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LA Times Crossword Answers for Friday, August 22, 2025

Friday, August 22, 2025/74 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Friday, August 22, 2025, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.

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Across

  • 1Signal and Line
  • 5Is into
  • 9Espresso or cappuccino, to Italians
  • 14King's address
  • 15Lot of land
  • 16Group calling strikes
  • 17Heartfelt request
  • 18Plane section
  • 19Clichéd
  • 20Diamonds can cut glass, corundum can scratch most other minerals, et al.?
  • 23Contented
  • 24Blanketed
  • 27Crime lab evidence
  • 28Some Kellogg grads
  • 30"Breaking Bad" org.
  • 31Quadri- doubled
  • 34Director's guidance to be more affable?
  • 37Staff leaders
  • 39Colonial insect
  • 40Take root
  • 41Stuffed animals that go viral?
  • 44Bottom of the barrel stuff
  • 45Brink
  • 46Votes of no confidence
  • 47"The __ and the Pussycat"
  • 49Listing agent's field
  • 51Baja breaks
  • 55Increase pressure, or an apt title for this puzzle?
  • 58Fast Amtrak train
  • 60Euphoric feeling
  • 61Org. concerned with ergonomics
  • 62Suddenly took interest
  • 63Moon goddess
  • 64Designer Cassini
  • 65Book maker
  • 66Dr. Frankenstein's assistant
  • 67Tiny bits

Down

  • 1Pet welfare org.
  • 2Series opener?
  • 3Scrub-up stop
  • 4Leakproof
  • 5Fixed point in a mobile contract
  • 6"My thoughts are with you"
  • 7Calendar page, maybe
  • 8__-control
  • 9Save on spending
  • 10Singer Baker
  • 11What one might Bumble into?
  • 12Cheetah, to Wonder Woman
  • 13Wrap up
  • 21Kylo's father
  • 22Berry in a yogurt bowl
  • 25Uncanny
  • 26Consigns to hell
  • 28Buffing and painting services
  • 29Tera- finisher
  • 31Shade in the desert
  • 32Orange studder, at Christmas
  • 33Private meeting
  • 35Averse to work
  • 36"Gosh darn it"
  • 38South-facing gardens, maybe
  • 42"Pillowtalk" singer
  • 43"Rumor has it"
  • 48Teeny-tiny
  • 50Humdingers
  • 51Dictation taker
  • 52Physicist Nikola
  • 53Reacted to a laser show, perhaps
  • 54Bambi and others
  • 56Knobbly citrus
  • 57Socket filler
  • 58Egyptian viper
  • 59Token in The Game of Life

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 74 entries.
  2. There are 37 across and 37 down.
  3. The longest answer has 13 letters and is 20-across.
  4. Constructed by Brian Keller %26 Katie Hale.

All 74 answers

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  • 1ASignal and LineAPPS
  • 5AIs intoDIGS
  • 9AEspresso or cappuccino, to ItaliansCAFFE
  • 14AKing's addressSIRE
  • 15ALot of landACRE
  • 16AGroup calling strikesUNION
  • 17AHeartfelt requestPLEA
  • 18APlane sectionTAIL
  • 19AClichédTIRED
  • 20ADiamonds can cut glass, corundum can scratch most other minerals, et al.?COOLHARDFACTS
  • 23AContentedATPEACE
  • 24ABlanketedCOATED
  • 27ACrime lab evidenceDNA
  • 28ASome Kellogg gradsMBAS
  • 30A"Breaking Bad" org.DEA
  • 31AQuadri- doubledOCTO
  • 34ADirector's guidance to be more affable?PLAYITWARM
  • 37AStaff leadersCLEFS
  • 39AColonial insectANT
  • 40ATake rootSETIN
  • 41AStuffed animals that go viral?HOTFUZZIES
  • 44ABottom of the barrel stuffLEES
  • 45ABrinkEVE
  • 46AVotes of no confidenceNAYS
  • 47A"The __ and the Pussycat"OWL
  • 49AListing agent's fieldREALTY
  • 51ABaja breaksSIESTAS
  • 55AIncrease pressure, or an apt title for this puzzle?TURNUPTHEHEAT
  • 58AFast Amtrak trainACELA
  • 60AEuphoric feelingGLEE
  • 61AOrg. concerned with ergonomicsOSHA
  • 62ASuddenly took interestSATUP
  • 63AMoon goddessLUNA
  • 64ADesigner CassiniOLEG
  • 65ABook makerPRESS
  • 66ADr. Frankenstein's assistantIGOR
  • 67ATiny bitsTADS
  • 1DPet welfare org.ASPCA
  • 2DSeries opener?PILOT
  • 3DScrub-up stopPREOP
  • 4DLeakproofSEALEDOFF
  • 5DFixed point in a mobile contractDATACAP
  • 6D"My thoughts are with you"ICARE
  • 7DCalendar page, maybeGRID
  • 8D__-controlSELF
  • 9DSave on spendingCUTCOSTS
  • 10DSinger BakerANITA
  • 11DWhat one might Bumble into?FIRSTDATE
  • 12DCheetah, to Wonder WomanFOE
  • 13DWrap upEND
  • 21DKylo's fatherHAN
  • 22DBerry in a yogurt bowlACAI
  • 25DUncannyEERIE
  • 26DConsigns to hellDAMNS
  • 28DBuffing and painting servicesMANIS
  • 29DTera- finisherBYTE
  • 31DShade in the desertOCHER
  • 32DOrange studder, at ChristmasCLOVE
  • 33DPrivate meetingTETEATETE
  • 35DAverse to workLAZY
  • 36D"Gosh darn it"WELLSHOOT
  • 38DSouth-facing gardens, maybeSUNTRAPS
  • 42D"Pillowtalk" singerZAYN
  • 43D"Rumor has it"SOIHEAR
  • 48DTeeny-tinyWEE
  • 50DHumdingersLULUS
  • 51DDictation takerSTENO
  • 52DPhysicist NikolaTESLA
  • 53DReacted to a laser show, perhapsAAHED
  • 54DBambi and othersSTAGS
  • 56DKnobbly citrusUGLI
  • 57DSocket fillerPLUG
  • 58DEgyptian viperASP
  • 59DToken in The Game of LifeCAR

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