LA Times Crossword September 17, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword September 17, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from September 17, 2025 contains 78 total clues—39 across and 39 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	Premolar neighbor	CANINE
7A	Opposite of sans	AVEC
11A	Bub	MAC
14A	Handy	USEFUL
15A	Indistinct number	SOME
16A	Lone	SOLE
17A	*Ice cream sundae traditionally served in a boat	BANANASPLIT
19A	Fertility clinic cells	OVA
20A	Minor dustup	SPAT
21A	Masks and gowns in the OR, e.g.	PPE
22A	Game featuring matches and love	TENNIS
24A	Organize	ARRANGE
27A	Money with a double-headed eagle	RUBLE
28A	Before now	AGO
31A	San Antonio landmark	ALAMO
33A	Fast Amtrak train	ACELA
34A	Pledge drive gift	TOTE
36A	__ mail	BULK
39A	Brief moment in time?	SEC
40A	*Salt-free seasoning introduced in 1983	MRSDASH
43A	Highland rejection	NAE
44A	Walked heavily	TROD
46A	"I'm standing right here"	AHEM
47A	Footnote abbr.	IBID
49A	Riding event	RODEO
51A	Become familiar with	INURETO
53A	"The Princess Bride" co-star __ the Giant	ANDRE
55A	Leonard who wrote "Get Shorty"	ELMORE
57A	Jewish mystical doctrine	CABALA
59A	Energy bar grain	OAT
60A	Named names	SANG
64A	GI show gp.	USO
65A	*Rehearsal	PRACTICERUN
68A	Eastern "way"	TAO
69A	Above the strike zone	HIGH
70A	Nabe in lower Manhattan	NOLITA
71A	Antlered buglers	ELK
72A	Pi Day follower	IDES
73A	Have the final turn, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues?	GOLAST

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Windy City team	CUBS
2D	Urgent letters	ASAP
3D	"99 Luftballons" singer	NENA
4D	"Maybe not even that"	IFATALL
5D	Convent member	NUN
6D	Go by	PASS
7D	In accordance with	ASPER
8D	Up/down arrows on a remote: Abbr.	VOL
9D	Send off	EMIT
10D	Peter of Chicago	CETERA
11D	*Inflatable structure at a kids party	MOONBOUNCE
12D	Middle ear bone	ANVIL
13D	Discontinue	CEASE
18D	Adidas offering	SPORTSHOE
23D	Not really feeling it?	NUMB
25D	Thailand, once	SIAM
26D	Flooring in a ryokan	TATAMIMAT
28D	Sunrise locale	EAST
29D	Taiwanese tech giant	ACER
30D	*Listing of all-time accomplishments	RECORDBOOK
32D	French article	LES
35D	"__ of Girls' Things": poem by Sharon Olds	ODE
37D	Café addition	LAIT
38D	Fat-heavy diet	KETO
41D	Issa of "Insecure"	RAE
42D	Time division	HOUR
45D	Cartoon explorer	DORA
48D	Make available ahead of time	PRESELL
50D	Oracle site	DELPHI
52D	Observing	NOTING
53D	Between zero and 90 degrees	ACUTE
54D	Congested, perhaps	NASAL
56D	Scottish bodies of water	LOCHS
58D	Extremely dry	ARID
61D	Solo at the Met	ARIA
62D	17-Across topper	NUTS
63D	Buzzer in a cloud	GNAT
66D	Mature	RIPEN
67D	Talk sweetly	COO

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