Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday May 4th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Subwoofer output : BASS
5 Salsa partner on a dip platter, casually : GUAC
9 Pasta _ Norma : ALLA
13 The Beyhive, e.g. : FANDOM
19 Spark : IDEA
20 Fully aware of : ONTO
21 Tusked hog : BOAR
22 Like Chamonix : ALPINE
23 *Old-fashioned establishment? : COCKTAIL LOUNGE
26 Features of New York’s Guggenheim museum : CURVES
27 Roller coaster material : STEEL
28 Behind schedule : LATE
29 [Cough cough] : AHEM
31 Self or sheep suffix : -ISH
32 Smoked beef cuts : BRISKETS
35 Writers with star power? : CRITICS
37 *Measurement unit on some graph-ruled paper : SQUARE INCH
40 Water cooler sound : GLUG
41 “You rock!,” facetiously : NO ICE
44 Rush : HURRY
45 D.C. pro : NAT
46 *Commodity sold in board-feet : ROUGH LUMBER
48 Memoji platform : IOS
49 -12: athletic org. : PAC
50 “ Maria” : AVE
51 Staunton of “The Crown” : IMELDA
52 *Charge up? : PRICE HIKE
56 Blueprint : DESIGN
59 Dates : SEES
60 Travel plaza fuel supplier : SUNOCO
61 Villain’s hideout : LAIR
63 Japanese camera brand : NIKON
65 Org.-wide message : MEMO
66 *Annual upriver migration : SALMON RUN
69 Kitten cries : MEWS
72 Small sound : INLET
74 “American Fiction” actress Rae : ISSA
75 “Sure, that totally sounds credible” : YEAH OK
77 “Shoot to Thrill” band : AC/DC
80 Polar dome : ICE CAP
82 *Group nearly eradicated in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” : HUMAN RACE
85 Carving tool : CHISEL
87 “Last Week Tonight” network : HBO
88 Articulate : SAY
89 Solder element : TIN
90 *What may hang by a thread? : HEXAGON BOLT
93 Prevail : WIN
94 Like slow lorises and snow leopards : ASIAN
96 Knicks legend Patrick : EWING
97 Like some wine : OAKY
98 *Invasive species that may be spotted in the garden? : LANTERNFLY
100 Crux : ESSENCE
102 Plovdiv’s country : BULGARIA
103 Buffalo Bills gp. : AFC
105 Out of control : AMOK
106 “You” actor Badgley : PENN
107 Email option : REPLY
110 Muss : TOUSLE
112 Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues : BRING UP TO SPEED
117 Single word on its own line, in typesetting : ORPHAN
118 “If it _ broke … ” : AIN’T
119 Subscription level : TIER
120 At any point : EVER
121 “Kinda weird … ” : IT’S ODD
122 “Sky Landing” artist Ono : YOKO
123 Salty septet : SEAS
124 Ceremony : RITE
DOWN
1 Pen brand : BIC
2 Big bothers : ADOS
3 Religious subgroup : SECT
4 Place to sample Dassai : SAKE BAR
5 Net asset? : GOALIE
6 College, abroad : UNI
7 Falcons city, briefly : ATL
8 Gather : COLLECT
9 Borders : ABUTS
10 Unaccompanied : LONE
11 Twitch streamer’s headache : LAG
12 Throw on the floor : AREA RUG
13 Jewel side : FACET
14 Lightweight metal : ALUMINUM
15 “Code Switch” network : NPR
16 Capable of an even split : DIVISIBLE
17 Vending machine bills : ONES
18 Mosquito net fabric : MESH
24 “Fresh Air” host Gross : TERRY
25 Pledge : OATH
30 Lofty : HIGH
33 Egyptian peninsula : SINAI
34 Natural talent : KNACK
35 Puzzle hints : CLUES
36 Approaches : COMES NEAR
37 Impossibly bottled objects : SHIPS
38 Minimum needed for action : QUORUM
39 Bearlike : URSINE
40 Serves the people : GOVERNS
42 Formally yield : CEDE
43 Notable periods : ERAS
46 Ad with a jingle, maybe : RADIO SPOT
47 Connection : LINK
49 Vietnamese beef noodle soup : PHO
53 Creative type? : COMIC SANS
54 B-school course : ECON
55 Tail end? : ELL
57 Shiba _ : INU
58 Martini ingredient : GIN
62 Not unkindly : AMIABLY
64 Portent : OMEN
66 Length of 24 film frames, briefly : SEC
67 Gobbled up : ATE
68 Repeated syllable in Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” : RAH
70 “Let’s say … ” : WHAT IF
71 Gregarious : SOCIAL
73 Stitch’s friend : LILO
75 “Woot woot!” : YAY
76 “Footloose” singer Loggins : KENNY
77 Yearning : ACHE
78 Think (on) : CHEW
79 Lemonade stand stackers : DIXIE CUPS
81 Blow it under pressure : CHOKE
83 Implementing : USING
84 Big-brained ray : MANTA
86 Deli sandwich filling : EGG SALAD
91 Wearing white to a wedding, e.g. : NO-NO
92 Ritzy Boston neighborhood : BACK BAY
93 Carrot cake additions : WALNUTS
94 Latin for “ram” : ARIES
95 Fish often served whole : SNAPPER
98 Organ in the chest cavity : LUNG
99 Blunders and bobbles : ERRORS
101 Fix, as syntax : EMEND
102 Lunch box with compartments : BENTO
103 Yours, in French : A TOI
104 Cozy blanket structure : FORT
106 “_ Pony Club”: Chappell Roan hit : PINK
108 22nd U.S. vice president Morton : LEVI
109 Throw, slangily : YEET
111 “Fellow Travelers” airer, for short : SHO
113 Carnival city : RIO
114 Dessert with a crust : PIE
115 Rooibos, for one : TEA
116 Hip-hop pioneer Dr. __ : DRE
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