LA Times Daily Crossword May 12, 2025 Answers

1. U.S. president who wrestled at Yale 5. Reject 10. "How does that __ you?" 14. Beaut 15. Hebrew prophet 16. Traditional tales 17. "Nerts!" 18. Go with the flow 19. "The Brutalist" actress Laird 20. Not for children 22. "No problem!" 24. Paging device 26. Dee Dee of punk rock 27. Spike Lee's employer: Abbr. 29. __ Bach: fictional "forgotten son" of classical music 30. Droop 31. Mediocre, in Gen Z slang 32. The "T" of SAT 34. Stole steers 37. "So funny!" 38. Lotus-__ 39. Shopping cart unit 43. Fashion magazine that went digital-only in 2022 45. Home of Tulane University, for short 46. Overwhelming feeling 49. "__ it or lose it" 50. Winter hrs. in Las Cruces 52. Domino dimple 53. Mock mercilessly 55. Unlace, say 57. Bestowed upon 59. Signify approval of, as a Reddit post 62. Foil alternative 63. Alma __ 65. Slanted type: Abbr. 66. Stephanie's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" role 67. San Diego State athlete 68. Six years for a U.S. senator, e.g. 69. Docs who perform tonsillectomies 70. Disappointing turnout 71. Nile vipers

1. Abbr. before a summary 2. Mystical glow 3. *Neighborhood where the Brooklyn Dodgers played 4. Solo scholar 5. *ZZ Top hit with the lyric "Silk suit, black tie" 6. Cacao container 7. Old Pan Am rival 8. Union agts. 9. *Soil, water, or wind, e.g. 10. Electric toothbrush brand 11. Date night flick 12. Italian fashion house 13. Conked with a curveball 21. Opp. of withdrawal 23. Fury 25. Treat as the same 27. To the __ degree 28. Word of support 30. Patron of sailors 33. Mai __: cocktail 35. Foul territory? 36. Cacophony 40. Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues 41. Yale grad 42. Hiker's graphic 44. Wearing nothing 46. Stick fast 47. Clue category 48. Novelist Hemingway 51. Amt. that may be "heaping" 54. Mental flashes 55. State-run game 56. Patti LuPone role 58. Brand with an Organic Blonde Tea Latte variety 60. Rain delay cover 61. Colonnade trees 64. Poetic nightfall