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LA Times Crossword Answers Saturday February 25th 2023
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday February 25th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 To boot : ALSO
5 Clobber : WHOMP
10 Hailee’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” voice role : GWEN
14 Greeters : DOOR PEOPLE
16 Meander : ROVE
17 Like, crazy old : SO LAST YEAR
18 Surface __ : AREA
19 ” … kinda” : IT IS AND IT ISN’T
21 Mean relatives? : MODES
23 Names in the news : BYLINES
24 Lab reports? : ARFS
25 Wharton grad, often : MBA
27 Blocking stat : SPF
28 Grande opening? : RIO
29 Biking selections : GEARS
31 Game whose name comes from the Swahili for “to build” : JENGA
35 “Oh, my sides!” : GOOD ONE
37 Depart : HEAD OUT
39 Wrapped : ENDED
40 Not as naïve : SLIER
42 Computer language that works with HTML : CSS
43 __-relief : BAS
45 Film director who shares a last name with 62-Across : ANG
46 Swag bag : TOTE
47 Some reds : CLARETS
50 “We’re more than you think!” society : MENSA
51 History that’s more than colorful : CHECKERED PAST
54 Company with a Magen David in its logo : EL AL
55 ” … kinda” : MORE OR LESS
58 Get upset? : LOSE
59 Amenities on some red-eyes : SLEEP MASKS
60 “Sure, why not” : LET’S
61 Pre-makeover personality : OLD ME
62 Comic book legend who shares a last name with 45-Across : STAN
DOWN
1 Podcast intros, often : ADS
2 Place to go in England : LOO
3 Something to chew on : SOLID FOOD
4 Makes use of Speakers’ Corner : ORATES
5 Sprays down : WETS
6 Georgetown athlete : HOYA
7 Place for free spirits : OPEN BAR
8 Quaint greeting : M’LADY
9 Risks : PERILS
10 Not put out to pasture? : GRAIN FED
11 Less “Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, e.g. : WORSE
12 Makes true : EVENS
13 In a glass by itself : NEAT
15 Wave function symbols : PSIS
20 Bill collector? : TIP JAR
21 “The Simpsons” character who counsels, “You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head” : MARGE
22 Constellation known to the Ojibwa as Kabibona’kan, the Winter Maker : ORION
25 Fellows : MEN
26 Sweethearts : BAES
29 Quit social media, say : GO DARK
30 Protected area in soccer : SHIN
32 Court plea : NO CONTEST
33 Short blasts : GUSTS
34 Befuddled : AT SEA
36 Epic fails : DEBACLES
38 Neurologist’s order, briefly : EEG
41 Caused some hair loss : LASERED
44 Appear to be : SEEM SO
46 EV station lineup, maybe : TESLAS
47 “Nomadland” Oscar winner Zhao : CHLOE
48 Minimal : LEAST
49 Fish, in a way : TROLL
50 Schoolteacher of old : MARM
51 Monastic quarters : CELL
52 Pronounce : DEEM
53 Leader whose regalia includes a tiara : POPE
56 Music genre of Toots and the Maytals : SKA
57 Phishing fig. : SSN
LA Times Crossword Answers Friday February 24th 2023
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday February 24th 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Statistical concerns : BIASES
7 Daddy : PAPA
11 Texting initials : SMS
14 “Won’t be long now” : I’M NEXT
15 Wilson of “The Internship” : OWEN
16 Feel sick : AIL
17 *Pilot’s reputation among airport agents? : GATE CRED
19 Food Network host Garten : INA
20 Long-billed bird : SNIPE
21 Hijab, for one : VEIL
22 Sharp set : HDTV
23 Longtime Farr co-star : ALDA
25 Abate : LET UP
27 Some K9 canines : LABS
30 *Triage site’s gooey alternative to sutures? : ER’S GLUE
34 Q.E.D. part : ERAT
35 Mauna __ : LOA
36 Some rugged sandals : KEENS
37 HS equivalency test : GED
