Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday March 20th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Carousel riders?: BAGS
5 Instruments that may create a meditative sound bath: GONGS
10 Street snack in a shell: TACO
14 Río contents: AGUA
15 “Stop the launch!”: ABORT
16 Muscat’s country: OMAN
17 *Noisy yard implement: LEAF BLOWER
19 Major Temecula Valley industry: WINE
20 Lot timers: METERS
21 Cooler filler: ICE
22 Subj. for an MBA: ECON
23 Pitching stat: ERA
24 *Like a skier without goggles, perhaps: SNOW-BLIND
26 Printer issue: JAM
28 “You could’ve kept that to yourself”: TMI
30 Very short pencil: NUB
31 Jai __: ALAI
33 “Preach!”: AMEN
36 Inner circle: CADRE
40 *Path through Oz: YELLOW BRICK ROAD
43 Overhead space?: SCALP
44 Rival leader?: ARCH-
45 Gulp: SWIG
46 Steamed bun dipped in hoisin sauce: BAO
48 Baby goat: KID
50 Nashville-to-Louisville dir.: NNE
51 *Hobnob (with): RUB ELBOWS
56 Situp targets: ABS
58 Brief “However”: OTOH
59 Banned Books Week org.: ALA
60 Like a clock with hands: ANALOG
63 Selfish cry: MINE!
64 Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue: MIXING BOWL
66 Taiwanese laptop maker: ACER
67 Turn away: AVERT
68 Foil kin: EPEE
69 Comic Bargatze: NATE
70 Inkling: SENSE
71 Story opening, in journalism lingo: LEDE
DOWN
1 Salve: BALM
2 Pulitzer winner James: AGEE
3 Most populous Central American country: GUATEMALA
4 Less of a gamble: SAFER
5 Girls: GALS
6 “Price flexible” abbr.: OBO
7 Lose-lose: NO-WIN
8 With 51-Down, wrestling style: GRECO-
9 Scattered: STREWN
10 Bathroom drying racks: TOWEL BARS
11 Pals, in Parma: AMICI
12 Officially accepted works: CANON
13 Standing straight, as hair: ON END
18 Oktoberfest sausage, informally: BRAT
24 Mufasa’s son in “The Lion King”: SIMBA
25 O’Neil who was the first African American coach in the MLB: BUCK
26 Blue birds: JAYS
27 Actor Guinness: ALEC
29 Wide opening: MAW
32 “Come find me when you’re ready”: I’LL BE HERE
34 Fumble: ERR
35 Stevie of Fleetwood Mac: NICKS
37 Skier’s direction: DOWNSLOPE
38 Wet weather: RAIN
39 Trim, as grass: EDGE
41 October birthstone: OPAL
42 T’ai _ ch’uan: CHI
47 Barack and Michelle: OBAMAS
49 “Darn it!”: DANG
51 See 8-Down: -ROMAN
52 College city near Syracuse: UTICA
53 Lisa of “A Different World”: BONET
54 _ oil: OLIVE
55 Pallid: WAXEN
57 Biblical tower spot: BABEL
60 Pay to play: ANTE
61 Had to pay: OWED
62 Delight: GLEE
65 Auditing agcy.: IRS
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