Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 5th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Cashew, e.g. : NUT
4 -hop music : HIP
7 Director Reiner : ROB
10 Tuber in West African cuisine : YAM
13 Nonsense refrain syllables : SHA-LA-LA
15 Laudatory poem : ODE
16 Big bird : EMU
17 In full view : FOR ALL TO SEE
19 Like Big Bird’s name : APT
20 Seaport’s loading and unloading area : WHARF
21 Opening of a never-give-up slogan : IF AT FIRST
23 Unfriendly : ALOOF
25 Editor’s target : TYPO
26 B’way musical set in Paris : LES MIS
29 Spy org. : CIA
31 Burden : ONUS
34 Logger’s tool : AXE
35 Brag : GLOAT
37 “Bye Bye Bye” boy band : NSYNC
38 Open night : MIC
39 1-800-555-2368 for Ghostbusters, e.g. : HOTLINE
41 Pilot’s update, briefly : ETA
42 Up in the air : ALOFT
44 Hem again : RESEW
45 Broadcast : AIR
46 Silver State city near Tahoe : RENO
47 Junior : SON
48 Fish-eating hawk : OSPREY
50 Unit of medication : DOSE
52 Prom, for one : DANCE
54 Brand of flour since 1880 : GOLD MEDAL
57 “By the power of Grayskull” cartoon hero : HE-MAN
61 Pen name letters : AKA
62 “Fingers crossed!” : I SURE HOPE SO
64 Tax org. : IRS
65 Fella : LAD
66 Cock-a-doodle-do-er : ROOSTER
67 “Unforgettable” singer __ King Cole : NAT
68 Lamb’s mother : EWE
69 No. on a resume : TEL
70 “A Change Is Gonna Come” singer-songwriter Cooke : SAM
DOWN
1 “Click this link at your own risk” letters : NSFW
2 “Crikey” : UH-OH
3 “The Big Lebowski” actress Reid : TARA
4 *Grayish time at dusk or dawn : HALF LIGHT
5 -at-ease : ILL
6 Barbecue spot : PATIO
7 Santa , California : ROSA
8 Folk singer known as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement” : ODETTA
9 Muscular : BEEFY
10 Like some annual accounting comparisons, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues : YEAR-ON-YEAR
11 Concert blasters : AMPS
12 Pup without a pedigree : MUTT
14 SoCal NFLer : LA RAM
18 *Removed from the docket, as a legal hearing : OFF CALENDAR
22 Wall St. debuts : IPOS
24 Capital city near the North Sea : OSLO
26 Rapper Kendrick : LAMAR
27 One cast out : EXILE
28 *Penultimate : SECOND LAST
30 “Seriously?” : IT IS?
32 Release, perhaps : UNTIE
33 Frightening : SCARY
36 Other, in Spanish : OTRO
37 *Nontraditional : NEW SCHOOL
40 Like much classic Las Vegas signage : NEON
43 Sustenance : FOOD
47 Teeter-totter : SEE-SAW
49 Pals, in slang : PEEPS
51 “Say cheese!” : SMILE
53 Warning signal : ALERT
54 “Buy low, sell high” result : GAIN
55 Creole pod : OKRA
56 “Bro!” : DUDE
58 New York MLB team : METS
59 Sailing : ASEA
60 Social standard : NORM
63 Soil-turning tool : HOE
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