38 Freebies at some crossword tournaments : PENCILS
41 __ text: accessibility feature : ALT
42 “Just Mercy” actor __ Jackson Jr. : O’SHEA
44 Doc’s org. : AMA
45 Bali’s continent : ASIA
46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower? : SING WET
49 Shepherds’ docs? : VETS
50 Cooler brand : IGLOO
51 Italian bubbly : ASTI
53 Perseverance’s home : MARS
55 Itinerary : PLAN
57 Flags down : HAILS
61 Having celebrated many birthdays : OLD
62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? : TRIM THE TREE
64 __-1099: govt.-issued tax form : SSA
65 Cause an emotional reaction : MOVE
66 Good scents : AROMAS
67 First car, for many? : TOY
68 Mountain goat : IBEX
69 Heavenly figure : SERAPH
DOWN
1 Majors, in baseball slang : BIGS
2 Supermodel whose signature fragrance is “Love Memoir” : IMAN
3 __-lock brakes : ANTI
4 Overlook : SEE PAST
5 Perform beyond expectations : EXCEL
6 Philharmonic sect. : STR
7 Put forward : POSE
8 For some time : AWHILE
9 Kitchen gadget : PEELER
10 Plus : AND
11 Asked nicely : SAID PLEASE
12 Julep herb : MINT
13 Croat or Pole : SLAV
18 Island where Excalibur was forged : AVALON
22 Enormous : HUGE
24 Proofer’s mark : DELE
26 Tuts : TSKS
27 Bricks that are painful to step on : LEGOS
28 Childish retort : ARE SO
29 Trouble with locks? : BAD HAIR DAY
31 Colorful parrot : MACAW
32 Like new matches : UNLIT
33 “¿Cómo __?” : ESTAS
38 Bucket : PAIL
39 Clarifying phrase : I MEANT
40 Cable row targets, for short : LATS
43 Med. readouts : EKGS
45 Earhart, for one : AVIATOR
47 “S’okay” : NO PROB
48 Start streaming : GO LIVE
52 “Voilà!” : THERE
53 More than half : MOST
54 In addition : ALSO
56 MC alternative : AMEX
58 “__ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires” : IRMA
59 Vault : LEAP
60 Meeting, informally : SESH
62 “Oof, didn’t need to know that” : TMI
63 Possesses : HAS
LA Times Crossword Answers Thursday February 23rd 2023
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 23rd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Green producers? : ATMS
5 Sun screen? : CLOUD
10 “I Think You Should Leave” star Robinson : TIM
13 “Aw, crud” : DRAT
14 Sounding rough : HOARSE
15 __ hotel: sustainable lodging : ECO
16 Rides in the sand : DUNE BUGGIES
18 Mountain __ : DEW
19 Lagavulin, for one : SCOTCH
20 Formal orders : EDICTS
22 Succinct : TERSE
23 “A League of Their __” : OWN
25 2021 U.S. Open champ Jon : RAHM
27 __ buco : OSSO
28 Hypothetical regions of space-time : WHITE HOLES
31 Some tandoori breads : NAANS
33 Crawl on a news program : TICKER
34 Show stoppers? : ADS
37 Progressive agent played by Stephanie Courtney : FLO
38 Feminine pronoun : SHE
39 Fuel additive brand : STP
40 Sneaky sort : WEASEL
42 Paté holder : TOAST
44 “Little Women” star : EMMA WATSON
46 Insect that dates to the Jurassic era : WASP
50 Air line : DUCT
51 __ flour : OAT
52 Roughly : CIRCA
53 Prayer beads : ROSARY
56 Benny the Bull, for one : MASCOT
57 “My man!” : BRO
58 Audible.com predecessor, and three literal occurrences in this puzzle : BOOKS ON TAPE
61 “Big spider! Big spider!” : EEK
62 Think the world of : ESTEEM
63 Biblical garden : EDEN
64 Part of some sports drink names : ADE
65 Dispensed, as cards : DEALT
66 Pause in music : REST
DOWN
1 Expands upon : ADDS TO
2 Armistices : TRUCES
3 Estate homes : MANORS
4 Hatmaker since 1865 : STETSON
5 Bit player : COG
6 Gaming annoyance : LAG
7 Turn (toward) : ORIENT
8 Exploited : USED
