Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday March 8th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Lorry driver, often: BRIT
5 Hoops: B-BALL
10 Like some meditation sessions: GUIDED
12 Went back and forth: ARGUED
14 Shaded colonnade: PERGOLA
15 “Star Trek” empath Troi: DEANNA
16 A lot for parents to manage?: STROLLER PARKING
19 One responsible for many of Starbuck’s orders: AHAB
20 Self-righteous expression: SMIRK
21 Super Monkey Ball maker: SEGA
22 Canvas bags: TOTES
24 Vast expanse: OCEAN
26 5-Across sight: NET
27 Familiar pattern?: TARTAN
29 -mo: SLO
30 III’s nickname: TRE
31 Salt: TAR
32 Duolingo students, e.g.: USERS
34 Ackbar’s oft-quoted “Return of the Jedi” line: IT’S A TRAP
38 Communications service with an AI assistant named Gemini: GMAIL
41 Stretches of concerts when the hits keep coming?: DRUM SOLOS
43 “Attack!”: SIC ‘EM
45 Old Italian coins: LIRE
46 Be successful in: WIN AT
48 Mother of Apollo and Artemis: LETO
49 Main : EVENT
51 Israeli airline: EL AL
53 Toned: FIT
54 Danced to “Last Dance,” perhaps: DISCOED
57 Freshwater salamander native to Mexico’s Lake Xochimilco: AXOLOTL
59 Not going anywhere, perhaps: AT HOME
60 “Rhythm of the Night” R&B group: DEBARGE
61 Gino’s competitor: UNO’S
62 Spot commodity?: DOG TOY
DOWN
1 Cheese from the Puglia region of Italy: BURRATA
2 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who founded Guatemala’s first Indigenous political party: RIGOBERTA MENCHU
3 Hot star: IDOL
4 Giveaways: TELLS
5 Ink smear?: BAD PRESS
6 Stage whisper?: BREAK A LEG
7 Ingredient in the Japanese confection yokan: AGAR
8 Meatheads: LUNKS
9 Permissive: LENIENT
10 Near, in a way: GET HOT
11 Matt’s “House of the Dragon” role: DAEMON
13 Pitfall: DANGER
14 Exam for jrs.: PSAT
17 Pro wrestler Flair: RIC
18 Horse track structure: GATE
23 Econ course: STATS
25 The usual fare: NORMS
28 Straight shooter?: ARROW
32 Barely ahead: UP ONE
33 Go over seas: SAIL
34 Sat in park: IDLED
35 Minutiae: TRIVIA
36 Most steady: SUREST
37 USWNT great Krieger: ALI
39 Base camp for a snowball fight: ICE FORT
40 “I need you to stop bringing this up”: LET IT GO
42 Larb, for one: SALAD
44 _ Crüe: MOTLEY
47 Demanded much of: TAXED
50 Dora or Daffy: TOON
52 University of New Mexico athlete: LOBO
55 All Time Low genre: EMO
56 _ Moines: DES
58 Fall behind: LAG
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