LA Times Crossword Answers for Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Tuesday, November 18, 2025/78 clues solved
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Across
- 1Short-term office workers
- 6__ and weave
- 9Installs turf
- 13Brownstone porch
- 14Not false
- 15Slip-on shoe
- 16Linked-together homemade decoration
- 18The Chicago Marathon, for one
- 19Native of New Zealand
- 20Add to the mix
- 21Black's opponent in checkers
- 24Noisy flash of lightning
- 27Hypercorrect "Yes, indeedy!"
- 29From __ Z
- 30Hi or low follower, in graphics
- 31Staircase part
- 32Geometric figure with no sides or corners
- 35Quaint warning of impending danger, and a hint to the implements at the ends of 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across
- 41Sparkling toppers
- 42Division word
- 43Weep loudly
- 46Test for Ph.D. hopefuls
- 47Sharp-witted
- 49Tool needed for some needlecraft
- 53Name on a box by the sink
- 54Grown-up
- 55Belly button type
- 57List of dishes
- 58Arm-twisting wrestling hold
- 63Walk off one's anxiety, perhaps
- 64__ vera gel
- 65Consume fully
- 66Snow glider
- 67Beaver creation
- 68Uncool sorts
Down
- 1Recipe amt.
- 2GPS prediction
- 3Cleaning tool that may be dry or wet
- 4Bard's creation
- 5Nursery rhyme couple with restricted 23-Downs
- 6Cranium organ
- 7French "yes"
- 8Filmmaker Affleck
- 9Clean with effort
- 10Grand speaker
- 11Like animals in a petting zoo, ideally
- 12Aromatherapy choices
- 14Drive-__ car wash
- 17Pacific salmon
- 20Member of the working class
- 21Investment consideration
- 22"At Last" singer James
- 23Food regimen
- 25Pub game with sharp projectiles
- 26Inscribe with acid
- 28Barbecue rod
- 32Proofreader's insertion mark
- 33401(k) kin
- 34Prepare to publish
- 36Number of legs on some arthropods
- 37Naked
- 38Burden
- 39Miranda of "Homeland"
- 40Some sushi toppers
- 43Little rascals
- 44Trying experience
- 45Name on a box by the dryer
- 47Top-notch
- 48Aspen trail
- 50Like some word puzzles
- 51Greeting to a parent
- 52"Looks like the joke's __"
- 56"If all __ fails ... "
- 58Consumed
- 59Pie __ mode
- 60Above, in odes
- 61Cattle chew
- 62Mil. mess duties
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
- There are 35 across and 43 down.
- The longest answer has 15 letters and is 35-across.
- Constructed by C.W. Stewart.
All 78 answers
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- 1AShort-term office workersTEMPS
- 6A__ and weaveBOB
- 9AInstalls turfSODS
- 13ABrownstone porchSTOOP
- 14ANot falseTRUE
- 15ASlip-on shoeCROC
- 16ALinked-together homemade decorationPAPERCHAIN
- 18AThe Chicago Marathon, for oneRACE
- 19ANative of New ZealandMAORI
- 20AAdd to the mixPUTIN
- 21ABlack's opponent in checkersRED
- 24ANoisy flash of lightningTHUNDERBOLT
- 27AHypercorrect "Yes, indeedy!"ITISSO
- 29AFrom __ ZATO
- 30AHi or low follower, in graphicsRES
- 31AStaircase partSTEP
- 32AGeometric figure with no sides or cornersCIRCLE
- 35AQuaint warning of impending danger, and a hint to the implements at the ends of 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-AcrossKATIEBARTHEDOOR
- 41ASparkling toppersTIARAS
- 42ADivision wordINTO
- 43AWeep loudlySOB
- 46ATest for Ph.D. hopefulsGRE
- 47ASharp-wittedASTUTE
- 49ATool needed for some needlecraftCROCHETHOOK
- 53AName on a box by the sinkSOS
- 54AGrown-upADULT
- 55ABelly button typeINNIE
- 57AList of dishesMENU
- 58AArm-twisting wrestling holdHAMMERLOCK
- 63AWalk off one's anxiety, perhapsPACE
- 64A__ vera gelALOE
- 65AConsume fullyUSEUP
- 66ASnow gliderSLED
- 67ABeaver creationDAM
- 68AUncool sortsNERDS
- 1DRecipe amt.TSP
- 2DGPS predictionETA
- 3DCleaning tool that may be dry or wetMOP
- 4DBard's creationPOEM
- 5DNursery rhyme couple with restricted 23-DownsSPRATS
- 6DCranium organBRAIN
- 7DFrench "yes"OUI
- 8DFilmmaker AffleckBEN
- 9DClean with effortSCRUB
- 10DGrand speakerORATOR
- 11DLike animals in a petting zoo, ideallyDOCILE
- 12DAromatherapy choicesSCENTS
- 14DDrive-__ car washTHRU
- 17DPacific salmonCOHO
- 20DMember of the working classPROLE
- 21DInvestment considerationRISK
- 22D"At Last" singer JamesETTA
- 23DFood regimenDIET
- 25DPub game with sharp projectilesDARTS
- 26DInscribe with acidETCH
- 28DBarbecue rodSPIT
- 32DProofreader's insertion markCARET
- 33D401(k) kinIRA
- 34DPrepare to publishEDIT
- 36DNumber of legs on some arthropodsEIGHT
- 37DNakedBARE
- 38DBurdenONUS
- 39DMiranda of "Homeland"OTTO
- 40DSome sushi toppersROES
- 43DLittle rascalsSCAMPS
- 44DTrying experienceORDEAL
- 45DName on a box by the dryerBOUNCE
- 47DTop-notchAONE
- 48DAspen trailSKIRUN
- 50DLike some word puzzlesCLUED
- 51DGreeting to a parentHIMOM
- 52D"Looks like the joke's __"ONME
- 56D"If all __ fails ... "ELSE
- 58DConsumedHAD
- 59DPie __ modeALA
- 60DAbove, in odesOER
- 61DCattle chewCUD
- 62DMil. mess dutiesKPS
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