LA Times Crossword May 2, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword May 2, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from May 2, 2025 contains 78 total clues—37 across and 41 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	Number with 101 digits	GOOGOL
7A	Tenerife, por ejemplo	ISLA
11A	Oft-torn knee pt.	ACL
14A	Prisoner	INMATE
15A	Speak indistinctly	SLUR
16A	Fish eggs	ROE
17A	Cardiology implants	STENTS
18A	Song for one	SOLO
19A	"That tastes go-o-o-od"	MMM
20A	Work on one's abs, say	TONE
21A	*Hot point	SHABUSHABU
24A	Broccoli part	STEM
26A	Psyched	AMPED
27A	*Main event	MOTHERSDAY
33A	Wine category	REDS
34A	Disciplines	AREAS
35A	Hoped	WISHED
37A	Cross piece?	PEN
38A	Patti with a plaque on the Apollo Theater's Walk of Fame	LABELLE
41A	Rank in judo	DAN
44A	Within the realm of possibility	DOABLE
46A	Future oak	ACORN
48A	Bakery worker	ICER
50A	*Chain-chain-chain	CUBANDANCE
53A	Mushroom with a honeycomb-like top	MOREL
55A	Burst of wind	GUST
56A	*Rhino	PIFOLLOWER
60A	"¿Cómo __ usted?"	ESTA
64A	"It's __-brainer!"	ANO
65A	European automaker	AUDI
66A	Benders	JAGS
68A	Lav	LOO
69A	Hard-to-break plates	MAIL
70A	Van Gogh's "The Potato __"	EATERS
71A	Fitting	APT
72A	Princess Anne, to Prince William	AUNT
73A	Stop by unannounced, and how to make the starred clues match their answers?	DROPIN

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Crux	MAINPOINT
2D	Not fooled by	ONTO
3D	Portentous sign	OMEN
4D	Elephant-headed god	GANESHA
5D	Mel in the Baseball Hall of Fame	OTT
6D	Secondary	LESSER
7D	Emmy nominee Rae	ISSA
8D	Messy type	SLOB
9D	Doozy	RIPSNORTER
10D	Came up	SURFACED
11D	1998 Michael Bay disaster film	ARMAGEDDON
12D	Systematically searched (through)	COMBED
13D	Animals found only in Madagascar	LEMURS
22D	Letters for the Royal Navy	HMS
23D	Rabbit's larger cousin	HARE
25D	Inventor Nikola	TESLA
27D	Document with a key	MAP
28D	Vein contents	ORE
29D	Novice	ROOKIE
30D	Dorky type	DWEEB
31D	Feel poorly	AIL
32D	Designer bag monogram	YSL
36D	Chairs	SEATS
39D	"The View" network	ABC
40D	__-ray disc	BLU
42D	Rainbow shape	ARC
43D	San Diego-to-Palm Springs dir.	NNE
45D	Sweet sandwich	OREO
47D	Indulge	DOTE
48D	Zambezi Valley antelope	IMPALA
49D	Like many laundromats	COINOP
51D	"Just a number," so some say	AGE
52D	Breastfed	NURSED
54D	Alpaca kin	LLAMA
57D	Island banquet	LUAU
58D	Norse god of war	ODIN
59D	Droop	SAG
61D	Ooze	SEEP
62D	Garr of "Tootsie"	TERI
63D	Org.	ASSOC
67D	Nice round number?	PAR

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