Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday April 27th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Mideast title : EMIR
5 Upset with : MAD AT
10 Heeded a wake-up call : AROSE
15 Stratford–Avon : UPON
19 Top-left Battleship coordinate : A-ONE
20 Saunter : AMBLE
21 Required amount : QUOTA
22 Actor Liu : SIMU
23 Brand of smart TVs : ROKU
24 Neon and xenon : GASES
25 Wedding attendant : USHER
26 Protective wound cover : SCAB
27 Refutes : DENIES
29 Turn to face the pitcher : AT BAT
31 Captivate : ENAMOR
33 Brake parts : DISCS
34 Like a chimney : SOOTY
35 Rice : PILAF
36 Melodic composition : ARIOSO
38 “As if!” : YOU WISH!
40 Stable sounds : NEIGHS
43 Musician Sean Ono __ : LENNON
44 Key for special characters : ALT
45 Spy org. : CIA
46 Good-natured : GENIAL
47 See 17-Down : EPPS
48 NorCal law force, for short : SFPD
50 Air carrier : DUCT
52 Writer Wiesel : ELIE
53 Boomer follower : XER
54 College treasurer : BURSAR
56 “You !”: “Indeed!” : BETCHA
58 M.A. seeker’s hurdle : GRE
59 Song often played at Dodger Stadium : I LOVE LA
61 Quivered : SHOOK
63 A quarter after five of : TEN PAST
65 Thief count in the Ali Baba folktale : FORTY
66 Country singer Clark : TERRI
67 Sound for imitating a car : VROOM
68 “I’m baffled!” : NO IDEA
70 Cockney or Geordie : DIALECT
72 Most unusual : ODDEST
75 European peninsula : BALKAN
76 Brief chats? : IMS
77 Hit the slopes : SKI
78 Iran, formerly : PERSIA
79 Carpeting calculation : AREA
80 Bonsai, e.g. : TREE
82 Wise : SAGE
84 Melville captain : AHAB
85 “Mi es su ” : CASA
87 American acquisition : TWA
90 “Just wait !” : A SEC
92 Trades jabs : SPARS
95 1980s perm style : JHERI CURL
100 Greek moralist : AESOP
104 Bluefin and albacore : TUNAS
105 With 108-Across, instruction given to a barber, or how the answers to the starred clues were literally formed : A LITTLE
106 -Roman architecture : GRECO
107 By oneself : ALONE
108 See 105-Across : OFF THE TOP
110 J.D. seekers’ hurdles : LSATS
111 Tire abbreviation : PSI
112 Bit of henna art : TATTOO
114 Two-rod antenna : DIPOLE
116 Brain : 2024 Oxford Word of the Year : ROT
117 Spy-fi novelist Deighton : LEN
118 Sprinkled : STREWN
119 Brunch option : OMELET
120 PC’s “brain” : CPU
121 Garage fig. : EST
122 Soup server : LADLE
123 iPods that replaced Minis : NANOS
124 In vogue : HIP
DOWN
1 The “E” of ENT : EAR
2 Determining factor in playlist selection, perhaps : MOOD
3 *Body art of a beloved’s silhouette? : INKED-IN PROFILE
4 Homecoming events : REUNIONS
5 *Advisors on robe or wand selection? : MAGE CONSULTANTS
6 Gather : AMASS
7 Safeties in the NFL, briefly : DBS
8 *Beer that belongs in a museum? : ALE AS OLD AS TIME
9 Do a trial run on : TEST OUT
10 Like some Summer Olympics events : AQUATIC
11 *Faithful helpers who are less helpful after some time off? : RUSTY SIDEKICKS
12 “Amazing!” : OOH
13 Like some black diamond runs : STEEP
14 *Practicing to be worthy of elite double Dutch equipment? : EARNING THE ROPES
15 Ship in 1898 news : USS MAINE
16 *Sumerian king’s image? : PIC OF GILGAMESH
17 With 47-Across, “House” actor : OMAR
18 Well-used pencil : NUB
28 “That _ true!” : IS SO
30 Stern’s counterpart : BOW
32 Downwind : ALEE
36 1990s soccer star Lalas : ALEXI
37 Ward off : REPEL
38 Prattles on : YAPS
39 _ monde: fashionable society : HAUT
41 Some forensic evidence : HAIRS
42 Icy rain : SLEET
49 Skirmish : FRAY
51 Security letters : CCTV
54 Kentucky college : BEREA
55 Emu kin : RHEAS
56 Fails to hold, in a way : BORES
57 Battery bit : ANODE
60 Drink also known as a Cape Cod : VODKA CRAN
62 68-Down team in Fla. : ORL
64 “Star Wars” sporting vehicles : PODRACERS
68 Org. for Suns and Rockets : NBA
69 Rowing blade : OAR
70 Half of a craps pair : DIE
71 Madre’s hermana : TIA
73 “Elastic Heart” singer : SIA
74 Bygone soda in pink cans : TAB
81 TV friend of Sheldon : RAJ
83 “Red Notice” actress Gadot : GAL
86 Favorable qualities : ASSETS
87 Musical interval also called “the devil’s interval” : TRITONE
88 Accompanied by : WITH
89 Pursued, as a tip : ACTED ON
91 Bald baby? : EAGLET
92 Basic need : STAPLE
93 Throbs : PULSES
94 Consecrate : ANOINT
96 Furnished with a handle : HAFTED
97 Small nocturnal bird of prey : ELF OWL
98 Final syllable : ULTIMA
99 Investigate anew, as a cold case : REOPEN
101 Look online : SEARCH
102 Ink squirters : OCTOPI
103 Prepare for a pass, in basketball : POST UP
108 Other, in Spanish : OTRA
109 Sport with horses : POLO
113 Delta HQ : ATL
115 “__ Misérables” : LES
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