Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 16th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Not shy about giving one’s opinion : VOCAL
6 Yogi demonstrations : ASANAS
12 NMSP qualifying exam : PSAT
16 Black Mission fruit : FIG
19 Thrifty alternative : ALAMO
20 Dynamite roll filler : SHRIMP
21 Dined at a table for one : ATE ALONE
23 Flight leader : PILOT
24 Perfect serve by Serena Williams? : POINT OF NO RETURN
26 Blow past one’s budget : OVERSPEND
28 Fulfill, as a promise : KEEP
29 Elation : GLEE
30 Scrap and start again : REDO
31 Anxiety-related med. condition : OCD
32 Paired fairly : EVEN
34 Pay rate : WAGE
37 Asset for Simone Biles during a beam routine? : OUTSTANDING BALANCE
43 Clip art? : BONSAI
45 Up to today : YET
46 “Plus others not listed” abbr. : ET AL
47 Singer/actress Rita : ORA
49 Functionality : UTILITY
51 Patrick Mahomes’s responsibilities on the football field? : SNAP DECISIONS
55 Collar insert : STAY
56 Spreads uncontrollably : RAGES
58 Attestation : OATH
59 Sheer skirt need : SLIP
60 Paul David Hewson’s stage name : BONO
61 “You’ve got mail” company : AOL
62 Intel employees? : SPIES
63 Lindsay Vonn’s secret to winning the super G? : GOING DOWNHILL FAST
70 “The Iron Claw” actor Zac : EFRON
72 Espouse : WED
73 Pork cut : LOIN
74 Give up : DROP
75 Ready and willing partner : ABLE
77 Hellspawn : DEMON
79 Crude content : SMUT
83 Makes like Richard Petty in a NASCAR race? : GETS UP TO SPEED
87 Eighth planet from the sun : NEPTUNE
89 Rough guess, for short : EST
90 Rests one’s feet : SITS
91 Infuriated : MAD
92 Hand in : SUBMIT
93 What the Reds had when Johnny Bench was behind the plate? : HOME SECURITY SYSTEM
99 Cheese with a red casing : EDAM
100 “His Dark Materials” actress Wilson : RUTH
101 Weed whacker? : HOE
102 Fissure : RIFT
105 Golden calf, e.g. : IDOL
108 Authors : PENS
110 Unexpected charge : HIDDEN FEE
112 What Rory McIlroy does to practice his golf swing? : TAKES A TEST DRIVE
117 “The Office” actor Wilson : RAINN
118 Crumbly topping : STREUSEL
119 Winner’s wreath : LAUREL
120 __-Roman wrestling : GRECO
121 Pro motion? : YEA
122 Profs’ degrees : PHDS
123 Fire remnants : EMBERS
124 More peculiar : ODDER
DOWN
1 Gaseous matter : VAPOR
2 Castelvetrano, for one : OLIVE
3 Poetic name of Scotland : CALEDONIA
4 With passion : AMOROUSLY
5 Parcels : LOTS
6 Facet : ASPECT
7 “Scandal” producer Rhimes : SHONDA
8 Like the McMurdo Dry Valleys : ARID
9 Writer Anaïs : NIN
10 Check no. : AMT
11 Verbalized : SPOKEN
12 French door piece : PANE
13 Clock app option : STOPWATCH
14 _ Lingus : AER
15 _ Bo: 1990s fitness fad : TAE
16 Rank : FOUL
17 Subject line? : IN RE
18 _ therapy : GENE
22 Three-star mil. rank : LT GEN
25 _ shui : FENG
27 Electron’s antiparticle : POSITRON
32 Pristine places : EDENS
33 Life, in Italy : VITA
35 Jai _ : ALAI
36 Some folks : GALS
38 Mai : cocktail : TAI
39 Big Board abbr. : NYSE
40 Vivid root vegetable : BEET
41 “Check your temper!” : COOL IT
42 Hudson of “Ghostbusters” : ERNIE
43 Crosstown transit option : BUS
44 Baseball great Mel : OTT
48 Nile reptiles : ASPS
50 Bowen of “Wicked” : YANG
52 Piglet’s pal : POOH
53 Surrealist painter of “The Elephants” : DALI
54 Cos. like Xfinity and Verizon : ISPS
57 Zeus, e.g. : GOD
60 Container : BIN
61 “One more thing” : AND
62 _ Antonio : SAN
63 Sea cave : GROTTO
64 “Didn’t mean to do that!” : OOPS
65 Rice University athletes : OWLS
66 Break down, in a way : WEEP
67 Generative AI tool : LLM
68 Bird on the Canadian dollar coin : LOON
69 Handled adroitly : FINESSED
70 Boundary : EDGE
71 Sassy : FRESH
75 Tried : ATTEMPTED
76 Pear variety : BOSC
77 Narrator of “The Book Thief” : DEATH
78 Current event? : EDDY
79 Barrel-wearing dog : ST BERNARD
80 Prepared for burial, as in ancient Egypt : MUMMIFIED
81 Sea urchin on a Japanese menu : UNI
82 Lunar New Year : TET
84 Cheaper, perhaps : USED
85 City on the Arno : PISA
86 Send out : EMIT
88 ” ‘er there!” : PUT
94 Disorderly fight : MELEE
95 Serve-yourself coffee holders : URNS
96 Cook (up) : RUSTLE
97 Shake with cold : SHIVER
98 Alpine sounds : YODELS
103 Yard separator : FENCE
104 Sax type : TENOR
105 Teeny-weeny : ITSY
106 Go out with : DATE
107 Stew-thickening pod : OKRA
109 Unadon fish : EELS
110 Take on : HIRE
111 “Logically, this means … ” : ERGO
113 “Yo!” : SUP!
114 Fire remnant : ASH
115 Flow stopper : DAM
116 “Ay, there’s the __” : RUB
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