LA Times Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from October 12, 2025 contains 144 total clues—77 across and 67 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	Sandos with two spreads	PBJS
5A	Restaurant chain co-founded by chef Matsuhisa	NOBU
9A	Star's entourage	POSSE
14A	"You know you want to!"	CMON
18A	Floor plan unit	ROOM
19A	Country with a Persian-speaking majority	IRAN
20A	Operational launch time	HHOUR
21A	Yours, in hymns	THINE
22A	Unoriginal reply	ECHO
23A	Checkbook no.	ACCT
24A	Flanged support pieces	IBARS
25A	Actress Bailey	HALLE
26A	Big Apple team	YANKS
28A	Alpine course	SKISLOPE
30A	Spoke like a boxer	BARKED
31A	Explorer Erikson	LEIF
33A	Into the latest gadgets	TECHY
34A	Call made behind one's back?	BUTTDIAL
36A	Stayed in line	OBEYED
38A	Div. of Labor	OSHA
39A	Williams with four Olympic gold medals	VENUS
40A	Holiday cusp	EVE
41A	Hoppy beer	ALE
42A	Snatch quickly	GRAB
44A	Specter	WRAITH
46A	Ready for a break	TIRED
48A	Lake near Carson City	TAHOE
50A	Charcuterie board selections	SALAMIS
52A	Retired record holder?	IPOD
54A	Production	SHOW
55A	Omega preceder	PSI
56A	Activist Yoko	ONO
57A	Stick on a pub wall	POOLCUE
61A	Multivolume ref.	OED
63A	Herb on a bánh mì sandwich	CILANTRO
66A	Govt. securities	TBILLS
67A	Capacious craft	ARK
69A	Rescue op	EVAC
71A	Knock, in slang	DIS
72A	Artemis org.	NASA
74A	"__ complicated"	ITS
75A	Can refuse to	NEEDNT
77A	Treats flavored with syrup	SNOCONES
80A	River project	DAM
82A	Went in circles	GYRATED
84A	Siglo de __: era of El Greco and Cervantes	ORO
85A	Patterned after	ALA
86A	Long-legged wader	IBIS
89A	Billy of "Titanic"	ZANE
90A	Fortnite Frenz 4 Ever Blaster, for one	NERFGUN
92A	Select with a mouse	CLICK
93A	Milk source in the Sahara	CAMEL
96A	Mural on plaster	FRESCO
98A	Subject that includes set theory	MATH
100A	Prefix with natal	NEO
101A	USPS abbr.	AVE
102A	__ Loops	FROOT
104A	Court target	HOOP
106A	Barely sufficient	MEAGER
108A	Subject that includes gender theory	SEXOLOGY
110A	Islanders' NHL division, familiarly	METRO
111A	Animation collectibles	CELS
112A	Stumble over	TRIPON
113A	List of specialized terms	GLOSSARY
116A	"Dos Mujeres" painter	KAHLO
119A	Football features	LACES
120A	Scrub, as a mission	ABORT
121A	Sporty car roof	TTOP
123A	Dish in a bowl	SOUP
124A	"My stars!"	EGADS
125A	Episcopal figure	VICAR
126A	Stealthy flyers	OWLS
127A	Clark from Smallville	KENT
128A	Wildlife refuges	DENS
129A	Walled Spanish city	AVILA
130A	Dig like a pig	ROOT
131A	Seeks information	ASKS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Salmon, to bears	PREY
2D	__ Raton	BOCA
3D	"Boom Boom" blues legend	JOHNLEEHOOKER
4D	"__ and the Bandit"	SMOKEY
5D	"Candyman" director DaCosta	NIA
6D	Brutish Tolkien characters	ORCS
7D	Approach that emphasizes fundamentals	BACKTOBASICS
8D	Disentangles	UNTIES
9D	Group that can play a symphony	PHILHARMONICORCHESTRA
10D	"I can't wait!"	OHBOY
11D	Stuff in a pump bottle	SOAP
12D	Guaranteed winner	SUREBET
13D	Workplaces for triage nurses: Abbr.	ERS
14D	Leafy vegetable	CHARD
15D	More opalescent	MILKIER
16D	Ashore, perhaps	ONLEAVE
17D	Mocked playfully	NEEDLED
21D	"What a shame"	THATSTOOBAD
27D	Sustained attack	SIEGE
29D	Phonetic symbol	SCHWA
30D	Furnace meas.	BTU
32D	Pres. who created the "alphabet agencies"	FDR
35D	Not cool	UNHIP
36D	Breakfast sometimes prepared overnight	OATS
37D	Ho-hum	BLAH
39D	Helmet feature	VISOR
43D	Pet welfare org.	ASPCA
45D	"Yer lyin'!"	AINTSO
47D	South Indian rice cake	IDLI
49D	"You __ it to yourself ... "	OWE
51D	Word rapper Bow Wow dropped from his stage name	LIL
53D	Nursery containers	POTS
58D	Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters	CLIMBINGSHOES
59D	Final: Abbr.	ULT
60D	Squiggly letter	ESS
62D	Hygiene tool on a spool	DENTALFLOSS
64D	Loves to bits	ADORES
65D	"How many sugars?," quaintly	ONELUMPORTWO
67D	Lee with two Best Director Oscars	ANG
68D	"West Coast" singer Lana Del __	REY
70D	Powerful engine named for its shape	VTEN
73D	Mountain pose, for one	ASANA
76D	Stunned state	DAZE
78D	Baseball team's starting lineup, e.g.	NONET
79D	Pester	NAG
81D	Feel rotten	AIL
83D	Clear of condensation	DEFOG
87D	Drink with a domed lid	ICEE
88D	Toffee candy bar	SKOR
91D	__ the bill	FOOTS
92D	Sass	CHEEK
93D	Made a two-piece chess move	CASTLED
94D	Just OK	AVERAGE
95D	Like axolotls	MEXICAN
97D	Colorful character?	ROYGBIV
99D	Flix sister station	TMC
103D	Actor Funches of Apple TV+'s "Loot"	RON
105D	One on the stump	ORATOR
107D	"North to the Future" state	ALASKA
109D	Persuasive columns	OPEDS
110D	__ compass	MORAL
114D	Focal points	LOCI
115D	"Let's do it!" hashtag	YOLO
117D	Knucklehead	LUNK
118D	Decides	OPTS
120D	Gardner of "Show Boat"	AVA
122D	LAX clock setting	PST

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