LA Times Daily Crossword May 23, 2025 Answers

1. "Whip It" band 5. Substantial account 9. Mint family herb 14. Photoshop, say 15. __ hygiene 16. "My Brilliant Friend" novelist Ferrante 17. Tube on an automatic ball launcher? 19. "Sorry, got other plans" 20. Ghost __ chance 21. Cry of discovery 22. Polar vehicle 23. __-Leste: first new sovereign state of the 21st century 25. Batter's decision not to bunt? 28. Bygone boxy Toyota 29. Art Deco designer 30. Flagon kin 31. Suffix similar to -ess 32. Crushes, in a way 34. "I got it!" or "Blazing fastball!," for example? 39. Stock option? 40. Starring role 42. Whack 46. "A Death in the Family" writer James 48. Container allowances on scales 50. Tally entered on a scoreboard? 52. Not suitable 53. Sudden charge 54. Racket 56. Rock & Roll HoF city 57. Perch 58. Instructional video about getting under a tag? 61. Govt. security 62. Obedience school lesson 63. "Present!" 64. Ribald nature spirit of Greek mythology 65. "Relax" 66. "New-to-you," perhaps

1. Storehouses 2. Imposing structure 3. Nutrient in citrus 4. Like 3-Down pills: Abbr. 5. Former frosh 6. Melodic 7. Opening 8. Brewpub brew 9. "The Perks of __ a Wallflower": 2012 teen drama 10. Secluded spot 11. Dugong, for one 12. Natural 13. More recent 18. Insects in the genus Vespa 22. Scornful expression 24. Actress Chaplin 26. Spot for a bar code, often 27. Hankering 33. Cracker served with 39-Across 35. Whistle blower 36. "Les Misérables" novelist 37. English actor Bean 38. Maladies treated with drops 41. Strongly regret 42. Gym bottoms 43. Ryder of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" 44. Fundamentally 45. Unlikely to be undependable 47. Swirls of water 49. Like some tomatoes and prunes 51. Organic compound 55. Aimlessly 58. Pop duo __ & Him 59. Thompson of "Back to the Future" 60. Moo __ pork