Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 27th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Worthless stuff: DROSS
6 Eyewear, informally: SPECS
11 Sacred Egyptian bird: IBIS
15 Zing: OOMPH
16 Prepare to start a hole: TEE UP
17 Slam : DUNK
18 *Chimp aboard a rocket, say: SPACE MONKEY
20 Luxury hotel chain: OMNI
21 Pink pencil parts: ERASERS
22 Beat on eBay: OUTBID
24 *Entertainment systems sold with controllers: GAME CONSOLES
27 Calico’s outdoor enclosure: CATIO
31 Walk of Fame symbol: STAR
32 Furrow maker: HOE
33 Nuts in a chipmunk’s hoard: ACORNS
35 TV hosts: MCS
37 Flock sound: BAA
40 *Storage area in a dashboard: GLOVE COMPARTMENT
45 Hearty laugh: YUK
46 Goose Island brew, for short: IPA
47 Put on the right track: ORIENT
48 “The Addams Family” cousin: ITT
51 “Tell Mama” singer James: ETTA
54 Analyze for purity: ASSAY
55 *Garage employee: AUTO MECHANIC
59 Attack vigorously: ASSAIL
60 Ancient musicians: LYRISTS
64 Dutch painter Frans: HALS
65 Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues?: COME DANCING
69 Awards acronym: EGOT
70 Chess grand master Krush: IRINA
71 “Later, !”: GATOR
72 Damp at dawn: DEWY
73 Eccentric: DOTTY
74 Madeleine of “Revenge”: STOWE
DOWN
1 Green Day album released between “¡Uno!” and “¡Tré!”: DOS
2 Rock climber’s line: ROPE
3 Actor Epps: OMAR
4 Pet adoption org.: SPCA
5 Hall & Oates soul ballad: SHE’S GONE
6 Blizzards, e.g.: STORMS
7 Gift for writing?: PEN SET
8 “Yikes!”: EEK
9 Actor’s alert: CUE
10 Track with malware, say: SPY ON
11 “Same here!”: I DO TOO
12 Fuzzy pollinators: BUMBLEBEES
13 Concave navel: INNIE
14 Slides after braking: SKIDS
19 _ culpa: MEA 23 Show to a seat, slangily: USH 25 _ David: CAMP
26 Apex predator in the ocean: ORCA
27 Evasive: CAGY
28 Free speech advocacy gp.: ACLU
29 Didn’t rush: TOOK IT SLOW
30 Music producer Gotti: IRV
34 Bio or chem: SCI
36 Hit show letters: SRO
38 “Pushing Daisies” actress Friel: ANNA
39 Legal dept. staffer: ATTY
41 Intl. crude cartel: OPEC
42 SAT section: MATH
43 Copies made with see-through sheets: TRACINGS
44 Grafton’s “_ for Malice”: M IS
49 Warm and comfy: TOASTY
50 “OMG, no more details!”: TMI
52 Knack: TALENT
53 Very soon now: ANY DAY
55 Oohed and _: AAHED
56 Water bill statistic: USAGE
57 Spanish folk hero: EL CID
58 NPR host Flatow: IRA
61 “Beat it!”: SCAT
62 Bandleader Puente: TITO
63 Imitation flakes in a clear globe: SNOW
66 Guadalajara gold: ORO
67 Univ. near Harvard: MIT
68 Univ. senior’s test: GRE
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