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LA Times Crossword Answers for Saturday, August 23, 2025

Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Saturday, August 23, 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

  • 1Low growth
  • 8Green party?
  • 12Shared loads?
  • 16Game that's over in the blink of an eye
  • 17Bit of sign language?
  • 18Moves quickly?
  • 19Made a lap
  • 21Small plates of fish
  • 23Argentine "other"
  • 24"Watch this space" letters
  • 27Oscar nominee Gladstone
  • 28Penchant
  • 29Go badly?
  • 31Fume
  • 32Fried fish at the Minnesota State Fair
  • 33Long-haired cat breed
  • 34Minor keys?
  • 35Curry and others
  • 36Bob Marley's "__ Little Birds"
  • 37Macro type
  • 38Medical discipline with a five-year residency, for short
  • 39Round in a poker tournament
  • 40Tandoori flatbread
  • 42Lady bird
  • 43Classic rock singer
  • 44Literature Nobelist Tokarczuk
  • 48Not too dirty
  • 52Paperwork to let someone go
  • 53Hungrily rummage through
  • 54Class with a mean teacher?

Down

  • 1"Verily!"
  • 2Atop
  • 3Name-dropping abbr.
  • 4Bite on a rope or cluster
  • 5First sign of spring
  • 6Holiday __
  • 7Pilates movement
  • 8Some models with click wheels
  • 9AED experts
  • 10Rhyme of "Romeo" in the last couplet of "Romeo and Juliet"
  • 11Peter Pan's destination
  • 13Immune system components
  • 14Matt who lived in a van down by the river on "SNL"
  • 15Picture with a lot of space
  • 20Arcade handful
  • 22They're fired before being sent home
  • 23Pajama Day attire
  • 24What a load of junk!
  • 25Salvation Army volunteer
  • 26Out
  • 28Australian model Miranda
  • 29Justin.tv successor
  • 30"Mayor __": national politics moniker
  • 31Balkan natives
  • 33"Beau Is Afraid" theme
  • 35Has second thoughts
  • 37Moans and groans
  • 40Oily compound
  • 41Animal butters?
  • 43Indigenous people known for reindeer herding
  • 45Bullet train?
  • 46Blowout
  • 47Grinding along
  • 49New __: cap brand
  • 50Start to show
  • 51Short records, for short

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 66 entries.
  2. There are 30 across and 36 down.
  3. The longest answer has 14 letters and is 12-across.
  4. Constructed by Matthew Stock %26 Willa Angel Chen Miller.

All 66 answers

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  • 1ALow growthTOENAIL
  • 8AGreen party?NEWB
  • 12AShared loads?INTERNETFAMOUS
  • 16AGame that's over in the blink of an eyeSTARINGCONTEST
  • 17ABit of sign language?OLDE
  • 18AMoves quickly?RELOS
  • 19AMade a lapSAT
  • 21ASmall plates of fishSCALES
  • 23AArgentine "other"OTRO
  • 24A"Watch this space" lettersTBA
  • 27AOscar nominee GladstoneLILY
  • 28APenchantKNACK
  • 29AGo badly?TRESPASS
  • 31AFumeSEETHE
  • 32AFried fish at the Minnesota State FairWALLEYE
  • 33ALong-haired cat breedPERSIAN
  • 34AMinor keys?ISLETS
  • 35ACurry and othersWARRIORS
  • 36ABob Marley's "__ Little Birds"THREE
  • 37AMacro typeCARB
  • 38AMedical discipline with a five-year residency, for shortENT
  • 39ARound in a poker tournamentCHIP
  • 40ATandoori flatbreadLAVASH
  • 42ALady birdHEN
  • 43AClassic rock singerSIREN
  • 44ALiterature Nobelist TokarczukOLGA
  • 48ANot too dirtyAGEAPPROPRIATE
  • 52APaperwork to let someone goPERMISSIONSLIP
  • 53AHungrily rummage throughRAID
  • 54AClass with a mean teacher?APSTATS
  • 1D"Verily!"TIS
  • 2DAtopONTO
  • 3DName-dropping abbr.ETAL
  • 4DBite on a rope or clusterNERD
  • 5DFirst sign of springARIES
  • 6DHoliday __INN
  • 7DPilates movementLEGRAISE
  • 8DSome models with click wheelsNANOS
  • 9DAED expertsEMTS
  • 10DRhyme of "Romeo" in the last couplet of "Romeo and Juliet"WOE
  • 11DPeter Pan's destinationBUSSTATION
  • 13DImmune system componentsTCELLS
  • 14DMatt who lived in a van down by the river on "SNL"FOLEY
  • 15DPicture with a lot of spaceSTARCHART
  • 20DArcade handfulTOKENS
  • 22DThey're fired before being sent homeCLAYS
  • 23DPajama Day attireONESIE
  • 24DWhat a load of junk!TRASHHEAP
  • 25DSalvation Army volunteerBELLRINGER
  • 26DOutASLEEP
  • 28DAustralian model MirandaKERR
  • 29DJustin.tv successorTWITCH
  • 30D"Mayor __": national politics monikerPETE
  • 31DBalkan nativesSERBS
  • 33D"Beau Is Afraid" themePARANOIA
  • 35DHas second thoughtsWAVERS
  • 37DMoans and groansCARPS
  • 40DOily compoundLIPID
  • 41DAnimal butters?HORNS
  • 43DIndigenous people known for reindeer herdingSAMI
  • 45DBullet train?LIST
  • 46DBlowoutGALA
  • 47DGrinding alongATIT
  • 49DNew __: cap brandERA
  • 50DStart to showPOP
  • 51DShort records, for shortEPS

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