LA Times Daily Crossword May 20, 2025 Answers

1. Core muscles worked by crunches 4. Sign between Cancer and Virgo 7. Assistant 13. Mario Kart circuit 14. Italian mountain 15. Accept as true 16. Shiver with fear 18. Put up, as a building 19. Cookie with a Coca-Cola variety 20. Podcast pause 22. "The Incredibles" supersuit designer Mode 24. Like some solstice traditions 25. "SmackDown" org. 28. Took care of a friend's pup, say 30. Laconic reply to 25-Down, perhaps 32. "It just clicked!" 34. Heart charts, for short 35. Hates the thought of 36. Head, in French 38. Era in power 40. Latin "Not you too!?" 41. Challenging riddle 43. "Money doesn't __ on trees" 45. Revolutionary Guevara 46. California burger joint 47. Fairly recent 49. Pester 50. "Get off my lawn!" 52. Kid-lit's "Frog and __ Together" 54. Surprised greeting 56. Wait in hiding 58. Rumormongers 61. "Come on in!" 63. Warm up before cooking 64. To the __ degree 65. "__ Te Ching" 66. Secretary of state who negotiated the Alaska Purchase 67. __ sauce 68. Texter's "I'll be there soon!"

1. Choir voice 2. Support for a ballerina 3. Quick way to meet a bunch of people 4. Research setting 5. Jazz legend Fitzgerald 6. Newspaper section with views 7. Right this second 8. "The Luminaries" Booker Prize winner Catton 9. Kiss from a 10-Down 10. Fur baby 11. Night before 12. "Colorful" Taylor Swift era 15. Icy nautical hazard 17. Prefix with chrome or tone 21. Gotham City searchlight 23. Get older 25. "Anything fun on the agenda today?," or a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 21-, and 29-Down 26. Area component 27. Come after 29. Spot for doodling 31. Casual top 32. Had food at home 33. Body dye in some wedding traditions 37. Alter __ 39. Movie creatures that multiply if they get wet 42. More sentimental 44. Cleverness 48. Alone 51. Chill 53. Atlanta WNBA team 54. Job inspection org. 55. Director Preminger 57. Not just guess 58. Rte. provider 59. Mine find 60. Use a needle and thread 62. Timid