LA Times Daily Crossword May 14, 2025 Answers

1. HS class with many average lessons? 8. Twitches 14. Greeted from afar 15. MSU athlete 16. Top rank in a tournament 17. Can compete with the best 18. Fisheye __ 19. Blood bank fluids 21. Crooner Mel 22. "__ live and breathe!" 26. Paving goo 27. World Autism Mo. 30. Roadie's charges 32. Planets, poetically 34. __ tai 35. Future JD's exam 36. Fishy fellow 39. "I'm home!" 41. Chem class site 43. __ Case: White Castle purchase 44. Branch of Islam 46. "The Amateur" actor Malek 48. Fabrication 49. Quick scribble 50. O.K. Corral surname 51. Acid letters 52. URL option 54. Actress Jessica 56. 36-Across's realm 58. Civil rights activist Chavez 60. Brief "Get it done!" 62. "Frozen" princess 66. Immune response trigger 68. Stressful situation 70. Heads 71. NASA or NASCAR 72. "Gosh darn it!" 73. Ticket for a black diamond enthusiast

1. Mil. no-show 2. Window installer's unit 3. "Frozen" reindeer 4. Thompson of "Men in Black: International" 5. Sports drink suffix 6. PC game with Livin' Large and Hot Date expansion packs 7. Hash browns, e.g. 8. Club with cucumber slices? 9. Secret passed down by Nonna, perhaps 10. Golden Fleece vessel 11. "Don't try to do everything at once" 12. ABBA's "__ Mia!" 13. Vile smile 15. Part of a bedding set 20. Some turnpike turnoffs 23. Certain business quota 25. Lisa Bonet, to Zoë Kravitz 27. Brest friends 28. Way 29. Up-and-comer, or a progression found in 29-, 23-, 20-, 9-, and 11-Down 31. Buddy 33. "I c-c-can't feel my t-t-toes" 37. "We try harder" car rental chain 38. "... should the __ arise" 40. "'O Sole __" 42. Farmyard bleat 45. Filmmaker Brooks 47. Vulcan salute giver 52. Sunshine State city 53. Subscribe again 55. Prohibits 57. "The Tortoise and the Hare" teller 59. Verdi opera 61. "I see now!" cries 63. Emmy winner Waithe 64. Declares 65. Twentysomethings? 67. MD workplaces 69. Tetra- minus one