9 Member of the South Asian diaspora : DESI
10 Internet addresses? : TED TALKS
11 Much of Greenland : ICE SHEET
12 Cut the lawn : MOW
14 “What the?” : HUH
17 Letters in early dates : BCE
21 Gator kin : CROC
23 Words of disbelief : OH NO
24 State whose motto is “Forward”: Abbr. : WIS
26 Car sticker abbr. : MSRP
28 Half a Northwest city : WALLA
29 __ Allen furniture : ETHAN
30 Zooms, quaintly : HIES
32 Several : A FEW
34 Wonder-struck : AWED
35 Showed reluctance : DEMURRED
36 “A Change Is Gonna Come” singer : SAM COOKE
38 Flue buildup : SOOT
41 Exams for college-bound srs. : SATS
42 PreCheck org. : TSA
43 Party game that can get awkward : TWISTER
45 Camry, for one : TOYOTA
47 Place to play : ARCADE
48 Cases, with “out” : SCOPES
49 Unmistakable : PATENT
52 Many a pop-top : CAN
54 Reading while propped up by pillows, say : ABED
55 Stood up : ROSE
56 Tat that can be misread as WOW : MOM
57 “Maude” star Arthur : BEA
59 “Kenan & __”: late-’90s Nickelodeon show : KEL
60 Congeal, as glue : SET
LA Times Crossword Answers Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday February 22nd 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Hint of color : TINCT
6 Biblical tower site : BABEL
11 Inquire : ASK
14 Play area? : ARENA
15 Greek salad fruit : OLIVE
16 Sushi topper : ROE
17 Pride symbol : RAINBOW FLAG
19 Texter’s “Hang on a sec” : BRB
20 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” director Lee : ANG
21 No-frills font : ARIAL
22 Wee bit : IOTA
23 Arachnid relative that resembles a crustacean : HORSESHOE CRAB
27 Sex therapy subject : LIBIDO
29 Helpful supporter : ALLY
30 Loads : A TON
31 Give in a little : BUDGE
33 Irritate : VEX
36 Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across : WORKS LIKE A CHARM
40 Brief alarm? : SOS
41 Fake : POSER
42 Singer India.__ : ARIE
43 Gargantuan : HUGE
44 “The Country Girls” novelist Edna : O’BRIEN
46 Minty frozen treat at McDonald’s every March : SHAMROCK SHAKE
51 School year division : TERM
52 Swarms (with) : TEEMS
53 Noble __ : GAS
56 With 11-Down, Michigan college town : ANN
57 Nutty-tasting winter vegetable : ACORN SQUASH
60 TNT part : TRI-
61 Sounds from happy cats : PURRS
62 Loosen, as a knot : UNTIE
63 Storm center : EYE
64 Borden spokescow : ELSIE
65 Utopias : EDENS
DOWN
1 Actress Reid : TARA
2 Setting of the graphic novel “Persepolis” : IRAN
3 People next door : NEIGHBORS
4 “Erin Burnett OutFront” channel : CNN
5 Knight’s tunic : TABARD
6 “Ziggy Stardust” singer David : BOWIE
7 Some Italian sports cars, for short : ALFAS
8 Star of HBO’s “Barry” : BILL HADER
9 Actress Longoria : EVA
10 Part of a race : LEG
11 See 56-Across : ARBOR
12 Kinda : SORTA
13 Shish __ : KEBAB
18 Approximately : OR SO
22 Slippery, as a road : ICY
24 Barnyard sound : OINK
25 Actress Kurylenko : OLGA
26 Utility abbr. : ELEC
27 Newton trio : LAWS
28 “Am __ early?” : I TOO
31 Dividing lines : BISECTORS
32 Luau strings, briefly : UKE
33 Diversify, in a way : VARIEGATE
34 Ohio border lake : ERIE
35 Marvel mutants who battle Magneto : X-MEN
37 Egg (on) : SPUR
38 Macy’s red star, for one : LOGO
39 Literary “Listen!” : HARK
43 “I wonder … ” : HMM
44 Units of resistance : OHMS
45 Language from northern Spain : BASQUE
46 Utter : STATE
47 “Atlanta” actor Brian Tyree __ : HENRY
48 Golfer Palmer, to fans : ARNIE
49 Beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist __ Walsh Jennings : KERRI
50 Pick up : SENSE
54 Spelling clarification phrase : AS IN
