LA Times Crossword August 17, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword August 17, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from August 17, 2025 contains 140 total clues—58 across and 82 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	Starts using, as an accent	ADOPTS
7A	Accumulate	AMASS
12A	Challenging bio course	APCLASS
19A	Like a network used in machine learning	NEURAL
20A	Finish, as a crossword, e.g.	SOLVE
21A	Evergreen seed	PINENUT
22A	Response to "See ya later, alligator"	AFTERAWHILECROCODILE
25A	Anxiety from social media scrolling, for short	FOMO
26A	Voices above tenors	ALTOS
27A	Used in beta	TESTED
29A	Part of the hook in a 2007 Rihanna hit	ELLA
32A	"The Pitt" figs.	MDS
35A	Amble (along)	MOSEY
37A	Cautionary __	TALE
38A	22-Across variation in a flower garden?	BYEBYEBUTTERFLY
42A	Studio Ghibli film about a magical goldfish	PONYO
43A	Member of the fam	SIS
44A	Sketch comedy series starring Odenkirk and Cross	MRSHOW
45A	City in western Germany	ESSEN
47A	Iroquois nation	SENECA
49A	Clarinetist's supply	REEDS
53A	Above, poetically	OER
54A	Orb weaver's creation	WEB
57A	22-Across variation in a desert?	INASHAKERATTLESNAKE
62A	"Pull up __"	ASEAT
63A	Soprano solo	ARIA
64A	Spoke like a cat	MEOWED
65A	Garden bed planting	BULB
68A	Peter's adversary in a Prokofiev composition	WOLF
71A	"Clueless" source novel	EMMA
73A	Some recital attendees	DADS
74A	Like characters that lean one way?	ITALIC
77A	Require	NEED
79A	Likeness	IMAGE
82A	22-Across variation in a forest?	TAKECAREGRIZZLYBEAR
87A	Part of a pronoun pair	SHE
88A	"Origin" director DuVernay	AVA
89A	SpongeBob's pet, for one	SNAIL
90A	Party balloon filler	HELIUM
93A	Rough it in comfort	GLAMP
95A	"The Phantom Tollbooth" author Juster	NORTON
98A	The NCAA's Tigers	LSU
99A	Broken wagon part in Oregon Trail	WHEEL
102A	22-Across variation in a birdcage?	BESWEETPARAKEET
107A	Supplant	OUST
108A	__ fin	DORSAL
109A	Bichon frise bark	YIP
110A	Brontë's Jane	EYRE
111A	Wife, in 101-Down	ESPOSA
113A	Film without a major studio	INDIE
115A	106-Down portrayer McGregor	EWAN
118A	22-Across variation in Ontario?	HANGLOOSECANADAGOOSE
125A	Acrobat's attire	UNITARD
126A	"The Dark Knight __"	RISES
127A	Set of grading criteria	RUBRIC
128A	Scapegoats	PATSIES
129A	Porterhouse, e.g.	STEAK
130A	Averred	SAIDSO

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Santa __ winds	ANA
2D	Pt. of HDTV	DEF
3D	Not in the closet	OUT
4D	Assembled on-site	PREFAB
5D	Poi source	TARO
6D	__ poetry	SLAM
7D	Volcanic fallout	ASH
8D	"You're accusing me!?"	MOI
9D	Pesto __ Genovese	ALLA
10D	Lithe	SVELTE
11D	Subdivision	SECTOR
12D	Biblical disciple	APOSTLE
13D	Insta grid item	PIC
14D	Benjamin	CNOTE
15D	Graf below a headline	LEDE
16D	Jennifer of "Murder Mystery"	ANISTON
17D	"Aladdin" title	SULTAN
18D	Icy, as a glare	STEELY
23D	Ovens for buns, but not loaves	WOMBS
24D	Satellite dish spot	ROOF
28D	"Gloria in Excelsis __"	DEO
29D	Recedes	EBBS
30D	Ancient harp	LYRE
31D	Téa of "Death of a Unicorn"	LEONI
33D	"Oh, of course!"	DUH
34D	Certain delivery worker?	STORK
36D	Disinfectant brand	LYSOL
39D	Some fitness orgs.	YMCAS
40D	Wipe away	ERASE
41D	Cutesy	TWEE
42D	In and of itself	PERSE
46D	Appear	EMERGE
48D	Activate	TRIGGER
50D	Segment of a Taylor Swift show	ERA
51D	Truth or __	DARE
52D	Perform repetitive movements to self-soothe, say	STIM
54D	East Coast mini-mart	WAWA
55D	Barely achieved, with "out"	EKED
56D	Items of varying comfort for Goldilocks	BEDS
58D	"Yee-__!"	HAW
59D	Make up (for)	ATONE
60D	Language from which "curry" is derived	TAMIL
61D	"I'll keep opening briefcases, Howie!"	NODEAL
65D	Twitch currency	BITS
66D	Four Corners state	UTAH
67D	Tahoe or Huron	LAKE
69D	Millipede's multitude	LEGS
70D	Common houseplant	FERN
72D	Actress Poehler	AMY
75D	Poker proclamation	ICALL
76D	Catalan sparkling wine	CAVA
78D	One-seventh of una semana	DIA
80D	Loathe	HATE
81D	Davis of "The Fly"	GEENA
83D	Stallone franchise	RAMBO
84D	Low-budget pub	ZINE
85D	Polish currency	ZLOTY
86D	"Inside Out" kid	RILEY
91D	The "U" in EULA	USER
92D	Silencing button	MUTE
93D	"Start already!"	GETONIT
94D	Dots	PERIODS
96D	Troy tech univ.	RPI
97D	Playable on a VCR	TAPED
99D	Misery	WOE
100D	Sweep under the rug	HUSHUP
101D	Francia's neighbor	ESPANA
103D	Tax doc IDs	SSNS
104D	Thigh-high waterproof boots	WADERS
105D	Inspire	ELICIT
106D	Skywalker mentor	KENOBI
108D	__ Lama	DALAI
112D	Cpls.' superiors	SGTS
114D	Lighten (up)	EASE
116D	Edit __: battles on Wikipedia	WARS
117D	Piscina filler	AGUA
119D	Mined resource	ORE
120D	Principals' org.	NEA
121D	Query	ASK
122D	Chicago airport code	ORD
123D	Member of the fam	SIS
124D	Friendly prefix	ECO

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