MATCHA TEA
16 Colorful discovery on some Egyptian mummies : HENNA
17 Some bespoke accessories : STATEMENT PIECES
19 Sound from a La-Z-Boy, perhaps : SNORE
20 Authority figures? : TOP DOGS
21 Beats by _ : DRE
22 Subs : FILLS IN
24 Ergo : THUS
26 Patron saint of lost causes : JUDE
27 Diner fare : HASH
29 Alley-_ : OOP
30 Bumper sticker word : HONK
31 Twisted part of an Impala? : GAS CAP
33 Unionized? : MARRIED
35 Lap top covers : NAPKINS
36 Curling devices : BROOMS
37 Mesh : JIBE
38 Greenlights : OKS
39 Legislative body reestablished after the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis : DUMA
40 Ballpark figures : OUTS
41 Wind blast : GUST
42 Natural skills : TALENTS
44 Provisos : IFS
45 Craft that may utilize old phonograph records : SPIN ART
47 Elitists : SNOBS
49 Blissful stretch before reality sets in : HONEYMOON PERIOD
53 Genre for composer Terence Blanchard : OPERA
54 Fights before the big fight : UNDERCARD
55 South Asian crepes : DOSAS
56 Exams that require passing : ROAD TESTS
DOWN
1 Slack lines, for short? : IMS
2 Superficial art? : TATS
3 Sets of bits : STAND-UP ROUTINES
4 Reel people : ACTORS
5 Hite whose major work is subtitled “A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality” : SHERE
6 Lacking bite : TAME
7 Had a bite : ATE
8 Driver role : REN
9 Talk : TATTLE
10 Orderly : SHIPSHAPE
11 Question about a question : NEED I ASK?
12 Internal force? : UNCONSCIOUS BIAS
13 Rare blood type, for short : B-NEG
14 Lip : SASS
18 Party person : POL
22 Share holder with shareholders : FUND
23 “Beats me,” in a text : IDK
24 The Taj Mahal, for one : TOMB
25 More than collect : HOARD
26 Fellas : JOES
28 Youngest recipient of AFI’s Life Achievement Award : HANKS
30 High points of a trip to Asia : HIMALAYAS
31 Jabbers : GABS
32 Sibilant summons : PSST
34 When I was one? : ROMAN ERA
35 Small criticisms : NITS
37 Project : JUT
40 Like Taylor Swift for most of 2023 and 2024 : ON TOUR
41 Liftoff sensation : G-FORCE
43 Sound of hesitation : ERM
44 Sluggish : INERT
45 Not barefoot : SHOD
46 Five-O : PO-PO
47 Zipped : SPED
48 Type : SORT
50 “Imagine” co-producer : ONO
51 Doc in some severance packages : NDA
52 Deg. for one who faces oral exams : DDS
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