LA Times Daily Crossword February 9, 2025 Answers

1. Taj Mahal locale 5. The Bee Gees brothers 10. 10% church offering 15. Proper partner 19. Prepare, as water for tea 20. Zhou of China 21. Ventricles' counterparts 22. 40th anniversary gem 23. Destroying personal chicken pens? 26. Polish language? 27. Classical theater 28. Storybook baddie 29. Mechanic's job 30. Get-together, casually 31. Import tax 33. Reduced to mush 35. Inning sextet 37. Terrible fate 39. Spilling a drink or double-dipping chips? 41. Raven's cry 44. Impudence 47. Snake in the grass 49. Like some stories 50. Island farewell 52. "Mayfair Witches" network 53. Like a pug's tail 56. Assent, in Paris 57. Hawkish 58. Exuberant support for Polo? 61. Copa del Rey cheer 63. Soccer icon Wambach 64. Shave sheep 65. Internet rabble-rouser 66. Abruptly stops daydreaming 68. Running time 70. Nabe where one might find tteokbokki 72. Alcohol in windshield wiper fluid 74. Kenyan capital 76. Mountain, in Hawaiian 78. Make slicker, in a way 80. The Beatles' "Back in the __" 82. "Discreet Music" artist Brian 83. Attendee at an orca training center? 85. __ skirt 87. High-tech FX 89. Baggage handler 90. “__ in the Bed”: classic counting rhyme 91. Large deer 92. Alaska's 365 million 94. Sashimi fish 95. "Hey, c'mere!" 96. Foraging insect 97. Cold comfort for a YouTuber? 101. Salt Lake County ski resort 103. Quick-with-a-joke types 104. Pickleball point starters 106. Swung up and down 110. Flip-flop, e.g. 113. Common blood type, briefly 115. Per person 116. Yoda's power, with "the" 117. Prepare for takeoff? 118. Relishing every bite of a fluffy French dessert? 122. __ so slightly 123. "OK, we're doing this!" 124. Turner of "Rivals" 125. Fuel fire suppressant 126. Darn, say 127. Seated twist, e.g. 128. "Don't play" symbols 129. Hardens

1. Man on a mission? 2. Mild yellow cheese 3. Choir platform 4. Tin mints 5. Next-__ hardware 6. Gerund suffix 7. __ single 8. First-rate, as a job 9. Romeo follower 10. Tic-__-toe 11. "See!?" 12. Slacks, slangily 13. Half a pair of waders 14. Relax 15. Media coverage 16. "The disrespect!" 17. Bird with a curved bill 18. Prometheus, for one 24. Dirt, so to speak 25. Future readers 32. Message board 34. Community spirit 36. Pre-1917 autocrat 38. Race named for a Greek battle 40. Constellation containing Betelgeuse and Rigel 41. Grain for one who eats like a horse? 42. Starbuck's boss 43. Cautious (of) 44. __ Club 45. Menotti's shepherd boy 46. Dirty film at a movie theater? 48. Letters before a recap 51. Really hated 53. Welsh herding dog 54. Mushroom in bulgogi hot pot 55. Muscle used in lateral raises 57. Cacio e __: pasta dish 59. Baseless rumors 60. Replay effect 62. Don Quixote's home 66. Moved stealthily 67. Take it all off 69. Grove growth 71. Rolls of bills 73. Lo-cal brews 75. Lawn bowling game 77. Dasani competitor 79. Time to give up? 80. South Indian semolina porridge 81. Any day now 83. King or queen, in chess 84. Newspaper 86. Jeans pioneer Strauss 88. 2,240 pounds 92. Super Bowl commercials, e.g. 93. Existentialist Kierkegaard 95. Bribes 98. Torino locale 99. Incarnation of Shiva 100. Gadget enthusiast 102. Vegan protein 103. Bizarro 105. Storage sites 107. "Friend __?" 108. Brilliant display 109. Considers to be 110. Originate (from) 111. "__ a nice day!" 112. Farm workers 114. Peak in Thessaly 119. Cookbook writer Garten 120. Warmed the bench 121. Iron-__: heat-activated patches