Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday March 2nd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Go from ice to water: MELT
5 Penn State rival: PITT
9 Church topper: SPIRE
14 Not stick around: BAIL
18 Old short film: ONE-REELER
20 Like an escaped balloon: ALOFT
21 “Free Willy” mammal: ORCA
22 “It’s so cold my fingers are going numb”: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
25 Conceptualism debate starter: IS IT ART
26 Cursed: DOOMED
27 Cattle markers: BRANDS
29 Polar bear platforms: FLOES
30 Piano key wood, traditionally: EBONY
32 Laugh half: HEE
33 Langley org.: CIA
34 Craving: YEN
35 “I love my new down comforter”: BLANKET STATEMENT
40 Period of time: SPELL
42 Really annoys: DEVILS
43 Creep: EDGE
44 Escort: SQUIRE
47 Beats by : DRE
50 Collapsible shelter: TENT
51 Tangy salad herb: CRESS
52 “You should have seen that game-winning throw”: PASSING COMMENT
55 S.F. and L.A. locale: CAL
56 Crème de la crème: A-TEAM
57 silence: RADIO
58 Soak (up): SOP
59 Starts of some logic problems: IFS
62 _ photography: still-life genre: TABLETOP
64 Business letters: LLC
66 Wine grape variety: CABERNET
68 Texter’s apology: SRY
69 Like sashimi: RAW
70 Ann , Michigan: ARBOR
72 Dye used in mehndi: HENNA
73 Josh: KID
74 “I only carry one if there’s more than a 50% chance of rain”: UMBRELLA POLICY
78 Big shot: NABOB
81 Court entry: PLEA
82 Jimmy Eat World genre: EMO
83 Rings around pupils: IRISES
84 “_ be great!”: IT’LL
85 Part of the largest ethnic minority in the U.S.: LATINO
87 Very thin: GAUNT
89 “Granite is best because it’s heat-resistant and easy to clean”: COUNTER ARGUMENTS
93 Half of hexa-: TRI-
96 WSW reversal: ENE
97 Urban scourge: RAT
98 Composer Maurice: RAVEL
99 Gray-faced: ASHEN
101 Some field day races: RELAYS
103 Peppermint __: PATTIE
106 Sticks: ADHERES
108 “Eve and I really wanted that apple”: FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE
111 “Got that, boss”: ON IT
112 Brother’s wife or wife’s brother: IN-LAW
113 Transfers legally: SIGNS OVER
114 Cincinnati players: REDS
115 Festoon: ADORN
116 Cookie one might twist to open: OREO
117 Robin’s home: NEST
DOWN
1 Alter: MODIFY
2 Maroon: ENISLE
3 Roman military group: LEGION
4 Overused: TRITE
5 Comice or Seckel: PEAR
6 Tattler’s refrain: I’LL TELL
7 Private eye: TEC
8 Trampled: TROD ON
9 Siberian dog breed: SAMOYED
10 Reddish purple hue: PLUM
11 “La Brea” actress Skye: IONE
12 Microchip initialism: RFID
13 “You know the rest,” briefly: ETC
14 Buddha’s meditation spot: BO TREE
15 Oratorio solo: ARIA
16 Words following a loss: I CONCEDE
17 Positions to stick after vaults: LANDINGS
19 Airport pickup figs.: ETAS
23 One living a life of prayer: MONK
24 Offers some bad advice?: ABETS
28 Quenches: SATES
31 Part of an Uncle Fester costume: BALD CAP
32 Stop: HALT
35 “Where have you ?”: BEEN
36 Spot for un béret: TETE
37 Cartoon reindeer: SVEN
38 Eyelash treatment: TINT
39 Reagle who was a special guest on a crossword episode of “The Simpsons”: MERL
40 Natural fiber in rugs and rope: SISAL
41 Steakhouse selection: PRIME RIB
44 Quarrels: SPATS
45 Saudi Arabia neighbor: QATAR
46 Important date: USE BY
48 Towel holder: ROD
49 Wakim of “SNL”: EMIL
51 Meeting point of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: CAPE HORN
53 “Oh, up!”: GROW
54 Wisdom tooth, e.g.: MOLAR
55 Kernel holder: COB
58 “Love Song” singer Bareilles: SARA
59 Civil rights leader Roy: INNIS
60 Ideal yard feature for pet owners: FENCE
61 Legal postponements: STAYS
63 Small amount: TAD
65 Indigenous Canadians: CREE
66 City on the Rhine: COLOGNE
67 Got going again, as a gas lamp: RELIT
71 Anti-racism gp.: BLM
73 66-Down, in German: KOLN
74 Cosmetics chain with beauty salons: ULTA
75 Golda of Israel: MEIR
76 Sound of a slamming door: BANG
77 Name of 12 popes: PIUS
78 More sympathetic: NICER
79 Right, as a wrong: ATONE FOR
80 Transit option to Boston’s Logan Airport: BLUE LINE
81 Hair band?: PART
85 “It’s the __ I can do”: LEAST
86 Play in which the Stage Manager is a character: OUR TOWN
88 On the loose: AT LARGE
90 Secret meetups: TRYSTS
91 Common street name: MAIN
92 “Nevertheless… “: EVEN SO
93 Not just survive: THRIVE
94 Actor Keanu: REEVES
95 Magazine addition: INSERT
99 Exclamations of understanding: AHAS
100 Determined to have: SET ON
102 Like the Namib: ARID
103 Await settlement: PEND
104 Folk singer Guthrie: ARLO
105 Peter the Great or Nicholas II: TSAR
107 Spy film starring Sean Connery: DR NO
109 Actress Zadora: PIA
110 Affectation: AIR
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