Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 19th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Dining room fixture : TABLE
6 QB’s successes : TDS
9 Sassy letter-shaped gesture : Z-SNAP
14 Scrub hard, as a pot : SCOUR
15 Cards, on scoreboards : ARI
16 “Leave it to me” : I WILL
17 Connected to an outlet : PLUGGED IN
19 Spotted bean or horse : PINTO
20 Gas in bright signs : NEON
21 “Nice work!” : VERY GOOD
23 Kindergarten recitation : ABCS
25 Bygone automaker from South Korea : DAEWOO
27 Loaf with seeds : RYE
28 Leave at the altar : JILT
29 The “L” of MLK : LUTHER
34 Swiss peak : ALP
35 Great Salt Lake state : UTAH
36 Beethoven’s Third : EROICA
37 South Beach neighbor : MIAMI
39 Sign at a packed B’way theater : SRO
41 McDonald’s arches et al. : LOGOS
42 Fly or flea : INSECT
44 Citrus with an unappealing name : UGLI
46 Birthday party topper : HAT
47 End section of an Italian sonnet, e.g. : SESTET
48 Burrito kin : WRAP
49 Historical period : ERA
50 Pocketful in a nursery rhyme : POSIES
52 QB’s errors : INTS
53 Neverland boy who befriends the Darling children : PETER PAN
57 Hue : TONE
59 Ooze, as charm : EXUDE
60 “Beg to differ” : I DISAGREE
64 Buffalo _ : WINGS 65 _ de plume : NOM
66 “Copy that” : ROGER
67 Doesn’t leave : STAYS
68 Early afternoon : TWO
69 Tim Gunn’s area of expertise : STYLE
DOWN
1 Kitchen qty. : TSP
2 Knee surgery target, for short : ACL
3 Potential basketball assist that hits the floor : BOUNCE PASS
4 Some Winter Olympics sleds : LUGES
5 Cogito, _ sum : ERGO
6 Smidge : TAD
7 Fast-food pickup location : DRIVE-THRU WINDOW
8 Muscle fiber : SINEW
9 “Quiet!” : ZIP YOUR LIP
10 Big gulp : SWIG
11 El _: climate pattern : NINO
12 Voice below soprano : ALTO
13 Trudge : PLOD
18 Break up : END IT
22 Auditioner’s goal : ROLE
23 One of the Three Musketeers : ARAMIS
24 Author credit : BYLINE
26 Word of woe : ALAS
28 Kitchen gadget often used on oranges : JUICE PRESS
30 As well : TOO
31 Like some protein-rich snacks, or what can be found in 3-, 7-, 9-, and 28-Down? : HIGH-ENERGY
32 Nature photography, perhaps : ECO-ART
33 Jah worshippers : RASTAS
38 Ran into : MET
40 Fairy tale baddie : OGRE
43 Camaro roof option : T-TOP
45 Endures : LASTS
51 Miracle worker, perhaps : SAINT
52 Gold bar : INGOT
53 Congregants’ benches : PEWS
54 Red sign above a door : EXIT
55 Sushi fish : TUNA
56 Provocative : EDGY
58 Boathouse collection : OARS
61 “Seems to me,” online : IMO
62 Sushi fish : EEL
63 Poetic “before” : ERE
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