LA Times Crossword May 23, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword May 23, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from May 23, 2025 contains 72 total clues—37 across and 35 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	"Whip It" band	DEVO
5A	Substantial account	SAGA
9A	Mint family herb	BASIL
14A	Photoshop, say	EDIT
15A	__ hygiene	ORAL
16A	"My Brilliant Friend" novelist Ferrante	ELENA
17A	Tube on an automatic ball launcher?	PITCHPIPE
19A	"Sorry, got other plans"	ICANT
20A	Ghost __ chance	OFA
21A	Cry of discovery	EUREKA
22A	Polar vehicle	SNOCAT
23A	__-Leste: first new sovereign state of the 21st century	TIMOR
25A	Batter's decision not to bunt?	SWINGVOTE
28A	Bygone boxy Toyota	SCION
29A	Art Deco designer	ERTE
30A	Flagon kin	EWER
31A	Suffix similar to -ess	ENNE
32A	Crushes, in a way	ACES
34A	"I got it!" or "Blazing fastball!," for example?	CATCHPHRASE
39A	Stock option?	SOUP
40A	Starring role	LEAD
42A	Whack	SWAT
46A	"A Death in the Family" writer James	AGEE
48A	Container allowances on scales	TARES
50A	Tally entered on a scoreboard?	HITRECORD
52A	Not suitable	INAPT
53A	Sudden charge	ONRUSH
54A	Racket	DIN
56A	Rock & Roll HoF city	CLE
57A	Perch	SIT
58A	Instructional video about getting under a tag?	SLIDESHOW
61A	Govt. security	TNOTE
62A	Obedience school lesson	HEEL
63A	"Present!"	HERE
64A	Ribald nature spirit of Greek mythology	SATYR
65A	"Relax"	COOLIT
66A	"New-to-you," perhaps	USED

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Storehouses	DEPOTS
2D	Imposing structure	EDIFICE
3D	Nutrient in citrus	VITAMINC
4D	Like 3-Down pills: Abbr.	OTC
5D	Former frosh	SOPH
6D	Melodic	ARIOSE
7D	Opening	STOMATA
8D	Brewpub brew	BEER
9D	"The Perks of __ a Wallflower": 2012 teen drama	BEING
10D	Secluded spot	ALCOVE
11D	Dugong, for one	SEACOW
12D	Natural	INNATE
13D	More recent	NEWER
18D	Insects in the genus Vespa	HORNETS
22D	Scornful expression	SNEER
24D	Actress Chaplin	OONA
26D	Spot for a bar code, often	WRAPPER
27D	Hankering	URGE
33D	Cracker served with 39-Across	SALTINE
35D	Whistle blower	REFEREE
36D	"Les Misérables" novelist	HUGO
37D	English actor Bean	SEAN
38D	Maladies treated with drops	EARACHES
41D	Strongly regret	DEPLORE
42D	Gym bottoms	SHORTS
43D	Ryder of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"	WINONA
44D	Fundamentally	ATROOT
45D	Unlikely to be undependable	TRUSTY
47D	Swirls of water	EDDIES
49D	Like some tomatoes and prunes	STEWED
51D	Organic compound	ENOL
55D	Aimlessly	IDLY
58D	Pop duo __ & Him	SHE
59D	Thompson of "Back to the Future"	LEA
60D	Moo __ pork	SHU

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