LA Times Daily Crossword August 23, 2025 Answers

1. Low growth 8. Green party? 12. Shared loads? 16. Game that's over in the blink of an eye 17. Bit of sign language? 18. Moves quickly? 19. Made a lap 21. Small plates of fish 23. Argentine "other" 24. "Watch this space" letters 27. Oscar nominee Gladstone 28. Penchant 29. Go badly? 31. Fume 32. Fried fish at the Minnesota State Fair 33. Long-haired cat breed 34. Minor keys? 35. Curry and others 36. Bob Marley's "__ Little Birds" 37. Macro type 38. Medical discipline with a five-year residency, for short 39. Round in a poker tournament 40. Tandoori flatbread 42. Lady bird 43. Classic rock singer 44. Literature Nobelist Tokarczuk 48. Not too dirty 52. Paperwork to let someone go 53. Hungrily rummage through 54. Class with a mean teacher?

1. "Verily!" 2. Atop 3. Name-dropping abbr. 4. Bite on a rope or cluster 5. First sign of spring 6. Holiday __ 7. Pilates movement 8. Some models with click wheels 9. AED experts 10. Rhyme of "Romeo" in the last couplet of "Romeo and Juliet" 11. Peter Pan's destination 13. Immune system components 14. Matt who lived in a van down by the river on "SNL" 15. Picture with a lot of space 20. Arcade handful 22. They're fired before being sent home 23. Pajama Day attire 24. What a load of junk! 25. Salvation Army volunteer 26. Out 28. Australian model Miranda 29. Justin.tv successor 30. "Mayor __": national politics moniker 31. Balkan natives 33. "Beau Is Afraid" theme 35. Has second thoughts 37. Moans and groans 40. Oily compound 41. Animal butters? 43. Indigenous people known for reindeer herding 45. Bullet train? 46. Blowout 47. Grinding along 49. New __: cap brand 50. Start to show 51. Short records, for short