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Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword March 6, 2025 Answers

Trying to complete the LA Times Daily Crossword crossword from March 6, 2025? The clue "Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?" stumps many solvers, but we've found 194 possible answers. Our top solution is LETTEROPENER (12 letters) with 99% confidence, determined by how often this answer has been used for this and related crossword clues.

Answer For Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?:

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LETTEROPENER
Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 6, 2025
5%
THERIGHTSTUFF
Tom Wolfe book about Project Mercury, or an apt description of the ends of 16-, 24-, 47-, and 56-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2026
5%
TEASETS
Collections with cups and saucers, or a phonetic description of 16-, 22-, 49-, and 60-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
5%
EYEFORDETAIL
Designer's asset, or a phonetic description of 20-, 29-, and 43-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 8, 2026
3%
FOLLOWSUIT
Do the same, and what the ends of 17-, 25-, and 42-Across can do
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2026
3%
MUSICNOTES
Score symbols, or a description of 17-, 24-, 39-, and 49-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2026
3%
SOULMATES
Ideal partners, and what can be found at the ends of 17-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 24, 2026
3%
LETSGETROLLING
Call for action, or what one might say before using the ends of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
3%
SIXPACKS
Sets of sculpted abs, and what the ends of 19-, 23-, 24-, 36-, 46-, and 48-Across are altogether
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 27, 2026
3%
GARDENVARIETY
Unexceptional, or an apt description of 20-, 30-, and 40-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 16, 2026
3%
COMETOGETHER
Classic Beatles song, or an apt description of the progression of this puzzle's circles
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 7, 2026
3%
FALLCOLLECTION
Fashion house release with autumnal colors, or what the ends of 20-, 34-, and 41-Across are
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 6, 2026
3%
RIGHTYOUARE
"Correct!," or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 34-, and 52-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
3%
HOWDOYOULIKE
With 59-Across, rhetorical taunt, or a question answered by the ends of 17-, 23-, and 37-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2026
3%
CHANGEGEARS
Shift, or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 48-Across do
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 16, 2026
3%
SIXSEVEN
2025 meme, or what the starts of 15- and 34-Across and the ends of 20- and 46-Across amount to
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
3%
RICK
With 73-Across, classic internet prank pulled by this puzzle's longest answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
3%
COPYRIGHT
Protection of intellectual property, or a phonetic hint to 16-, 23-, 30-, and 44-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
2%
HIHAT
Percussion set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 26, 2026
2%
OSLO
Capital city with a Museum of the Viking Age set to open in 2027
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 25, 2026
2%
EYETOEYE
*How like-minded people see, or a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
2%
TABLET
Portable device with a touchscreen
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2026
2%
HUBRIS
Fatal flaw in classic myths
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2026
2%
SHOOINS
Safe bets, or a phonetic hint to the circled elements of this puzzle?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 15, 2026
2%
MODESTO
California city where "American Graffiti" was set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2026
2%
POKEMON
Lego line that includes a 587-piece Eevee set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2026
2%
SPAN
Reach across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2026
2%
EDGER
Lawn care device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2026
2%
RENT
Musical set in Alphabet City
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
2%
COURTORDER
Judge's directive, or a feature of each set of circled letters?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 2, 2026
2%
GAMEPOINT
Important part of a set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 29, 2026
2%
GARBO
Greta of classic Hollywood
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
2%
HIGHSTAKES
With a lot on the line, or a phonetic hint to 3-, 8-, 15-, and 23-Down
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
2%
ABANDONSHIP
"Everyone in the water!," or when parsed differently, what can be found in each set of circled words
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
2%
ATM
Drive-thru device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 25, 2026
2%
ABS
Middle set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
2%
ALLS
"__ well that ends well"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2026
2%
IWIN
"Game, set, match"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2026
2%
ADAM
Driver on a movie set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2026
2%
OER
Above, in classic odes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2026
2%
MODEM
Internet access device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2026
2%
PAGER
"Your table's ready" device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
2%
CASEY
"Mighty" batter who strikes out in a classic poem
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 30, 2026
2%
TWINPEAKS
Cult classic of 1990s TV
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 30, 2026
2%
YOGARETREAT
Vacation for posers?, or what can be found in each set of circled letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 22, 2026
2%
NATO
Org. with a phonetic alphabet
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
2%
EYELEVEL
Where one may set their sights
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
2%
WATTS
Los Angeles neighborhood where many Walter Mosley novels are set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2026
2%
STEELTOE
Digital protection device?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
2%
HASP
Locking device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 5, 2026
2%
EYES
Socket set
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
2%
ECHO
Alexa device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
2%
AMP
Concert device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 29, 2026
2%
COCO
Pixar film set partially in the afterlife
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
