Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday April 1st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Corn or sugarcane : CROP
5 Best possible : IDEAL
10 Seethe with anger : FUME
14 Shout : YELL
15 Monte : Monaco resort : CARLO
16 “Already handling this” : ON IT
17 *Simple lunchbox meal : BALONEY SANDWICH
20 Newsroom worker : EDITOR
21 In abundance : GALORE
22 Manhattan liquor : RYE
23 “About me” blurb : BIO
25 “I’ll return in a sec,” in texts : BRB
26 Negative link : NOR
27 *Dude ranch quarters : BUNKHOUSE
30 Folded street food : TACO
33 Nabe with some signs in hangul : K-TOWN
34 Very dry, as champagne : BRUT
38 Work hard for : EARN
39 Spicy : HOT
40 Trickle slowly : OOZE
41 Art colony near Santa Fe : TAOS
42 Unenthusiastic : TEPID
44 Chiwere speakers : OTOE
45 Board game with hexagonal tiles : CATAN
47 Asian mushroom : ENOKI
49 More dawdling : POKIER
51 “Oh, dang!” : AW SNAP
54 “How ya doin’?” : SUP
55 Argument : DISPUTE
59 Color gradation : HUE
60 Tiny bit of matter : ATOM
62 With 68-Across, sprinter’s infraction, or what the answer to each starred clue has : FALSE
63 Big Pharma products : MEDS
64 -Brite : LITE
65 Heads for the hills : FLEES
66 Dart like a dragonfly : FLIT
67 Sports jersey material : MESH
68 See 62-Across : … START
69 Silicon Valley city Palo __ : ALTO
DOWN
1 Prefix with crime or security : CYBER-
2 Fully prepared : READY
3 Snowboarding jump : OLLIE
4 Scheme : PLOT
5 Skater’s hangout : ICE RINK
6 Calendar unit : DAY
7 Hosp. triage spots : ERS
8 Arroz _ cubana: rice dish with a fried egg : A LA
9 Extended time period : LONG RUN
10 Turkeys, e.g. : FOWL
11 Workers’ group : UNION
12 Prefix meaning “tiny” : MICRO-
13 Vanish into the _ : ETHER
18 Fusion chain with a signature miso-glazed black cod dish : NOBU
19 Applies lightly : DABS
24 “Moving right along … ” : OK THEN
25 Pasta shape made with a pinch : BOW TIE
27 Art of growing miniature trees : BONSAI
28 Free throw target : HOOP
29 Novels read on screens : E-BOOKS
30 Lunar festival in Da Nang : TET
31 Battery size for some mice : AAA
32 *Slow cookers : CROCKPOTS
35 *Suffer forever : ROT IN HELL
36 Aduba of “Mrs. America” : UZO
37 Casual shirt : TEE
42 Taxes on imports : TARIFFS
43 Procedure that can determine ancestry : DNA TEST
46 “Chopped” host Allen : TED
48 Be in debt : OWE
49 Sacred hymn : PSALM
50 Belly button that protrudes : OUTIE
52 Financial review : AUDIT
53 Basil-based sauce : PESTO
56 Seasoning in shrimp paste : SALT
57 Earnest request : PLEA
58 Software customer : USER
61 “I’ve seen better” : MEH
63 Drama prof’s degree : MFA
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