Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday May 20th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Core muscles worked by crunches : ABS
4 Sign between Cancer and Virgo : LEO
7 Assistant : HELPER
13 Mario Kart circuit : LAP
14 Italian mountain : ALP
15 Accept as true : BELIEVE
16 Shiver with fear : TREMBLE
18 Put up, as a building : ERECTED
19 Cookie with a Coca-Cola variety : OREO
20 Podcast pause : AD BREAK
22 “The Incredibles” supersuit designer Mode : EDNA
24 Like some solstice traditions : PAGAN
25 “SmackDown” org. : WWE
28 Took care of a friend’s pup, say : DOG-SAT
30 Laconic reply to 25-Down, perhaps : NOTHIN’
32 “It just clicked!” : AHA
34 Heart charts, for short : ECGS
35 Hates the thought of : DREADS
36 Head, in French : TETE
38 Era in power : REIGN
40 Latin “Not you too!?” : ET TU
41 Challenging riddle : ENIGMA
43 “Money doesn’t _ on trees” : GROW
45 Revolutionary Guevara : CHE
46 California burger joint : IN-N-OUT
47 Fairly recent : NEWISH
49 Pester : NAG
50 “Get off my lawn!” : SCRAM
52 Kid-lit’s “Frog and _ Together” : TOAD
54 Surprised greeting : OH HELLO
56 Wait in hiding : LURK
58 Rumormongers : GOSSIPS
61 “Come on in!” : IT’S OPEN
63 Warm up before cooking : PREHEAT
64 To the _ degree : NTH
65 “_ Te Ching” : TAO
66 Secretary of state who negotiated the Alaska Purchase : SEWARD
67 __ sauce : SOY
68 Texter’s “I’ll be there soon!” : OMW
DOWN
1 Choir voice : ALTO
2 Support for a ballerina : BARRE
3 Quick way to meet a bunch of people : SPEED DATING
4 Research setting : LAB
5 Jazz legend Fitzgerald : ELLA
6 Newspaper section with views : OP-ED PAGE
7 Right this second : HERE AND NOW
8 “The Luminaries” Booker Prize winner Catton : ELEANOR
9 Kiss from a 10-Down : LICK
10 Fur baby : PET
11 Night before : EVE
12 “Colorful” Taylor Swift era : RED
15 Icy nautical hazard : BERG
17 Prefix with chrome or tone : MONO-
21 Gotham City searchlight : BAT-SIGNAL
23 Get older : AGE
25 “Anything fun on the agenda today?,” or a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 21-, and 29-Down : WHATCHA UP TO
26 Area component : WIDTH
27 Come after : ENSUE
29 Spot for doodling : SCRATCH PAD
31 Casual top : TEE
32 Had food at home : ATE IN
33 Body dye in some wedding traditions : HENNA
37 Alter __ : EGO
39 Movie creatures that multiply if they get wet : GREMLINS
42 More sentimental : MUSHIER
44 Cleverness : WIT
48 Alone : SOLO
51 Chill : REST
53 Atlanta WNBA team : DREAM
54 Job inspection org. : OSHA
55 Director Preminger : OTTO
57 Not just guess : KNOW
58 Rte. provider : GPS
59 Mine find : ORE
60 Use a needle and thread : SEW
62 Timid : SHY
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