LA Times Daily Crossword May 9, 2025 Answers

1. Country made up of 14,125 islands 6. Vegetable with a lacinato variety 10. License issuers, for short 14. Budget, in brand names 15. Storm centers 16. Part of the HOMES mnemonic 17. Italian luxury brand 18. "Cool!" 19. Ingredient in some barbecue sauce 20. Anew 22. Fried chickpea bite 24. Bygone Swedish auto 26. Relate 27. Microbrewery fixture 31. Secondhand 33. Pitching stat 36. On __ the world 37. Tech boss 38. Rice cooker brand 40. Forever __ 41. "__ see myself out" 42. Dull, in a way 43. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" singer Waters 44. Bother 45. Family friendly 46. Small batteries 47. Six-time MLB All-Star Moisés 49. Letter before Tango 50. Make full 52. Novel idea? 54. Reach, as a goal 57. Pink Floyd album with the songs "Dogs" and "Sheep" 62. __-back 63. Fair, in a way 65. "Not another sound!" 66. Small transverse flute 67. "The thing is ... " 68. College athletics airer 69. Picnic pests 70. Trinitron developer 71. Snooped

1. TV host Probst 2. Big name in laptops 3. Southern cake 4. "No ifs, __, or buts" 5. *Snappy dresser 6. "Out of Africa" setting 7. Yeoman's yes 8. Part of the Apple logo 9. Manor 10. Parking permit, perhaps 11. *Many a rejection notice 12. Wicked 13. Make airtight 21. Napkin holder 23. *Pillar of society 25. Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue 27. Sailing 28. Led Zeppelin's "Whole __ Love" 29. *Mutate 30. Hefty volume 32. Aria, for one 34. Do some roof repairs 35. Hockey venue 37. Parting word 39. "Going out of business" event 48. Takes to the ground 49. Bart, to Homer 51. Hill workers 53. Long and lean 54. Letter before Bravo 55. "Mildred Pierce" novelist 56. Vinaigrette acronym 58. Japanese soup base 59. Home screen array 60. Part of a script 61. Wall support 64. Countless lifetimes