LA Times Daily Crossword March 7, 2025 Answers

1. "Thriller" debut channel 4. Dull pain 8. Manatee 14. __ milk 15. Dramatic outburst during court testimony 16. Like Enigma machine messages 17. Hideout that's not very hidden? 19. Small beard 20. Recipient of a wish list 21. Zen paradox 23. Shirt 24. Times of year for competitive baking? 28. Historic fort near Charleston 31. Quark-antiquark particle 32. "That is not __!": parents' words of warning 33. __-Cola 36. Rite place 39. Greek god of pastures 40. Hip-hop subgenre dedicated to the woes of hair loss? 42. Pro 43. Stood out 45. MRI output 46. __ novel 47. Composer Frederick 49. Got down pat 51. Assorted barrettes and clips? 55. Insect whose colony has a queen 56. "Ah, got it" 57. Garden party? 61. Split 64. Accepted defeat, and what 17-, 24-, 40-, and 51-Across did? 66. __ 101: skyscraper in an Asian capital 67. Latin year 68. Sick 69. Turn on the charm? 70. Scorch 71. Loving poem

1. First commercial synthesizer maker 2. Cassette 3. Powerful engine banned by F1 4. Gene variant 5. Longtime KGB spycraft enemy 6. Poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern 7. Wrong move 8. Contract endorser 9. Musician Brian 10. Obama-era legislation, initially 11. Small rabbit 12. Ancient theater of Ephesus 13. Cries 18. "Swell!" 22. Eritrea's capital 25. Killer whale 26. "By yesterday!" letters 27. Spanish sun 28. Drains 29. Zion locale 30. Like an ancient obelisk 34. Twins who created the fashion label The Row 35. Public health org. 37. Fictional company whose products tend to malfunction 38. Woodwind insert 40. Appliance alert 41. Great-aunt of Prince George 44. Scand. land 46. "That __ hurt" 48. Video game that uses a balance board 50. Cambodia's __ Wat 51. Part of Hispaniola 52. Diplomat Kofi 53. Releases with bugs, probably 54. Sierra __ 58. Weird or cringe, in Gen Alpha slang 59. Combine 60. Vogue rival 62. Shrinks' org. 63. Actor Cariou 65. "Based __ true story"