2%
LOOM
Arachne's device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
2%
FIND
Happen across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
2%
TROPE
Familiar plot device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 16, 2026
2%
WEREDONE
"This ends now"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2026
2%
THEVOICE
NBC singing competition that completed its 29th season in 2026, or what appears to get louder at the ends of the answers to the starred clues?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 11, 2026
2%
ATEAM
Elite squad, or what's found in each set of circled letters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2026
2%
GTS
Some classic muscle cars
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2026
2%
INKSTANDS
Quaint desk accessories
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2026
2%
GAUGE
Measuring device
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2026
2%
ERE
Before, in classic ballads
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
2%
MOANA
Disney film set in Polynesia
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 21, 2026
2%
EAR
Listening device?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 17, 2026
2%
TYRONE
Power of classic films
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2026
2%
ITPROS
Help desk techs
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2026
2%
POOLNOODLE
Basic flotation device
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2026
2%
BEERENGINE
Pumping device in a pub
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2026
2%
SEEM
Come across as
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2026
2%
CSIS
Dramas set in Vegas and Miami
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
2%
HOE
Plot device?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
2%
MARYLOU
"Hello __": classic barbershop song
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2026
2%
SOUNDSLIKEAPLAN
"Let's do this thing!," or what can be said about each set of circles in this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 7, 2026
2%
ALLINONEPRINTER
Versatile home office device
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2026
2%
ASANDOLDLACE
Cary Grant film that airs periodically on classic movie channels?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
2%
CURLINGFE
Hairstyling device applied periodically?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
2%
LOFI
Lacking sharp sound quality, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
2%
POLES
With 39-Across, diametrically opposed, or what this puzzle's sets of circled letters are
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 29, 2026
2%
ACTNOW
"This sale ends soon!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2026
2%
OCTET
One set of pawns, in chess
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2026
2%
TAXRETURN
April 15 filing, or what can be found in each set of circled letters in this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 15, 2026
2%
ARGO
Best Picture winner set in Iran
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 15, 2026
2%
ROUTER
Wireless network device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 14, 2026
2%
LEDTV
Streaming device, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
2%
SCARFACE
Brian De Palma crime classic starring Al Pacino
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
2%
ETON
__ mess: classic English dessert
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
2%
SCALE
Weighing device
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
2%
WALLE
2008 Pixar film set ~800 years in the future
Universal Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
2%
LANDSPEEDRECORD
Achievement last set in 1997 in Nevada's Black Rock Desert
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
1%
PACE
Treadmill setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 25, 2026
1%
MAILS
Sends
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2026
1%
ONEL
Student setting out for the bar?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2026
1%
AMIS
French friends
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2026
1%
SYNC
Align, as devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 13, 2026
1%
SKY
Jet setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2026
1%
STARE
Unsettling look
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
1%
NAPKIN
Part of a table setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
1%
REPENT
Turn sharply to the right?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
1%
TRIVIANIGHT
Bar exam setting?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
1%
ADVENTS
Onsets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 4, 2026
1%
MASTERKEYS
"Learn to recognize the pattern of sharps and flats"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2026
1%
AIDS
Lends a hand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2026
1%
LEGO
Toy brand with Creator 3-in-1 sets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 28, 2026
1%
TVS
Sports bar sets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
1%
PCS
WFH devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
1%
ARENA
Skybox setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
1%
INE
Having four sharps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2026
1%
NIGHTMODE
Camera setting with a moon icon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
1%
DABS
Tends to a stain, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
1%
CATAN
Board game with settlers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
1%
STARQUALITY
Aspiring actor's asset
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2026
1%
TAPES
Cassettes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 11, 2026
1%
SUE
Refuse to settle, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 7, 2026
1%
GANGBUSTERS
Wildly successful, or what three black squares in this puzzle literally are
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
1%
BODYTEMPERATURE
*Internal setting controlled by thermoregulation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
1%
SPEED
Treadmill setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
1%
PAGERS
Motorola devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2026
1%
REALTOR
Many a "Selling Sunset" cast member
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2026
1%
SEATBELTS
Vehicle safety devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2026
1%
BAKE
Oven setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 28, 2026
1%
ATMS
Bank lobby devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2026
1%
MICS
Influencer devices, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2026
1%
MUTUALS
Online friends, colloquially
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2026
1%
AVONLEA
