Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday April 3rd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Drill sound : HUP
4 Basics : ABCS
8 Look up to : ADMIRE
14 Polish name? : OPI
15 Shut with attitude : SLAM
16 West African country : GUINEA
17 “Mulan” voice actress Ming-Na _ : WEN
18 Upstanding citizen? : HOMO ERECTUS
20 A pop : EACH
22 Unremarkable, in a way : NORMAL
23 Doc with an otoscope : ENT
24 Window to a simulated world : VR HEADSET
26 Muppet with a beloved rubber duckie : ERNIE
28 Hunter who goes after Bugs : ELMER
29 Motion picture pioneer : EDISON
30 White alternative : RYE
31 Small cave : GROTTO
36 Make concessions : BEND
37 Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do : JOIN HANDS
39 Trilling solo : ARIA
42 Appear to be : SEEM SO
43 “Get a room!” elicitor, for short : PDA
46 “For your viewing pleasure” brand : VISINE
48 How fries are fried : IN OIL
50 French school : ECOLE
51 Pickle : TIGHT SPOT
55 Power _ : NAP
56 Play a flute : TOOTLE
58 Nestlé bar with a bubbly texture : AERO
59 Increase that might be documented on a door frame : GROWTH SPURT
62 -been : HAS
63 Water whirls : EDDIES
64 Country star McEntire : REBA
65 Reddit’s Q&A : AMA
66 Square dance call : DO-SI-DO
67 buco : OSSO
68 Receipt line : TAX
DOWN
1 Transition word : HOWEVER
2 Ready to greet the sun, perhaps : UP EARLY
3 “Am I dreaming?” : PINCH ME
4 Light hair color : ASH
5 Light hair color : BLOND
6 Prints such as U.S. Woodland, familiarly : CAMOS
7 Campfire treat : S’MORE
8 Uttar Pradesh tourist site : AGRA
9 Faced off with swords : DUELED
10 Hot _ : MIC
11 Hot : INTENSE
12 Nostalgic get-together : REUNION
13 London setting of “Call the Midwife” : EAST END
19 CPR giver, often : EMT
21 Giggle syllable : HEE
25 Ship of Greek myth : ARGO
27 Kids : RIBS
29 Ages and ages : EONS
32 Swell : RISE
33 See 34-Down : ONE
34 With 33-Down, soulmate : THE
35 Highland cap : TAM
37 “Just Visiting” Monopoly square : JAIL
38 “Proceed” : DO IT
39 Settled, as a score : AVENGED
40 “I Love Lucy” surname : RICARDO
41 Tiny crustaceans : ISOPODS
43 Mitre, informally : POPE HAT
44 Historical miniature : DIORAMA
45 Jazz combo instrument : ALTO SAX
47 Made : NETTED
49 Government org. that employs many mathematicians : NSA
51 Lean-_ : TOS
52 Genius at the Apple Store, e.g. : IT PRO
53 Sticks : GLUES
54 Thyme and basil : HERBS
57 Very, very : OH SO
60 Mario Kart platform : WII
61 Benjamin Hoff’s “The __ of Pooh” : TAO
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