LA Times Daily Crossword August 31, 2025 Answers

1. Rollaway bed 4. Sweetie 8. "Totally ready for the weekend!" 12. Muppet who lives in a recycling zone 17. Letters for a monarch 18. Nook's format, e.g. 20. Incessantly 21. "Hungry hungry" animal in a kids game 22. Porto greeting 23. Religious platform 24. Where Penguins play on ice? 25. Raising agent 26. Lotus part 28. Hotel gym, e.g. 30. Groups of friends 31. Deemed suitable 33. Rice dish cooked in a wide pan 34. [I didn't get my way!] 35. 1990s treaty acronym 36. Inc., in Britain 37. Spots that might smear 41. Some send-ups 43. Question after a photo finish 44. "The penny drops!" 46. Dull, figuratively 48. __ kwon do 51. Wash. neighbor 52. Exudes 54. __ nous 55. Disdain 57. Small complaint 58. Bring about, as mayhem 59. Classic muscle car 60. Partner 62. Conjure up 64. Fin. neighbor 65. Taken together 67. KenKen figs. 68. Return from vacation 72. Before, in poems 73. "Stop hogging it!" 75. Mount also known as Kissavos 76. Peruvian singer Sumac 78. Accept terms 81. "I don't __ it" 82. Très très 84. Soccer star __ Heath 86. Pure joy 87. Pub brew 88. Fair-hiring inits. 89. College in Dublin 91. "Stop filming!" 92. Pride event 95. Epiphany figures 97. Listen clandestinely 99. Autograph seeker's tool 100. Utility bill data 102. Coats with ganache, e.g. 103. Baseless rumor 105. Conditional release 107. "Good 4 U" singer Rodrigo 110. Culinary school dough? 112. Orgs. that may serve as alternatives to hostels 113. Recurring theme 114. Ring around a lagoon 116. Rapace of "Prometheus" 118. First words of many an alphabet book 119. Central Asian mountain range 120. "No __!" 121. React to a bad joke 122. Vaccine molecule 123. "It's Gonna Be Me" band 124. Ramona, per Beezus 125. Unexpected problem 126. Susan of "The Partridge Family"

1. Slices and dices 2. "The Library Book" writer Susan 3. With 70-Down, "Never would've predicted this scenario," and what can be said about the first word of the answer to each starred clue? 4. *Request for greater detail 5. Georgia airport code 6. Early app edition 7. Lead by __ 8. Field where accidents are common? 9. *"Really, Captain Obvious?" 10. Cozy lodging 11. Rx regulator 12. *"C'mon, quit pretending to be confused!" 13. Afternoon snooze 14. Pros who try to stay balanced? 15. Abbey space 16. Goes bad 19. Buys for, as a birthday dinner 20. Ace 27. Romance 29. Nancy Drew's boyfriend 30. "Un __ Loco": "Coco" song 32. Shadow 34. Try to hit, as a cat might a laser beam 38. Exquisite 39. Groggy state 40. Citi Field predecessor 42. Follower of Jah 45. "Fire away" 46. Relax on the sofa 47. Not backing 49. "__ we all?" 50. *"Free Your Mind" group 53. Brand with a Selena Gomez limited edition version 56. __ phone 61. Swallowed 63. "__ mio" 64. Lead-in to "op" 66. Some concert merch 69. Aspiring J.D.s' exams 70. See 3-Down 71. Give off 74. *Visionary physicians? 77. In __ event 78. "Shark Tank" network 79. Cause of a sticky situation 80. "Poison" singer Ora 81. Poetic performers 83. Reaching great heights 85. Like show-offy pushups 90. Enlist again 93. Cruising the Caribbean, maybe 94. Uniform adornment 96. Not alfresco 98. Vance of "I Love Lucy" 99. Butter portion 101. Stritch of Broadway 104. Egyptian river 106. Input for some plagiarism detectors 107. Saudi Arabia neighbor 108. Haha alternatives 109. Wee 111. End of a.m. 114. Egyptian viper 115. Connection 117. Goat's bleat