LA Times Daily Crossword May 17, 2025 Answers

1. Toss 6. "The Sound of Music" backdrop, briefly 10. Start and end of New Mexico's Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway 14. "Put your phone down" 16. Side with? 17. Quarterfinalists 18. French head 19. Chaps 20. Folder's forfeit 21. Polite gesture 23. "Say no more" 24. Lollygags 25. Some memory triggers 28. Feels for 29. Lightweight material 30. Unconscious __ 31. "And there you have it" 34. Happy accident 37. Connected by a common thread 38. Take into account 39. Two-time WNBA MVP __ Delle Donne 40. Time for curls 42. UNESCO City of Literature in Devon 43. Multifaceted 45. Sheep sounds 46. One vertex of the Summer Triangle 47. Cobra or bridge surfaces 48. Sign of success 51. Designer Lagerfeld 52. Uninterested in the party scene, perhaps 55. Comedian Wakim who is the first Lebanese American cast member of "SNL" 56. Texter's "Hey, boo" 57. Viscous 58. Chef Lewis who specialized in Southern cooking 59. City on the Nile north of Lake Nasser

1. Cherry picker's target 2. 2023 AL Cy Young winner Gerrit 3. Demolish 4. Pretend 5. Gallinaceous bird native to Eurasia 6. Dash off 7. Pay 8. "Plus or minus" 9. Skeptical response 10. Folks who tend to give things away 11. Payment guarantee? 12. Navel type 13. Tally on some trackers 15. Small inheritance? 22. Boxing legend 23. "They cannot be serious" 24. Guerrero of "Doom Patrol" 25. Sigh of woe 26. Teeming (with) 27. Journey in a relocation 28. Devotion 30. Overarching 32. Timothée Chalamet epic set on a desert planet 33. Petri dish gelatin 35. In the minority? 36. Crude, slangily 41. CT scan kin 42. Fail big-time 43. Former Minneapolis NBA player 44. Site of Crockett's last stand 45. Material for crafts and rafts 47. New __ 48. Garbage barge 49. Indian royal 50. Actor/director Ken 53. High deg. 54. Uses Kik, say