Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 23rd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Low growth : TOENAIL
8 Green party? : NEWB
12 Shared loads? : INTERNET FAMOUS
16 Game that’s over in the blink of an eye : STARING CONTEST
17 Bit of sign language? : OLDE
18 Moves quickly? : RELOS
19 Made a lap : SAT
21 Small plates of fish : SCALES
23 Argentine “other” : OTRO
24 “Watch this space” letters : TBA
27 Oscar nominee Gladstone : LILY
28 Penchant : KNACK
29 Go badly? : TRESPASS
31 Fume : SEETHE
32 Fried fish at the Minnesota State Fair : WALLEYE
33 Long-haired cat breed : PERSIAN
34 Minor keys? : ISLETS
35 Curry and others : WARRIORS
36 Bob Marley’s “__ Little Birds” : THREE
37 Macro type : CARB
38 Medical discipline with a five-year residency, for short : ENT
39 Round in a poker tournament : CHIP
40 Tandoori flatbread : LAVASH
42 Lady bird : HEN
43 Classic rock singer : SIREN
44 Literature Nobelist Tokarczuk : OLGA
48 Not too dirty : AGE APPROPRIATE
52 Paperwork to let someone go : PERMISSION SLIP
53 Hungrily rummage through : RAID
54 Class with a mean teacher? : AP STATS
DOWN
1 “Verily!” : ‘TIS
2 Atop : ONTO
3 Name-dropping abbr. : ET AL
4 Bite on a rope or cluster : NERD
5 First sign of spring : ARIES
6 Holiday __ : INN
7 Pilates movement : LEG RAISE
8 Some models with click wheels : NANOS
9 AED experts : EMTS
10 Rhyme of “Romeo” in the last couplet of “Romeo and Juliet” : WOE
11 Peter Pan’s destination : BUS STATION
13 Immune system components : T CELLS
14 Matt who lived in a van down by the river on “SNL” : FOLEY
15 Picture with a lot of space : STAR CHART
20 Arcade handful : TOKENS
22 They’re fired before being sent home : CLAYS
23 Pajama Day attire : ONESIE
24 What a load of junk! : TRASH HEAP
25 Salvation Army volunteer : BELLRINGER
26 Out : ASLEEP
28 Australian model Miranda : KERR
29 Justin.tv successor : TWITCH
30 “Mayor ”: national politics moniker : PETE
31 Balkan natives : SERBS
33 “Beau Is Afraid” theme : PARANOIA
35 Has second thoughts : WAVERS
37 Moans and groans : CARPS
40 Oily compound : LIPID
41 Animal butters? : HORNS
43 Indigenous people known for reindeer herding : SAMI
45 Bullet train? : LIST
46 Blowout : GALA
47 Grinding along : AT IT
49 New : cap brand : ERA
50 Start to show : POP
51 Short records, for short : EPS
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