Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 20th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Food safety concern: E COLI
6 Calif. airport with yoga rooms: SFO
9 Hypes (up): AMPS
13 Like a dance marathon: TIRING
15 Sticky stuff: TAR
16 Wraparound dress: SARI
17 Menu icon that resembles a patty in a bun: HAMBURGER BUTTON
20 Golden yrs. fund: IRA
21 Iowa State city: AMES
22 Strainer: SIEVE
23 Red-and-white pattern: CANDY STRIPE
27 Apple core?: IOS
28 Dawn goddess: EOS
29 “30 for 30” airer: ESPN
31 On the wrong side (of): AFOUL
34 Verify, in a way: CARD
37 Beat handily: ROUT
40 Textured features that help soundproof spaces: POPCORN CEILINGS
43 Tennis great Sampras: PETE
44 “Hold __ your hat!”: ONTO
45 Luxury watch: OMEGA
46 Rae of “Barbie”: ISSA
48 Style manual org.: MLA
49 Latin I verb: AMO
51 Intricate inversion on some roller coasters: PRETZEL LOOP
58 “Divine Comedy” poet: DANTE
60 Feels sorry for: RUES
61 Badminton team, e.g.: DUO
62 Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across?: MAKE CONCESSIONS
66 Cold drink brand: ICEE
67 Inquire: ASK
68 Bring about: INDUCE
69 Playroom pile: TOYS
70 ACLU focus: RTS
71 Chuckled, slangily: LOL’ED
DOWN
1 Moral tenet: ETHIC
2 “1, 2 Step” singer: CIARA
3 “Women & Money” podcast host Suze: ORMAN
4 Ad-: LIB
5 Shiba : INU
6 Take the wheel: STEER
7 Language of Tehran: FARSI
8 Celestial body: ORB
9 Italian bubbly: ASTI
10 Quick deposition of a king?: MATE IN ONE
11 City near Salt Lake City: PROVO
12 Trig ratios: SINES
14 Cow chow: GRASS
18 Setting for Big Ben, for short: GMT
19 Doesn’t waste: USES
24 Court ties: DEUCES
25 “Carpe diem” hashtag: YOLO
26 Mani-: PEDI
30 Like some fears: PRIMAL
31 Tablet download: APP
32 Sworn enemy: FOE
33 Alt analogue on a Mac: OPTION KEY
34 “Erin Burnett OutFront” channel: CNN
35 Be in the picture?: ACT
36 _ Speedwagon: REO
38 Comfy shoe brand: UGG
39 Wand-waving org.: TSA
41 Bellow: ROAR
42 Lounge around: LOLL
47 Architect’s detail, briefly: SPEC
48 Soccer superstar Lionel: MESSI
49 Own up to: ADMIT
50 Collision repair franchise: MAACO
52 Accounting giant _ & Young: ERNST
53 Stashes, as a football: TUCKS
54 Calzone center?: ZEE
55 Big name in near beer: O’DOUL
56 Cup part: OUNCE
57 Not candid: POSED
59 Simple tops: TEES
63 Crew blade: OAR
64 Lorne Michaels’s show, familiarly: SNL
65 Response to “Who wants to go to Disneyland?”: I DO
Leave a Reply