LA Times Daily Crossword February 11, 2025 Answers

1. Hairless 5. "A Nightmare on __ Street" 8. Insurance company with a duck mascot 13. Et __: and others 14. French champagne brand 16. Slow-moving tree dweller 17. *Vocabulary gone viral 19. Former capital of Japan 20. Wow 21. Gabaldon who writes the "Outlander" novels 23. [As per the original] 24. __ of luxury 26. *Tee style 28. As thick as __ 32. Exchange 33. *"Old Time Rock and Roll" singer 35. "Just take those old records off the shelf / I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself," e.g. 39. Hoppy brew 40. Vulgarly showy 42. "The Raven" poet 43. Formally adopt, as a treaty 46. *New Year's Day sporting event 49. Clown costume part that may honk 51. Oddballs 52. *Fluffy carpets 56. Narc's org. 57. Spot for a pint of 39-Across 58. Home city of K-pop's BTS 60. Played out 64. Smell 66. Options package for a new car, and what can be found at the start of the answer to each starred clue 68. With 31-Down, Great Barrier Reef locale 69. Smack 70. Farm grunt 71. Between, in French 72. Mos. and mos. 73. Hush-hush docs

1. __ ghanoush 2. Grad 3. Superstar Minnelli 4. Wows 5. Dramatically maudlin, slangily 6. Title for an earl 7. First responder 8. "No such thing as a stupid question!" 9. Go by plane 10. Baggy 11. Story in Architectural Digest? 12. __-full: at capacity 15. Old Russian rulers 18. Create a tapestry 22. Many a honeymooner 25. Title gal in a Buddy Holly hit 27. "Tiny Desk Concerts" producer 28. Ski lift option 29. Spanish greeting 30. "Yeah, sure" 31. See 68-Across 34. __ the wrong way 36. Apple tablet 37. "¿__ está usted?" 38. Views 41. __ Jones 44. Gerund suffix 45. Sign of movement? 47. Von Trapp sister 48. Rankle 50. Award quartets, for short 52. Word separator 53. Lake along Michigan's thumb 54. Scrub, as a mission 55. Cantankerous 59. "Nothing you say is true!" 61. Voracious 62. Headey of "Game of Thrones" 63. Lodge group since 1868 65. Tarnish 67. U.K. lawmakers