
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 29th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Fireplace fuel : LOGS
5 Bath and body work locations? : SPAS
9 Carne _ : ASADA
14 Hardly working : IDLE
15 Bucks : CASH
16 _ roll : KAISER
17 Animating spirit : SOUL
18 Backup plan : ALTERNATIVE
20 Like better : PREFER
22 Personalizable cookie : OREO
23 Orator’s platform : DAIS
24 __ facto : IPSO
26 Spot for a backyard barbecue : PATIO
28 St. Louis team : BLUES
31 Catch in a cage : TRAP
33 Playground fixture where pushing is encouraged : SWING
37 House mems. : REPS
38 Epitome of ease : PIE
39 Red-letter : BANNER
40 Tiebreakers, briefly : OTS
41 Nashville district with historic recording studios, or what can be found four times in this puzzle : MUSIC ROW
44 Blvd. kin : AVE
45 Titania’s husband : OBERON
47 Quick snooze : NAP
48 Dart : FLIT
49 Gold or silver : METAL
50 Feature of some cheeses : FUNK
52 Chip dip : SALSA
53 Some viral content : MEMES
55 Devilish : EVIL
57 Sheer delight : GLEE
60 Bills tracked at WheresGeorge.com : ONES
62 Sunset hue : ORANGE
66 Get the show on the road : ROCK AND ROLL
69 People : FOLK
70 Second-most populous continent : AFRICA
71 “Sure about that?” : IS IT?
72 Coastal Pennsylvania town : ERIE
73 Double take? : STUNT
74 Pointillism units : DOTS
75 2024 WNBA champs : LIBS
DOWN
1 Speech therapy subject : LISP
2 Smell : ODOR
3 Modeling supply : GLUE
4 Mirror images? : SELFIES
5 Lasting signs of damage : SCARS
6 Buddy : PAL
7 Regarding : AS TO
8 Tibetan ethnic group : SHERPA
9 Org. offering tows : AAA
10 “This may be hard to hear” : SIT DOWN
11 Most populous continent : ASIA
12 Hindu goddess : DEVI
13 Fighting spirit? : ARES
16 Shoelace tangle : KNOT
19 Cut and collect : REAP
21 Podcast installments, briefly : EPS
25 Elevator name : OTIS
27 “We were all there” : I SAW
28 Dustpan partner : BROOM
29 Didn’t bother : LET BE
30 One-seed loss, e.g. : UPSET
32 Outdoorsy outlet : REI
34 Taken together : IN ALL
35 St. Kitts and _ : NEVIS
36 Director Gerwig : GRETA
38 Bit of wordplay : PUN
39 Catchy song : BOP
41 Star-nosed _ : MOLE
42 Channel HQ’d in Atlanta : CNN
43 Accessory for fall collections? : RAKE
46 Creme brulee dish : RAMEKIN
48 Pita filling : FALAFEL
50 Ward (off) : FEND
51 Login need : USER ID
52 Round Table title : SIR
54 “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs” essayist Simpson : MONA
56 Electricity units : VOLTS
57 Mardi __ : GRAS
58 Raised bed, maybe : LOFT
59 Greige hue : ECRU
61 Only okay : SO-SO
63 Seaweed snack : NORI
64 Insincere : GLIB
65 Squeaks (by) : EKES
67 Do something : ACT
68 Course with a long reading list, for short : LIT
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