55 Wally Lamb’s “__ Come Undone” : SHE’S
57 Imitate : APE
58 __-de-sac : CUL
59 German conjunction : UND
LA Times Crossword Answers Tuesday February 21st 2023
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday February 21st 2023, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Opera solos : ARIAS
6 Afrobeat pioneer Fela __ : KUTI
10 Atlas pages : MAPS
14 Birdcage feature : PERCH
15 Part of, as a plan : IN ON
16 __ vera : ALOE
17 Creamy dip for French fries : AIOLI
18 Attractive person with gray hair : SILVER FOX
20 Anderson Cooper’s channel : CNN
21 Female sib : SIS
23 Like some restrictions : DIETARY
24 Pea soup flavorer : HAM BONE
26 Hit the slopes : SKI
27 Genesis twin : ESAU
28 Many a Farsi speaker : IRANI
31 Singer Simone : NINA
35 Hep “Gotcha” : I DIG
37 Scripture-related : BIBLICAL
39 Perform a simple operation? : ADD
41 Safe to drink : POTABLE
43 Org. that ensures water is 41-Across : EPA
44 No-win situations? : TIE-GAMES
46 Medical checkup : EXAM
48 Singer Del Rey : LANA
49 Greek theater : ODEUM
51 Scandinavian people : SAMI
54 “Encanto” songwriter __-Manuel Miranda : LIN
56 Recorder mounted to a windshield : DASHCAM
58 Dawn on : OCCUR TO
62 Political org. with a donkey symbol : DNC
63 Stashed : HID
64 “I can be better” : SHAME ON ME
66 __ acid : AMINO
68 Speech therapy subject : LISP
69 Average gestation period for a dolphin : YEAR
70 Button on a library app : RENEW
71 Vow : OATH
72 “This might be broken” shorthand : AS IS
73 No-nonsense : STERN
DOWN
1 People of the southern Great Plains : APACHE
2 Spanish queens : REINAS
3 *”A Matter of Life and Death” heavy metal band : IRON MAIDEN
4 Knee part, for short : ACL
5 Mint leaf used as a sushi garnish : SHISO
6 Mouth, slangily : KISSER
7 Prefix with cycle : UNI-
8 Ratted (on) : TOLD
9 *Ralph Ellison novel about the Black American experience : INVISIBLE MAN
10 “Dirty” cocktail : MARTINI
11 Automaker __ Romeo : ALFA
12 Shoddy : POOR
13 Erotic : SEXY
19 Shriek of fear : EEK
22 *Fencer seeking revenge in “The Princess Bride” : INIGO MONTOYA
25 Future flower : BUD
29 Demean : ABASE
30 Quill tip : NIB
32 *Noisy amenity in a motel hallway : ICE MACHINE
33 Siesta : NAP
34 In the style of : A LA
36 Bitter brew, briefly : IPA
38 Supervillain Luthor : LEX
39 Georgia airport: Abbr. : ATL
40 Part of una semana : DIA
42 Actor Danson : TED
45 Walk oafishly, like the Jabberwock slayer : GALUMPH
47 Campfire residue : ASH
50 Calf feeders : UDDERS
52 Pine Tree State resident : MAINER
53 “Count me in!,” or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues : I’M DOWN! or “IM” DOWN
55 Burning anger : IRE
57 Surgery marks : SCARS
58 Norway’s capital : OSLO
59 __ seeds: smoothie choice : CHIA
60 Assign to a role : CAST
61 Small bills : ONES
65 __ tai: cocktail : MAI
67 Came together : MET
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Memory and thinking skills may improve with regular crossword practice. A study published in NEJM Evidence found that people with mild memory problems who did web-based crossword puzzles showed improvement in cognition and experienced less brain shrinkage, compared to those who played web-based cognitive games.
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The first crossword answers were just definitions and similes; the first cryptic crossword was published on 30th July 1925 by The Daily Telegraph.
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