Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 21st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Best effort : A GAME
6 Fools : CLODS
11 Make a mend : SEW
14 Like much of central Illinois : RURAL
15 “The Raven” writer, briefly : E A POE
16 “Better. Guaranteed.” gadget brand : OXO
17 “Turn that frown upside down” : CRACK A SMILE
19 Whopper : LIE
20 Luau performance : HULA
21 Psychic ability : ESP
22 Notes equivalent to C sharps : D-FLATS
24 Immediately following : UPON
26 Earlier : PRIOR
27 Word with shell or shore : SEA-
30 “Get your head on straight” : SNAP OUT OF IT
34 Late : TARDY
36 Sleep acronym : REM
37 Peel : PARE
38 Naan flour : ATTA
39 Addresses timeline errors, perhaps : EDITS
41 Timeline units : ERAS
42 Like much 1980s fashion : NEON
43 “C’est la !” : VIE
44 Fess up (to) : ADMIT
45 “Get on that stage and wow the crowd” : KNOCK ‘EM DEAD
49 as a fox : SLY
50 Brand of riding mowers : DEERE
51 YouTube journal : VLOG
53 Too : OVERLY
55 Needlework on a sleeve, for short : TAT
56 Turkey neighbor : IRAN
60 Burrito option : WET
61 Words of wisdom, and what 17-, 30-, and 45-Across could be called? : SOUND ADVICE
64 Melissa of “The Fighter” : LEO
65 Come next : ENSUE
66 Moves closer : NEARS
67 Cheap tix option : SRO
68 “The Wild Swans at Coole” writer : YEATS
69 Selling point : ASSET
DOWN
1 Foot part : ARCH
2 Hindu teacher : GURU
3 North _ Sea: Central Asian lake : ARAL 4 Hong Kong neighbor : MACAU 5 Utah’s state animal : ELK 6 General aviation company owned by Textron : CESSNA 7 Lava _ : LAMP
8 Maker of Talk to the Hand press-on nails : OPI
9 Blues : DOLDRUMS
10 Find appropriate : SEE FIT
11 Green energy sources in some desert regions : SOLAR FARMS
12 Way out : EXIT
13 Heartaches : WOES
18 Very long time : AEON
23 Like a lasso : LOOPED
25 Therapist’s maj. : PSY
26 68-Across, for one : POET
27 Performed terribly : STANK
28 All gone : EATEN
29 Luke Skywalker’s loyal droid : ARTOO-DETOO
31 Snooped around : PRIED
32 Letter-shaped beam : I-RAIL
33 On edge : TESTY
35 Wearer of tap shoes : DANCER
39 With no exceptions : EVERYONE
40 Small coin : DIME
44 Scene : ADO
46 Plum who was the WNBA All-Star Game MVP in 2022 : KELSEY
47 Sidesteps : EVADES
48 Baja’s opposite : ALTA
52 Caves in : GIVES
53 Parliament birds : OWLS
54 Suddenly shift direction : VEER
55 Letter-shaped fastener : T-NUT
57 Coastal inlets : RIAS
58 Part of a plot : ACRE
59 Small tree house : NEST
62 Jenny Thompson’s team : USA
63 Genetic blueprint : DNA
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