LA Times Daily Crossword August 18, 2025 Answers

1. Like some histories 5. Scents such as freshly baked bread and clean laundry 11. Cave mammal 14. Zilch 15. __ Creed: Mass recitation 16. Flamenco cry 17. Avant-garde 19. Was victorious 20. Live and breathe 21. Feel under the weather 22. Cabin timber 23. Assets and liabilities statement 27. King Arthur's realm 30. Compete in a slalom 31. Alias letters 32. Dozes (off) 35. Archipelago unit 39. Stylistic faux pas that puts an editor between a rock and a black sheep? 43. Take potshots (at) 44. Repeated word in a Doris Day classic 45. Tear (apart) 46. Archer's asset 48. Positives 51. Illumination that sets a tone 56. Storylines 57. Salty expanse 58. Pirouetting, say 62. Tabby 63. List of top-scoring players, and what the start of 17-, 23-, 39-, or 51-Across could be called? 66. Feasted on 67. Achieve fame 68. Arancini ingredient 69. Sopping 70. Organized workflow 71. Flair

1. __ upon a time 2. Gumbo thickener 3. Against 4. Doesn't disturb 5. Rashida's "Parks and Recreation" role 6. Fix, as a fight 7. Atlantic, for one 8. Soldier trained in first aid 9. "I teach geometry, so I know all the __": math professor's quip 10. Observe 11. "Starman" singer David 12. Unaccompanied 13. Core belief 18. Lang. of Rome 22. Run an email scam 24. __ division 25. Molecule makeup 26. Pass over 27. Zoom devices, familiarly 28. Related (to) 29. Ankle-length skirt 33. Hollywood ending? 34. Confident stride 36. "Bridgerton" title 37. Cleveland's lake 38. Baking amts. 40. Apple tablets 41. Singer Diamond 42. Heritage celebrated in May, for short 47. Great suffering 49. Hoity-toity type 50. Send to voicemail, perhaps 51. Colorful parrot 52. Deliver a speech 53. Chamber music configuration 54. Bike parts 55. "You've never __ so good" 59. Follow covertly 60. Marine apex predator 61. Idyllic place 63. __ Vegas Aces 64. Night before 65. "Shiny Happy People" band