LA Times Crossword November 2, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword November 2, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from November 2, 2025 contains 144 total clues—67 across and 77 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	Comforting touches	PATS
5A	Perceived	SEEN
9A	Puck's flagship restaurant	SPAGO
14A	Wound remnant	SCAR
18A	2-Down's love interest	ERIC
19A	Long skirt	MAXI
20A	Classic quilted handbag maker	CHANEL
21A	Goddess of marriage	HERA
22A	Dance of the moonlighters?	SIDEHUSTLEHUSTLE
25A	Garden spot	EDEN
26A	Many a first-time voter	TEENAGER
27A	Night, in the Eternal City	NOTTE
28A	Blow up, in a way	TREND
29A	Wiser companion?	OLDER
30A	Terra firma	LAND
32A	Dance of the anglers?	SANDDABDAB
35A	Tear	RIP
37A	Upper limb	ARM
39A	Blessed event?	SNEEZE
40A	Dance of the mothers-to-be?	BABYBUMPBUMP
46A	Middle sch. math class	ALG
47A	Temporary repair material	TAPE
51A	__ cube	ICE
52A	First-year student working toward a JD	ONEL
53A	Poet's "at no time"	NEER
55A	Troubled	HASSLED
57A	"Whiskey Lullaby" singer Paisley	BRAD
59A	Prefix with -pathic	IDIO
61A	Savor	RELISH
63A	Work unit	ERG
64A	Coin from the Royal Mint	SOVEREIGN
66A	Roman garb	TOGA
67A	Concern	ISSUE
69A	Dance of the homebodies?	PORCHSWINGSWING
73A	Sleepy housemate	HAPPY
76A	Flag	TIRE
77A	MLB team playing in Sacramento ahead of their move to Las Vegas	ATHLETICS
81A	Mathematician Lovelace	ADA
82A	Spotless	CHASTE
85A	Israeli airline	ELAL
86A	Give kudos at a poetry slam	SNAP
87A	Stressful position	HOTSEAT
89A	Tolkien's Shepherds of the Trees	ENTS
92A	Surrounded by	AMID
94A	Evergreen with upright cones	FIR
95A	Tennis icon Arthur	ASHE
96A	King or queen	BEDDYNAST
98A	Dance of the flamboyant?	SHOWPONYPONY
101A	Principles	VALUES
104A	Musician and peace activist Yoko	ONO
105A	Once __ while	INA
106A	Dance of the investigators?	WIRETAPTAP
110A	Biblical mariner	NOAH
113A	Insider parlance	ARGOT
117A	Not moving	INERT
118A	White Rabbit follower	ALICE
120A	Silica gel packet target	MOISTURE
122A	Undershirt, briefly	CAMI
123A	Dance of the pickpockets?	OLIVERTWISTTWIST
126A	Put in stitches	KNIT
127A	"__ percent of the game is half mental": Yogi Berra quip about baseball	NINETY
128A	How to get in on a deal?	ANTE
129A	Natural balm	ALOE
130A	Tantalizing	SEXY
131A	"Hedda" actress Thompson	TESSA
132A	Drive up a phone bill, in a way	ROAM
133A	Longings	YENS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Sauce made with basil and pine nuts	PESTO
2D	Rebellious mermaid	ARIEL
3D	Helped through hard times, with "over"	TIDED
4D	Set crew's responsibility	SCENERY
5D	Arrogant	SMUG
6D	Support for a work in progress	EASEL
7D	Over-the-top	EXTRA
8D	World Cup score, maybe	NILOLE
9D	Closes	SHUTS
10D	Angel hair and linguine	PASTAS
11D	Radio receiver	ANTENNA
12D	Take shape	GEL
13D	World Cup "Score!," maybe	NILOLE
14D	Fruity, frozen desserts	SHERBETS
15D	Surrendered	CEDED
16D	Final Four venue	ARENA
17D	H.E.R.'s genre	RANDB
20D	Margaret of "Drop Dead Diva"	CHO
23D	Big name in gummy bears	HARIBO
24D	Evasive maneuver	ENDRUN
28D	Toon devil	TAZ
31D	Catch	NAB
33D	India Gate city	DELHI
34D	"L'Absinthe" painter	DEGAS
36D	Less sizable	PUNIER
38D	Butterfly honorific, for short	MME
40D	Lobster dinner accoutrements	BIBS
41D	Prefix with -polis	ACRO
42D	Wally's sitcom bro	BEAV
43D	Combat caregiver	MEDIC
44D	Predicaments	PLIGHTS
45D	"Evita" name	PERON
48D	Some Belgian blondes	ALES
49D	Cradle of the Inca Empire	PERU
50D	Slight advantage	EDGE
54D	Jamaican genre	REGGAE
56D	Gleam	SHINE
58D	"Nosferatu" actress Lily-Rose	DEPP
60D	Not remote	ONSITE
62D	Racer's final chance to win	LASTLAP
65D	Rolls-__	ROYCE
66D	Precursor to overtime	TIE
68D	Some military figs.	SGTS
70D	Small but loud songbirds	WRENS
71D	Hula Hoop maker	WHAMO
72D	"Fighting" team of the Big Ten	ILLINI
73D	"Ur so funny!"	HAHA
74D	Kerfuffles	ADOS
75D	Trail	PATH
78D	Facts, for short	INFO
79D	Abel's brother	CAIN
80D	Chipper	SPRY
83D	"Se __ español"	HABLA
84D	Devoured	ATEUP
88D	Harshness	SEVERITY
90D	E'en if	THO
91D	Many a Petrarch poem	SONNET
93D	King or queen	BEDDYNAST
97D	Holds back	DETAINS
99D	Curry favor with	WOO
100D	Not quite (there)	PARTWAY
102D	Court fig.	ATT
103D	Ointments	SALVES
106D	Candle threads	WICKS
107D	Silly	INANE
108D	New version of an existing song	REMIX
109D	Michelangelo masterpiece	PIETA
111D	__ acid	AMINO
112D	Shade-loving perennial	HOSTA
114D	Cunning	GUILE
115D	"Citizen Kane" director Welles	ORSON
116D	Heads of France	TETES
119D	Get teary	CRY
121D	One thing alone or two people together	ITEM
123D	Que. neighbor	ONT
124D	Whopper	LIE
125D	"Why Can't We Be Friends?" band	WAR

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