LA Times Crossword October 30, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword October 30, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from October 30, 2025 contains 76 total clues—35 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	Fennellike herb	ANISE
6A	__ Jam Recordings	DEF
9A	Talent, informally	CHOPS
14A	Crow's-feet treatment	BOTOX
15A	Food label fig.	RDA
16A	Reduce	LOWER
17A	Fell for completely	ATEUP
18A	Investigations	INQUIRIES
20A	See 51-Across	SIMPLEFASTENERFIREPLACESOUNDGRAMMYCATEGORY
22A	Anniversary pair?	ENS
23A	Acai bowl grain	OAT
24A	Progressive business: Abbr.	INS
25A	[Shiver]	BRR
26A	"Stop right there!"	HALT
28A	Blokes	MEN
31A	See 51-Across	SIMPLEFASTENERFIREPLACESOUNDGRAMMYCATEGORY
35A	Bear whose porridge was too cold	MAMA
36A	__-blond	ASH
37A	Miss Piggy, for one	DIVA
38A	See 51-Across	SIMPLEFASTENERFIREPLACESOUNDGRAMMYCATEGORY
43A	Possible reason for a TV-MA rating	SEX
44A	Remove from power	OUST
45A	Two-person card game	WAR
46A	Agcy. created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974	NRC
47A	Sun, in Seville	SOL
48A	Texting letters	SMS
51A	Breakfast cereal trio, and what 20-, 31-, and 38-Across are	SNAPCRACKLEPOP
56A	Like unexpectedly lesson-laden moments	TEACHABLE
57A	Zinc __	OXIDE
58A	Get clean	BATHE
59A	Charged particle	ION
60A	Solar energy collector	PANEL
61A	Was a straphanger, say	STOOD
62A	"Called it, didn't I"	SEE
63A	Aroma	SMELLODOR

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Cut down to size	ABASE
2D	Running an errand, say	NOTIN
3D	List details	ITEMS
4D	Italian wedding __	SOUP
5D	Investigate	EXPLORE
6D	"Catch my __?"	DRIFT
7D	"Cimarron" novelist Ferber	EDNA
8D	Helpful pgs.	FAQS
9D	Customers	CLIENTS
10D	Traffic signals?	HORNS
11D	Toddler's scrape	OWIE
12D	__ review	PEER
13D	Graduating gp.	SRS
19D	Practical	UTILE
21D	O.K. Corral surname	EARP
25D	"The Lair of the White Worm" novelist Stoker	BRAM
26D	Lays into	HASAT
27D	Vier plus vier	ACHT
28D	"ABC World News Tonight" anchor David	MUIR
29D	One of the seven deadly sins	ENVY
30D	Confidentiality doc	NDA
31D	Subway fee	FARE
32D	Big name in movies	IMAX
33D	French bodies of water	LACS
34D	Aroma	SMELLODOR
35D	Some British sports cars	MGS
39D	Shape-shifted	MORPHED
40D	Flowering desert plant with swordlike leaves	YUCCA
41D	Furry critter who lives on Endor	EWOK
42D	Runs fast	GALLOPS
46D	__ chips	NACHO
47D	Embarrassing public display	SCENE
48D	Porcupine quill	SPINE
49D	Walk the runway	MODEL
50D	Write some letters	SPELL
51D	Stock exchange membership	SEAT
52D	Org. with an alphabet	NATO
53D	Grand slam quartet, briefly	RBIS
54D	Flowering desert plant with fleshy leaves	ALOE
55D	Prep course target	EXAM
56D	"Dinner and a Movie" airer	TBS

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