Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday February 9th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Taj Mahal locale : AGRA
5 The Bee Gees brothers : GIBBS
10 10% church offering : TITHE
15 Proper partner : PRIM
19 Prepare, as water for tea : BOIL
20 Zhou of China : ENLAI
21 Ventricles’ counterparts : ATRIA
22 40th anniversary gem : RUBY
23 Destroying personal chicken pens? : BUSTING ONE’S COOPS
26 Polish language? : EDIT
27 Classical theater : ODEON
28 Storybook baddie : OGRE
29 Mechanic’s job : LUBE
30 Get-together, casually : SESH
31 Import tax : TARIFF
33 Reduced to mush : PUREED
35 Inning sextet : OUTS
37 Terrible fate : DOOM
39 Spilling a drink or double-dipping chips? : PARTY OOPS
41 Raven’s cry : CAW
44 Impudence : SASS
47 Snake in the grass : RAT
49 Like some stories : SHORT
50 Island farewell : ALOHA
52 “Mayfair Witches” network : AMC
53 Like a pug’s tail : CURLED
56 Assent, in Paris : OUI
57 Hawkish : PRO-WAR
58 Exuberant support for Polo? : MARCO MADNESS
61 Copa del Rey cheer : OLE
63 Soccer icon Wambach : ABBY
64 Shave sheep : SHEAR
65 Internet rabble-rouser : TROLL
66 Abruptly stops daydreaming : SNAPS TO
68 Running time : LENGTH
70 Nabe where one might find tteokbokki : K-TOWN
72 Alcohol in windshield wiper fluid : METHYL
74 Kenyan capital : NAIROBI
76 Mountain, in Hawaiian : MAUNA
78 Make slicker, in a way : RE-OIL
80 The Beatles’ “Back in the ” : USSR
82 “Discreet Music” artist Brian : ENO
83 Attendee at an orca training center? : POD CANDIDATE
85 skirt : POODLE
87 High-tech FX : CGI
89 Baggage handler : SKYCAP
90 “_ in the Bed”: classic counting rhyme : TEN
91 Large deer : MOOSE
92 Alaska’s 365 million : ACRES
94 Sashimi fish : AHI
95 “Hey, c’mere!” : PSST
96 Foraging insect : ANT
97 Cold comfort for a YouTuber? : VIDEO COAT
101 Salt Lake County ski resort : ALTA
103 Quick-with-a-joke types : WITS
104 Pickleball point starters : SERVES
106 Swung up and down : YO-YOED
110 Flip-flop, e.g. : SHOE
113 Common blood type, briefly : A-POS
115 Per person : EACH
116 Yoda’s power, with “the” : FORCE
117 Prepare for takeoff? : TAXI
118 Relishing every bite of a fluffy French dessert? : LOST IN THE SOUFFLE
122 _ so slightly : EVER
123 “OK, we’re doing this!” : IT’S ON
124 Turner of “Rivals” : AIDAN
125 Fuel fire suppressant : FOAM
126 Darn, say : MEND
127 Seated twist, e.g. : ASANA
128 “Don’t play” symbols : RESTS
129 Hardens : SETS
DOWN
1 Man on a mission? : ABBOT
2 Mild yellow cheese : GOUDA
3 Choir platform : RISER
4 Tin mints : ALTOIDS
5 Next-_ hardware : GEN 6 Gerund suffix : -ING 7 _ single : BLOOP
8 First-rate, as a job : BANG-UP
9 Romeo follower : SIERRA
10 Tic–toe : TAC 11 “See!?” : I TOLD YOU
12 Slacks, slangily : TROU
13 Half a pair of waders : HIP BOOT
14 Relax : EASE UP
15 Media coverage : PRESS
16 “The disrespect!” : RUDE
17 Bird with a curved bill : IBIS
18 Prometheus, for one : MYTH
24 Dirt, so to speak : INFO
25 Future readers : SEERS
32 Message board : FORUM
34 Community spirit : ETHOS
36 Pre-1917 autocrat : TSAR
38 Race named for a Greek battle : MARATHON
40 Constellation containing Betelgeuse and Rigel : ORION
41 Grain for one who eats like a horse? : COWBOY OATS
42 Starbuck’s boss : AHAB
43 Cautious (of) : WARY
44 Club : SAM’S
45 Menotti’s shepherd boy : AMAHL
46 Dirty film at a movie theater? : SCREEN SOOT
48 Letters before a recap : TL;DR
51 Really hated : LOATHED
53 Welsh herding dog : CORGI
54 Mushroom in bulgogi hot pot : ENOKI
55 Muscle used in lateral raises : DELT
57 Cacio e : pasta dish : PEPE
59 Baseless rumors : CANARDS
60 Replay effect : SLO-MO
62 Don Quixote’s home : LA MANCHA
66 Moved stealthily : SNUCK
67 Take it all off : STRIP
69 Grove growth : TREE
71 Rolls of bills : WADS
73 Lo-cal brews : LITES
75 Lawn bowling game : BOCCE
77 Dasani competitor : NAYA
79 Time to give up? : LENT
80 South Indian semolina porridge : UPMA
81 Any day now : SOON
83 King or queen, in chess : PIECE
84 Newspaper : DAILY
86 Jeans pioneer Strauss : LEVI
88 2,240 pounds : GROSS TON
92 Super Bowl commercials, e.g. : AD SPOTS
93 Existentialist Kierkegaard : SOREN
95 Bribes : PAYOFFS
98 Torino locale : ITALIA
99 Incarnation of Shiva : AVATAR
100 Gadget enthusiast : TECHIE
102 Vegan protein : TOFU
103 Bizarro : WEIRD
105 Storage sites : SHEDS
107 “Friend ?” : OR FOE
108 Brilliant display : ECLAT
109 Considers to be : DEEMS
110 Originate (from) : STEM
111 “_ a nice day!” : HAVE 112 Farm workers : OXEN 114 Peak in Thessaly : OSSA 119 Cookbook writer Garten : INA 120 Warmed the bench : SAT 121 Iron-_: heat-activated patches : ONS
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