Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday May 21st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Book after the Gospels : ACTS
5 “_ the season … ” : ‘TIS
8 Lawyer Clarence who inspired a character in “Inherit the Wind” : DARROW
14 Consider to be : DEEM
15 “That’s awful!” : UGH
16 Golden Crinkles maker : ORE-IDA
17 *Calling the shots : IN CHARGE
19 _-than-life : LARGER
20 Start of a kids clothing line name : OSH-
21 Actress Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s Gambit” : ANYA
22 Atty.’s group : ABA
23 Former Seattle team, familiarly : SONICS
25 *Tear apart : RIP IN TWO
30 Roping and riding contests : RODEOS
32 Bag-checking org. : TSA
33 Charged atomic particle : ION
34 Spritelike : ELFISH
36 “Uh, I doubt it” : UM NO
37 Paltry effort, or a literal description of the answer to each starred clue : HALF MEASURE
40 Potato spots : EYES
42 Walking back and forth : PACING
43 Mo. of “Madness” : MAR
44 Ga. capital : ATL
46 Shoelace tips : AGLETS
49 *In the soup : UP A CREEK
52 Umpire’s cry : HE’S OUT
54 Reddit tell-all sesh : AMA
55 Has : EATS
57 SSW’s opposite : NNE
58 Extemporizes : AD-LIBS
61 *Request from a photographer : BIG SMILE
63 We Are Toonz dance style : NAE NAE
64 Computing pioneer Lovelace : ADA
65 Working hard : AT IT
66 Oasis site : DESERT
67 Implore : BEG
68 “The Studio” creator/star Rogen : SETH
DOWN
1 “Sayonara!” : ADIOS
2 One who refuses to take an oath? : CENSOR
3 Music genre related to trance : TECHNO
4 Texter’s “What a mess” : SMH
5 Alienates : TURNS OFF
6 “The End of an Era” artist Azalea : IGGY
7 Shave wool from, as sheep : SHEAR
8 Work out in a pool : DO LAPS
9 Saudi _ : ARABIA
10 Played over : RERAN
11 Semi : RIG
12 Many a poem by Shelley : ODE
13 Tolstoy’s “_ and Peace” : WAR
18 Small power source : AA CELL
24 Notions : IDEAS
26 Home of Cornell : ITHACA
27 Person of the Year magazine : TIME
28 Came out on top : WON
29 Artist Yoko : ONO
31 Easy-peasy : SIMPLE
35 _ urchin : SEA
36 Yens : URGES
37 Mother of Hephaestus : HERA
38 Common element of vaudeville : SIGHT GAG
39 “Wait, what if … ” : UNLESS
40 Flightless Down Under bird : EMU
41 Shrill bark : YAP
44 Cross pin, in martial arts : ARMBAR
45 Collection that includes cups and saucers : TEA SET
47 This evening, in adspeak : TONITE
48 Bathed in rays : SUNLIT
50 “The Cider House Rules” Oscar winner Michael : CAINE
51 Shish _ : KEBAB
53 Pearly whites : TEETH
56 Staffer : AIDE
58 “Then what?” : AND
59 Daniel __ Kim of “Lost” : DAE
60 French article : LES
62 More, in Spanish : MAS
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