LA Times Daily Crossword November 2, 2025 Answers

1. Comforting touches 5. Perceived 9. Puck's flagship restaurant 14. Wound remnant 18. 2-Down's love interest 19. Long skirt 20. Classic quilted handbag maker 21. Goddess of marriage 22. Dance of the moonlighters? 25. Garden spot 26. Many a first-time voter 27. Night, in the Eternal City 28. Blow up, in a way 29. Wiser companion? 30. Terra firma 32. Dance of the anglers? 35. Tear 37. Upper limb 39. Blessed event? 40. Dance of the mothers-to-be? 46. Middle sch. math class 47. Temporary repair material 51. __ cube 52. First-year student working toward a JD 53. Poet's "at no time" 55. Troubled 57. "Whiskey Lullaby" singer Paisley 59. Prefix with -pathic 61. Savor 63. Work unit 64. Coin from the Royal Mint 66. Roman garb 67. Concern 69. Dance of the homebodies? 73. Sleepy housemate 76. Flag 77. MLB team playing in Sacramento ahead of their move to Las Vegas 81. Mathematician Lovelace 82. Spotless 85. Israeli airline 86. Give kudos at a poetry slam 87. Stressful position 89. Tolkien's Shepherds of the Trees 92. Surrounded by 94. Evergreen with upright cones 95. Tennis icon Arthur 98. Dance of the flamboyant? 101. Principles 104. Musician and peace activist Yoko 105. Once __ while 106. Dance of the investigators? 110. Biblical mariner 113. Insider parlance 117. Not moving 118. White Rabbit follower 120. Silica gel packet target 122. Undershirt, briefly 123. Dance of the pickpockets? 126. Put in stitches 127. "__ percent of the game is half mental": Yogi Berra quip about baseball 128. How to get in on a deal? 129. Natural balm 130. Tantalizing 131. "Hedda" actress Thompson 132. Drive up a phone bill, in a way 133. Longings

1. Sauce made with basil and pine nuts 2. Rebellious mermaid 3. Helped through hard times, with "over" 4. Set crew's responsibility 5. Arrogant 6. Support for a work in progress 7. Over-the-top 9. Closes 10. Angel hair and linguine 11. Radio receiver 12. Take shape 13. World Cup "Score!," maybe 14. Fruity, frozen desserts 15. Surrendered 16. Final Four venue 17. H.E.R.'s genre 20. Margaret of "Drop Dead Diva" 23. Big name in gummy bears 24. Evasive maneuver 28. Toon devil 31. Catch 33. India Gate city 34. "L'Absinthe" painter 36. Less sizable 38. Butterfly honorific, for short 40. Lobster dinner accoutrements 41. Prefix with -polis 42. Wally's sitcom bro 43. Combat caregiver 44. Predicaments 45. "Evita" name 48. Some Belgian blondes 49. Cradle of the Inca Empire 50. Slight advantage 54. Jamaican genre 56. Gleam 58. "Nosferatu" actress Lily-Rose 60. Not remote 62. Racer's final chance to win 65. Rolls-__ 66. Precursor to overtime 68. Some military figs. 70. Small but loud songbirds 71. Hula Hoop maker 72. "Fighting" team of the Big Ten 73. "Ur so funny!" 74. Kerfuffles 75. Trail 78. Facts, for short 79. Abel's brother 80. Chipper 83. "Se __ español" 84. Devoured 88. Harshness 90. E'en if 91. Many a Petrarch poem 93. King or queen 97. Holds back 99. Curry favor with 100. Not quite (there) 102. Court fig. 103. Ointments 106. Candle threads 107. Silly 108. New version of an existing song 109. Michelangelo masterpiece 111. __ acid 112. Shade-loving perennial 114. Cunning 115. "Citizen Kane" director Welles 116. Heads of France 119. Get teary 121. One thing alone or two people together 123. Que. neighbor 124. Whopper 125. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" band