Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday March 9th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Revue segments : ACTS
5 ID-checking org. : TSA
8 Italian tower city : PISA
12 Actresses Cheryl and Diane : LADDS
17 “Sweet Surrender” artist McLachlan : SARAH
19 Data, for Spiner : ROLE
21 Deity for whom Wednesday is named : ODIN
22 Half-birthday month for someone born in October : APRIL
23 -bouche : AMUSE
24 Toiling away : AT IT
25 Go blonder, perhaps : TINT
26 Puck’s eatery in Beverly Hills : SPAGO
27 Fluffy lapdog, familiarly : POM
28 Fashion accessory found in an ancient tomb? : ARCHAEOLOGICAL WIG
32 Anatomical roofs : PALATES
34 Whirs : HUMS
35 “Men in Black” characters : AGENTS
36 Got away quickly : FLED
38 Goopy mass : GOB
39 Scottish name prefix : MAC-
40 Dryer trap stuff : LINT
41 Awkward sorts who are into classic novels? : LITERARY DORKS
45 Glass on NPR : IRA
46 Tree “blood” : SAP
49 Of no value : USELESS
50 With 40-Down, “Honest” prez : ABE
51 “Deal _ Deal” : OR NO
53 “Thanks, I _ it” : HATE
54 Openly displayed : BARED
55 Cleverly funny : WRY
56 Actor Guinness : ALEC
57 Major vessel : AORTA
58 Loaded, as computer data : FED IN
61 Historic roads such as Route 66? : GOOD OLD WAYS
63 Big rig drivers : HAULERS
66 Cowboys quarterback Prescott : DAK
67 High rolls : ELEVENS
68 Penalty against the Bills? : BUFFALO DING
70 Nerve-wracking : TENSE
71 Record again : RELOG
72 Cold-smoked salmon : NOVA
73 Drive-thru device : ATM
74 Popadam dip : RAITA
79 Spacewalks, briefly : EVAS
80 Image shared in a group chat, perhaps : MEME
81 Not outgoing : SHY
82 Advanced univ. pursuit : POSTDOC
84 “i” requirement : DOT
85 Barn sound : MOO
86 Irrational urge to go to the moon? : SATELLITE WISH
89 Barn or sound : NOUN
90 “ Sam”: Seussian declaration : I AM
91 Colony member : ANT
92 Grayish : ASHY
93 Aft : ASTERN
96 Targets of some PETA protests : FURS
98 Acura compact : INTEGRA
100 Comment about a sweetheart who has to work incessantly? : NO REST FOR THE DEARY
103 LAL rivals : GSW
106 School level : GRADE
107 Smoothie berry : ACAI
108 H.G. Wells race : ELOI
109 Explorer Polo : MARCO
111 To this day : STILL
112 Not excited : CALM
113 _ Ration: pet food brand : KEN-L
114 Hurled weapon : SPEAR
115 Poe works : TALES
116 “Who _ knows this?” : ELSE
117 __ Plaines, Illinois : DES
118 Look after : TEND
DOWN
1 “Get a move on!” abbr. : ASAP
2 Mil. print : CAMO
3 Dizzy Gillespie, for one : TRUMPETER
4 Flier to Oslo : SAS
5 Deere products : TRACTORS
6 Big name in high-end auctions : SOTHEBY
7 Assumed identity : ALIAS
8 Dinner at which everyone does the dishes? : POTLUCK
9 Piece of cake, e.g. : IDIOM
10 Does karaoke : SINGS
11 Start to trust? : ANTI-
12 Layered pasta dish : LASAGNA
13 Small program : APPLET
14 Depicted with a crayon : DRAWN
15 Toe, for one : DIGIT
16 Exhausting treks : SLOGS
18 Make better : HEAL
20 Summer on the Loire : ETE
29 Classical sitar compositions : RAGAS
30 Airport on the L : O’HARE
31 North African capital : CAIRO
33 “30” vocalist : ADELE
36 Silly error : FLUB
37 Maggie Simpson’s sister : LISA
39 “-Dick”: Melville novel : MOBY
40 See 50-Across : LINCOLN
42 Warning sign : RED FLAG
43 “Oh, heck!” : DARN
44 Audition piece, often : SOLO
46 Kitchen wrap brand : SARAN
47 Firm partners, briefly : ATTYS
48 Pod residents : PEAS
52 Exchange, as a coupon : REDEEM
53 Gordie in the Hockey Hall of Fame : HOWE
55 Great leader’s trait : WISDOM
56 Just perfect : A-OK
57 Harmful : ADVERSE
59 Slippery critter : EEL
60 Talk and talk and talk : DRONE ON
61 Clown’s bit : GAG
62 “You’re what the French call incompétents”: “Home Alone” line : LES
63 Spanish egg : HUEVO
64 Key next to G : A-FLAT
65 Mysterious blips : UFOS
66 Genetic letters : DNA
68 -in-the-bone : BRED 69 St. : Cornwall town : IVES
70 Texter’s sign-off : TTYL
73 Attention-seeking sound : AHEM
75 Not just quarreling : AT WAR
76 “You’re wrong!” : I DISAGREE
77 Brit’s “Baloney!” : TOSH
78 Somewhat sore : ACHY
80 Everest or Etna : MOUNT
81 Secret supply : STASH
82 Mallard cousins with distinctive rear feathers : PINTAILS
83 Playful river mammal : OTTER
85 Tasty bits : MORSELS
87 Opportunity to talk : AIRTIME
88 Bowling area nearest the wall : LANE ONE
89 Pine tree feature : NEEDLE
93 Uneasy feeling : ANGST
94 In a way : SORTA
95 Hiker’s route : TRAIL
96 __ point : FOCAL
97 Eurasian range : URALS
98 Sat around : IDLED
99 Personal trainer employers : GYMS
101 Nose locale : FACE
102 “A mouse!” : EEK
104 Read a barcode : SCAN
105 Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle’s longest answers : WORD or W OR D
110 Perfectly suited : APT
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