LA Times Crossword Answers for Monday, October 13, 2025
Monday, October 13, 2025/78 clues solved
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Across
- 1Get plenty of sleep before a big event
- 7Quick and nimble
- 11__ Lock: PC key
- 14Starting squads
- 15French peak
- 16CBS forensic franchise
- 17Hip-hop dance move
- 18"Dream a Little Dream" singer
- 20Home project initials
- 21Thumb drive ports
- 23Asian grocery chain
- 24Symbol on a difficult ski run
- 28__ beer float
- 29Pep talk target
- 33House of Lords title
- 36Part of a superhero costume
- 39Soccer great Hamm
- 40Daily paper in the Windy City
- 44Nashville awards org.
- 45Clock toggle
- 46Home
- 47Dojo instructor
- 50Where to find "Campbell's Soup Cans" in NYC
- 52Fast-casual Chinese restaurant chain
- 58ICU hookup
- 61Wet and squirmy
- 62Genetic messenger molecule
- 63One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across
- 65French cake
- 68Sports doc's scan
- 69__-steven
- 70Draw out
- 71Plopped down
- 72Skating commentator Lipinski
- 73Stinging weed
Down
- 1Mary J. Blige's music genre
- 2Etsy business
- 3"Bye now"
- 4Sun shade?
- 5Actress Thurman
- 6Bogus
- 7Lively Afro-Brazilian dance
- 8Suffix with proto-
- 9Turntable letters
- 10"You'd think so, but ... "
- 11Org. covered by ESPNU
- 12Cold War initials
- 13Fine spray
- 19Nav. rank
- 22"Friends" or "Girlfriends"
- 25Lightweight clog
- 26Hawaiian coffee district
- 27Harbinger
- 30Snowball pile, say
- 31Stretched the truth
- 32Soften
- 33Emails discreetly
- 34[Sigh]
- 35"Glass Onion" director Johnson
- 37Egyptian cobra
- 38Beat with one's fists
- 41Make a profit
- 42Pack (down)
- 43Vowel-shaped beam
- 48Practice in the boxing ring
- 49Young bird of prey
- 51Gas with the symbol O
- 53Put off
- 54Health insurance giant
- 55Put up
- 56Mollusk that's a symbol of slowness
- 57Pan fry
- 58Some early PCs
- 59"Up in the Air" Oscar nominee Farmiga
- 60Fly, in fly-fishing
- 64Actress Longoria
- 66Blonde brew
- 67__ for tat
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 40-across.
- Constructed by Ginny Too.
All 78 answers
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- 1AGet plenty of sleep before a big eventRESTUP
- 7AQuick and nimbleSPRY
- 11A__ Lock: PC keyNUM
- 14AStarting squadsATEAMS
- 15AFrench peakALPE
- 16ACBS forensic franchiseCSI
- 17AHip-hop dance moveNAENAE
- 18A"Dream a Little Dream" singerMAMACASS
- 20AHome project initialsDIY
- 21AThumb drive portsUSBS
- 23AAsian grocery chainHMART
- 24ASymbol on a difficult ski runBLACKDIAMOND
- 28A__ beer floatROOT
- 29APep talk targetMORALE
- 33AHouse of Lords titleBARON
- 36APart of a superhero costumeCAPE
- 39ASoccer great HammMIA
- 40ADaily paper in the Windy CityCHICAGOSUNTIMES
- 44ANashville awards org.CMA
- 45AClock toggleAMPM
- 46AHomeABODE
- 47ADojo instructorSENSEI
- 50AWhere to find "Campbell's Soup Cans" in NYCMOMA
- 52AFast-casual Chinese restaurant chainPANDAEXPRESS
- 58AICU hookupIVBAG
- 61AWet and squirmyEELY
- 62AGenetic messenger moleculeRNA
- 63AOne option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-AcrossBEARLEFT
- 65AFrench cakeGATEAU
- 68ASports doc's scanMRI
- 69A__-stevenEVEN
- 70ADraw outELICIT
- 71APlopped downSAT
- 72ASkating commentator LipinskiTARA
- 73AStinging weedNETTLE
- 1DMary J. Blige's music genreRANDB
- 2DEtsy businessETAIL
- 3D"Bye now"SEEYA
- 4DSun shade?TAN
- 5DActress ThurmanUMA
- 6DBogusPSEUDO
- 7DLively Afro-Brazilian danceSAMBA
- 8DSuffix with proto-PLASM
- 9DTurntable lettersRPM
- 10D"You'd think so, but ... "YEAHNO
- 11DOrg. covered by ESPNUNCAA
- 12DCold War initialsUSSR
- 13DFine sprayMIST
- 19DNav. rankCMDR
- 22D"Friends" or "Girlfriends"SITCOM
- 25DLightweight clogCROC
- 26DHawaiian coffee districtKONA
- 27DHarbingerOMEN
- 30DSnowball pile, sayAMMO
- 31DStretched the truthLIED
- 32DSoftenEASE
- 33DEmails discreetlyBCCS
- 34D[Sigh]AHME
- 35D"Glass Onion" director JohnsonRIAN
- 37DEgyptian cobraASP
- 38DBeat with one's fistsPUMMEL
- 41DMake a profitGAIN
- 42DPack (down)TAMP
- 43DVowel-shaped beamIBAR
- 48DPractice in the boxing ringSPAR
- 49DYoung bird of preyEAGLET
- 51DGas with the symbol OOXYGEN
- 53DPut offDEFER
- 54DHealth insurance giantAETNA
- 55DPut upERECT
- 56DMollusk that's a symbol of slownessSNAIL
- 57DPan frySAUTE
- 58DSome early PCsIBMS
- 59D"Up in the Air" Oscar nominee FarmigaVERA
- 60DFly, in fly-fishingBAIT
- 64DActress LongoriaEVA
- 66DBlonde brewALE
- 67D__ for tatTIT
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