LA Times Crossword April 3, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword April 3, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from April 3, 2025 contains 76 total clues—37 across and 39 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our LA Times crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Drill sound	HUP
4A	Basics	ABCS
8A	Look up to	ADMIRE
14A	Polish name?	OPI
15A	Shut with attitude	SLAM
16A	West African country	BENIN
17A	"Mulan" voice actress Ming-Na __	WEN
18A	Upstanding citizen?	HOMOERECTUS
20A	A pop	EACH
22A	Unremarkable, in a way	NORMAL
23A	Doc with an otoscope	ENT
24A	Window to a simulated world	VRHEADSET
26A	Muppet with a beloved rubber duckie	ERNIE
28A	Hunter who goes after Bugs	ELMER
29A	Motion picture pioneer	EDISON
30A	White alternative	RYE
31A	Small cave	GROTTO
36A	Make concessions	BEND
37A	Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do	JOINHANDS
39A	Trilling solo	ARIA
42A	Appear to be	SEEM
43A	"Get a room!" elicitor, for short	PDA
46A	"For your viewing pleasure" brand	VISINE
48A	How fries are fried	INOIL
50A	French school	ECOLE
51A	Pickle	BINDSOUSE
55A	Power __	NAP
56A	Play a flute	TOOTLE
58A	Nestlé bar with a bubbly texture	AERO
59A	Increase that might be documented on a door frame	GROWTHSPURT
62A	__-been	HAS
63A	Water whirls	EDDIES
64A	Country star McEntire	REBA
65A	Reddit Q&A	AMA
66A	Square dance call	DOSIDO
67A	__ buco	OSSO
68A	Receipt line	TAX

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Transition word	HOWEVER
2D	Ready to greet the sun, perhaps	UPEARLY
3D	"Am I dreaming?"	PINCHME
4D	Light hair color	ASHBLOND
5D	Light hair color	ASHBLOND
6D	Prints such as U.S. Woodland, familiarly	CAMOS
7D	Campfire treat	SMORE
8D	Uttar Pradesh tourist site	AGRA
9D	Faced off with swords	DUELED
10D	Hot __	SEAT
11D	Hot	SEXY
12D	Nostalgic get-together	REUNION
13D	London setting of "Call the Midwife"	EASTEND
19D	CPR giver, often	EMT
21D	Giggle syllable	HEE
25D	Ship of Greek myth	ARGO
27D	Kids	RIBS
29D	Ages and ages	EONS
32D	Swell	NIFTY
33D	See 34-Down	ONE
34D	With 33-Down, soulmate	THE
35D	Highland cap	TAM
37D	"Just Visiting" Monopoly square	JAIL
38D	"Proceed"	DOIT
39D	Settled, as a score	AVENGED
40D	"I Love Lucy" surname	RICARDO
41D	Tiny crustaceans	ISOPODS
43D	Mitre, informally	POPEHAT
44D	Historical miniature	DIORAMA
45D	Jazz combo instrument	ALTOSAX
47D	Made	NETTED
49D	Government org. that employs many mathematicians	NSA
51D	Lean-__	TOS
52D	Genius at the Apple Store, e.g.	ITPRO
53D	Sticks	ADHERES
54D	Thyme and basil	HERBS
57D	Very, very	OHSO
60D	Mario Kart platform	WII
61D	Benjamin Hoff's "The __ of Pooh"	TAO

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