LA Times Crossword August 18, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword August 18, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from August 18, 2025 contains 78 total clues—35 across and 43 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	Like some histories	ORAL
5A	Scents such as freshly baked bread and clean laundry	AROMAS
11A	Cave mammal	BAT
14A	Zilch	NADA
15A	__ Creed: Mass recitation	NICENE
16A	Flamenco cry	OLE
17A	Avant-garde	CUTTINGEDGE
19A	Was victorious	WON
20A	Live and breathe	EXIST
21A	Feel under the weather	AIL
22A	Cabin timber	PINE
23A	Assets and liabilities statement	BALANCESHEET
27A	King Arthur's realm	CAMELOT
30A	Compete in a slalom	SKI
31A	Alias letters	AKA
32A	Dozes (off)	NODS
35A	Archipelago unit	ISLET
39A	Stylistic faux pas that puts an editor between a rock and a black sheep?	MIXINGMETAPHORS
43A	Take potshots (at)	SNIPE
44A	Repeated word in a Doris Day classic	SERA
45A	Tear (apart)	REND
46A	Archer's asset	AIM
48A	Positives	UPSIDES
51A	Illumination that sets a tone	MOODLIGHTING
56A	Storylines	ARCS
57A	Salty expanse	SEA
58A	Pirouetting, say	ONTOE
62A	Tabby	CAT
63A	List of top-scoring players, and what the start of 17-, 23-, 39-, or 51-Across could be called?	LEADERBOARD
66A	Feasted on	ATE
67A	Achieve fame	ARRIVE
68A	Arancini ingredient	RICE
69A	Sopping	WET
70A	Organized workflow	SYSTEM
71A	Flair	STYLE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	__ upon a time	ONCE
2D	Gumbo thickener	ROUX
3D	Against	ANTI
4D	Doesn't disturb	LETSBE
5D	Rashida's "Parks and Recreation" role	ANN
6D	Fix, as a fight	RIG
7D	Atlantic, for one	OCEAN
8D	Soldier trained in first aid	MEDIC
9D	"I teach geometry, so I know all the __": math professor's quip	ANGLES
10D	Observe	SEE
11D	"Starman" singer David	BOWIE
12D	Unaccompanied	ALONE
13D	Core belief	TENET
18D	Lang. of Rome	ITAL
22D	Run an email scam	PHISH
24D	__ division	LONG
25D	Molecule makeup	ATOMS
26D	Pass over	OMIT
27D	Zoom devices, familiarly	CAMS
28D	Related (to)	AKIN
29D	Ankle-length skirt	MAXI
33D	Hollywood ending?	DEE
34D	Confident stride	STRUT
36D	"Bridgerton" title	LORD
37D	Cleveland's lake	ERIE
38D	Baking amts.	TSPS
40D	Apple tablets	IPADS
41D	Singer Diamond	NEIL
42D	Heritage celebrated in May, for short	AAPI
47D	Great suffering	MISERY
49D	Hoity-toity type	SNOB
50D	Send to voicemail, perhaps	IGNORE
51D	Colorful parrot	MACAW
52D	Deliver a speech	ORATE
53D	Chamber music configuration	OCTET
54D	Bike parts	GEARS
55D	"You've never __ so good"	HADIT
59D	Follow covertly	TAIL
60D	Marine apex predator	ORCA
61D	Idyllic place	XANADU
63D	__ Vegas Aces	LAS
64D	Night before	EVE
65D	"Shiny Happy People" band	REM

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