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LA Times Crossword Answers for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Wednesday, October 1, 2025/76 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Wednesday, October 1, 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

  • 1Ill-fitting
  • 6Ground-breaking tool
  • 11Passed with flying colors
  • 15Zenith's opposite
  • 16Stand in art class
  • 17Theater box
  • 18Enthralled by the theater
  • 20Apple variety
  • 21Outlets
  • 22Swimwear brand founded in Australia in 1914
  • 24Viola clef
  • 27Scallions' kin
  • 30Squirming
  • 31Green-and-yellow farm playthings for kids
  • 34Krauss of bluegrass-country
  • 35"One more thought ... "
  • 36Bubbly drink
  • 39Fled
  • 40Frozen Four org.
  • 43Early bloomers
  • 45Folks who get creative in court
  • 48Quick bread at tea
  • 51Detective story?
  • 52Boundless
  • 53Smoothie fruit
  • 55Lower back bones
  • 57System operator
  • 58Shift responsibility to someone else, and an apt title for this puzzle
  • 64Spot for curlers
  • 65Lauder of cosmetics
  • 66First Greek letter
  • 67Intrusive
  • 68Veggies for chips
  • 69Intel job

Down

  • 1LiMu business
  • 2D.C. ballplayer
  • 31990 accessibility law, for short
  • 4Statue toppers
  • 5Dino with long teeth and short arms
  • 6Small sofa
  • 7Text analyst
  • 8Tempe sch.
  • 9Advent mo.
  • 10Community group with lodges
  • 11Extraterrestrial visitors, perhaps
  • 12Extraterrestrial visitor, certainly
  • 13"Yikes!"
  • 14Wooden duck, e.g.
  • 19"Hush"
  • 23Shareholder dividend
  • 24Slightly cracked
  • 25Title person in a Kinks hit
  • 26Lean
  • 28Mauna __: alphabetically first of two Hawaiian volcanoes with similar names
  • 29Mo. town
  • 32Party animal?
  • 33Big bird
  • 36Tuscan tower town
  • 37Makes a choice
  • 38Covert summons
  • 41One step __ time
  • 42Knee stabilizer, for short
  • 44Suitable for habitation
  • 45Snidely critical
  • 46Sounded like a 59-Down
  • 47Becomes less intense
  • 48Rebuff
  • 49Label printer maker
  • 50Blossoms
  • 54Gibbons, e.g.
  • 56Nurture
  • 59Nile snake
  • 60Early Beatles bassist Sutcliffe
  • 61Scanned lines on a pkg.
  • 62Margaret of "Fire Island"
  • 63Mo. neighbor

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 16x14 with 76 entries.
  2. There are 34 across and 42 down.
  3. The longest answer has 13 letters and is 31-across.
  4. Constructed by Katherine Simonson.

All 76 answers

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  • 1AIll-fittingINAPT
  • 6AGround-breaking toolSPADE
  • 11APassed with flying colorsACED
  • 15AZenith's oppositeNADIR
  • 16AStand in art classEASEL
  • 17ATheater boxLOGE
  • 18AEnthralled by the theaterSTAGESTRUCK
  • 20AApple varietyIMAC
  • 21AOutletsEXITS
  • 22ASwimwear brand founded in Australia in 1914SPEEDO
  • 24AViola clefALTO
  • 27AScallions' kinLEEKS
  • 30ASquirmingANTSY
  • 31AGreen-and-yellow farm playthings for kidsJOHNDEERETOYS
  • 34AKrauss of bluegrass-countryALISON
  • 35A"One more thought ... "ALSO
  • 36ABubbly drinkPOP
  • 39AFledRAN
  • 40AFrozen Four org.NCAA
  • 43AEarly bloomersTULIPS
  • 45AFolks who get creative in courtSKETCHARTISTS
  • 48AQuick bread at teaSCONE
  • 51ADetective story?ALIBI
  • 52ABoundlessVAST
  • 53ASmoothie fruitPAPAYA
  • 55ALower back bonesSACRA
  • 57ASystem operatorUSER
  • 58AShift responsibility to someone else, and an apt title for this puzzlePASSTHEBUCK
  • 64ASpot for curlersRINK
  • 65ALauder of cosmeticsESTEE
  • 66AFirst Greek letterALPHA
  • 67AIntrusiveNOSY
  • 68AVeggies for chipsSPUDS
  • 69AIntel jobRECON
  • 1DLiMu businessINS
  • 2DD.C. ballplayerNAT
  • 3D1990 accessibility law, for shortADA
  • 4DStatue toppersPIGEONS
  • 5DDino with long teeth and short armsTREX
  • 6DSmall sofaSETTEE
  • 7DText analystPARSER
  • 8DTempe sch.ASU
  • 9DAdvent mo.DEC
  • 10DCommunity group with lodgesELKS
  • 11DExtraterrestrial visitors, perhapsALIENS
  • 12DExtraterrestrial visitor, certainlyCOMET
  • 13D"Yikes!"EGADS
  • 14DWooden duck, e.g.DECOY
  • 19D"Hush"SILENCE
  • 23DShareholder dividendPAYOUT
  • 24DSlightly crackedAJAR
  • 25DTitle person in a Kinks hitLOLA
  • 26DLeanTHIN
  • 28DMauna __: alphabetically first of two Hawaiian volcanoes with similar namesKEA
  • 29DMo. townSTL
  • 32DParty animal?DONKEY
  • 33DBig birdOSTRICH
  • 36DTuscan tower townPISA
  • 37DMakes a choiceOPTS
  • 38DCovert summonsPSST
  • 41DOne step __ timeATA
  • 42DKnee stabilizer, for shortACL
  • 44DSuitable for habitationLIVABLE
  • 45DSnidely criticalSNARKY
  • 46DSounded like a 59-DownHISSED
  • 47DBecomes less intenseABATES
  • 48DRebuffSPURN
  • 49DLabel printer makerCASIO
  • 50DBlossomsOPENS
  • 54DGibbons, e.g.APES
  • 56DNurtureREAR
  • 59DNile snakeASP
  • 60DEarly Beatles bassist SutcliffeSTU
  • 61DScanned lines on a pkg.UPC
  • 62DMargaret of "Fire Island"CHO
  • 63DMo. neighborKAN

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