Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday May 27th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Basic bed : COT
4 Vader’s title : DARTH
9 Tablet downloads : APPS
13 Language similar to Thai : LAO
14 Tennis champion Naomi : OSAKA
15 Self-improvement icon Carnegie : DALE
16 “The Simpsons” bus driver : OTTO
18 Yucatán boys : NINOS
19 Scenic sight : VIEW
20 “Game” of missed connections : PHONE TAG
22 Classic Fords : T-BIRDS
24 Acquire with effort : EARN
25 Former Ford div. : MERC
26 “No choice, sorry” : I HAD TO
29 In a melancholy way : SOMBERLY
33 Astronauts org. : NASA
34 Brownie ingredient : COCOA
36 Farewell accompanied by an air kiss : CIAO
37 DVD holder : TRAY
38 Rap : KNOCK
39 The Grand Ole __ : OPRY
40 Div. of Labor : OSHA
41 Church donation : TITHE
42 Italian lake : LAGO
43 Impassioned to the extreme : WHITE HOT
45 Lightly fries in oil : SAUTES
47 Prayer ending : AMEN
48 Did the first stage of a triathlon : SWAM
49 Spot for a therapeutic cold plunge : ICE TUB
52 Colorful reef dweller : SEA SNAKE
56 Full-length skirt : MAXI
57 Hockey Hall of Famer Adam : OATES
59 Iditarod vehicle : SLED
60 British baby carriage : PRAM
61 Change with the times : ADAPT
62 Wooden pin : PEG
63 Equivalent : SAME
64 Succinct : TERSE
65 Foxy : SLY
DOWN
1 Hoofbeat sound : CLOP
2 Pledge in court : OATH
3 Dorothy Gale’s pup : TOTO
4 “Things are going well, so avoid sudden changes” : DON’T ROCK THE BOAT
5 Like 13-Across : ASIAN
6 Called up : RANG
7 MMA decision : TKO
8 “If you rush, you won’t do it right” : HASTE MAKES WASTE
9 “Dear Abby,” “Ask Amy,” et al., and an apt description of 4-, 8-, and 17-Down : ADVICE COLUMNS
10 Connect via Bluetooth, say : PAIR
11 Swore : PLED
12 Stitches (up) : SEWS
17 “Relax and take things as they come” : ONE DAY AT A TIME
21 Consume : EAT
23 Texter’s “Gimme a sec” : BRB
25 Freeloading sort : MOOCH
26 Following behind : IN TOW
27 Like an arctic winter : HARSH
28 Beer with sushi, maybe : ASAHI
29 “The Great Gatsby” novelist F. _ Fitzgerald : SCOTT
30 Open eagerly, as a present : RIP AT
31 Not quite jumbo : LARGE
32 Up-and-down toys : YO-YOS
35 Pungent bulb : ONION
44 Bird on the Australian coat of arms : EMU
46 Small batteries : AAS
48 Oozes : SEEPS
49 Real troublemakers : IMPS
50 Chanel model Delevingne : CARA
51 Academic hurdle : EXAM
52 Betelgeuse, for one : STAR
53 Mont Blanc’s range : ALPS
54 On an even _: stable : KEEL
55 With just a bit of spice : EDGY
58 Citrus drink suffix : -ADE
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