"Anne of Green Gables" setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 22, 2026
1%
COUCHSURFS
Stays with a series of friends
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
1%
MOOR
"Wuthering Heights" setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
1%
EERIE
Unsettling
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
1%
ASSAMTEA
Element of many English breakfast blends
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
1%
ROMANS
"Friends, __, countrymen ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2026
1%
LENOX
Massachusetts home of the Tanglewood Music Festival
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
1%
EST
NYC setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
1%
GETGO
Onset
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2026
1%
WIRE
Bluetooth device's lack, often
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2026
1%
AUTO
Camera setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2026
1%
YENTL
Film starring Barbra Streisand as a woman who pretends to be a yeshiva boy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2026
1%
RISES
Ascends
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
1%
PICA
Typesetting unit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
1%
OESTE
Sunset dirección
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
1%
SEDER
Meal with charoset and maror
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2026
1%
ECO
__ mode: hybrid setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2026
1%
LET
Server reset?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2026
1%
UCLA
Campus near Sunset Blvd.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 11, 2026
1%
FRIDAY
Start of many long weekends
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2026
1%
RAFTS
Simple flotation devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
1%
NEO
Prefix with classical
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
1%
ASSISTS
Lends a hand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
1%
LONDON
"Sweeney Todd" setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 4, 2026
1%
CNET
Tech trends site
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 3, 2026
1%
CASINO
Betting setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 2, 2026
1%
RADARS
Tracking devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 2, 2026
1%
CAMS
Vlogger devices, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2026
1%
GOESTO
Attends
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2026
1%
GMT
Clock-setting std.
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2026
1%
FSTOP
Camera setting that affects depth
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2026
1%
PACES
Treadmill settings
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
1%
ROBE
Item in a hotel closet
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2026
1%
BIGTOP
Three-ring circus setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2026
1%
ATONE
Make amends
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2026
1%
RIO
Copacabana setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2026
1%
RELACE
Adjust, as a corset
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 23, 2026
1%
COUPLESTRIP
Vacation with friends and their significant others
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2026
1%
ASIA
China setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2026
1%
REACHIN
Try to access, as the back of a closet
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 15, 2026
1%
KOR
"M*A*S*H" setting, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2026
1%
ECIGS
Vaping devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2026
1%
TRIPS
Sends sprawling
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2026
1%
OSHA
Workplace std. setter
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2026
1%
MIAMI
Florida setting of some Carl Hiaasen novels
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2026
1%
NABS
Apprehends
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
1%
ATONES
Makes amends (for)
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
1%
SECRETWEAPONS
Hidden assets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
1%
SBIAN
Person represented by the sunset flag
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2026
1%
VEERS
Swerves sharply
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 20, 2026
1%
REESESANDESPEEPS
Ms. Witherspoon's Peruvian friends in the candy aisle?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2026
1%
YEAGER
Record-setting pilot Chuck
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2026
1%
TEATASTERS
Experts who use cupping sets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2026
1%
ACRE
Hundred ___ Wood (setting for "Winnie-the-Pooh")
Universal Crossword · Apr 16, 2026
1%
REALONES
True friends, slangily
Universal Crossword · Apr 16, 2026
1%
OCEAN
"Finding Nemo" setting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 14, 2026
1%
ADMITS
Sends an acceptance letter to
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
1%
ARI
Singer Grande, to friends
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
1%
ACUTABOVE
On the next level, or what 3-, 9-, 20-, and 23-Down literally have
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2026
1%
HONED
Made sharper
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2026
1%
DEADSILENT
Unsettlingly quiet
Universal Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
1%
HOMETHEATER
Entertainment setup that typically includes surround sound
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
1%
UPFORDEBATE
Not entirely settled
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
1%
TAPE
Cassette
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
1%
NOWTHEN
"Since that's been settled ..."
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
1%
DOIN
"How you __?": Joey's "Friends" catchphrase
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2026
1%
MIXTAPES
Cassettes that may spark nostalgia
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
1%
LACES
Corset tighteners
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
1%
AIM
Ax thrower's asset
Universal Crossword · Mar 26, 2026

Clues for LA Times Daily Crossword on March 6, 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 194 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is LETTEROPENER (12 letters).
What is the best answer for "Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?"?
The best answer for "Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?" is LETTEROPENER with 12 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Sharp device in a classic desk set, or a literal and phonetic description of the ends of 20-, 28-, 36-, and 48-Across?" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on March 6, 2025.
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