Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 28th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Included digitally : CC’ED
5 Ryder Cup org. : PGA
8 Not quite : ALMOST
14 Prefix with port : HELI-
15 “Toy Story” dinosaur : REX
16 Snicker sound : TEE-HEE
17 Totalitarian control : IRON RULE
19 Heartless fellow in Oz? : TIN MAN
20 *Depeche Mode song with the lyric “Reach out and touch faith” : PERSONAL JESUS
22 Down : SAD
23 Power drill insert : BIT
24 Bird with large green eggs : EMU
25 *Bon Jovi song with the lyric “Take my hand and we’ll make it, I swear” : LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER
32 Subj. with a lot of reading : ENG
33 “Home on the Range” animal : ANTELOPE
34 Arab leader : EMIR
37 “The Marvelous _ Maisel” : MRS
38 Phil or Lil of “Rugrats,” e.g. : TWIN
39 Vinegar that may be drizzled over caprese salad : BALSAMIC
42 Undeclared: Abbr. : TBA
44 *Hozier song with the lyric “I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies” : TAKE ME TO CHURCH
48 Afore : ERE
49 Gender-specific pronoun : HER
50 In medias _ : RES
52 Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for? : CHRISTIAN ROCK
56 Narrow waterway : STRAIT
58 Erodes bit by bit : EATS INTO
59 Persuade forcefully : COERCE
60 Toronto-to-Quebec dir. : ENE
61 Filmmaker Buñuel : LUIS
62 [Skull emoji] : I’M DEAD
63 Team ldr. : MGR
64 Mark for good : ETCH
DOWN
1 Nail polish nicks : CHIPS
2 Lucky Charms, e.g. : CEREAL
3 Jacob who played Elvis in “Priscilla” : ELORDI
4 Loud noises : DINS
5 Trimming : PRUNING
6 Tartufo ingredient : GELATO
7 Olympic jump : AXEL
8 Shot : ATTEMPT
9 Duty-free time : LEISURE
10 Word with beer or wine : MENU
11 Units of resistance : OHMS
12 _ urchin : SEA
13 Perfect score in some rating systems : TEN
18 Bird with small blue eggs : ROBIN
21 Mom _ : JEANS
26 Sonnets, odes, et al. : VERSE
27 Drug bust figure : NARCO
28 Vow locale : ALTAR
29 Cry of pain : YOW!
30 Prefix with center : EPI-
31 “_ Faire”: 2024 HBO docuseries : REN
34 SNAP system : EBT
35 Barnyard bleat : MAA
36 Kind : ILK
37 Tick relatives : MITES
40 Ferrera of “Barbie” : AMERICA
41 Warranted : MERITED
42 Broadway building : THEATER
43 Ruins by overcooking : BURNS
45 _ Mai: city in northern Thailand : CHIANG
46 Hybrid pastry since 2013 : CRONUT
47 Frenzied : HECTIC
51 Ambiguous recipe amount : SKOSH
52 Street __ : CRED
53 Aesop racer : HARE
54 Swarm (with) : TEEM
55 Peeve : RILE
56 Ecol. or geol. : SCI
57 Colicchio of “Top Chef” : TOM
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