LA Times Daily Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers

1. Sandos with two spreads 5. Restaurant chain co-founded by chef Matsuhisa 9. Star's entourage 14. "You know you want to!" 18. Floor plan unit 19. Country with a Persian-speaking majority 20. Operational launch time 21. Yours, in hymns 22. Unoriginal reply 23. Checkbook no. 24. Flanged support pieces 25. Actress Bailey 26. Big Apple team 28. Alpine course 30. Spoke like a boxer 31. Explorer Erikson 33. Into the latest gadgets 34. Call made behind one's back? 36. Stayed in line 38. Div. of Labor 39. Williams with four Olympic gold medals 40. Holiday cusp 41. Hoppy beer 42. Snatch quickly 44. Specter 46. Ready for a break 48. Lake near Carson City 50. Charcuterie board selections 52. Retired record holder? 54. Production 55. Omega preceder 56. Activist Yoko 57. Stick on a pub wall 61. Multivolume ref. 63. Herb on a bánh mì sandwich 66. Govt. securities 67. Capacious craft 69. Rescue op 71. Knock, in slang 72. Artemis org. 74. "__ complicated" 75. Can refuse to 77. Treats flavored with syrup 80. River project 82. Went in circles 84. Siglo de __: era of El Greco and Cervantes 85. Patterned after 86. Long-legged wader 89. Billy of "Titanic" 90. Fortnite Frenz 4 Ever Blaster, for one 92. Select with a mouse 93. Milk source in the Sahara 96. Mural on plaster 98. Subject that includes set theory 100. Prefix with natal 101. USPS abbr. 102. __ Loops 104. Court target 106. Barely sufficient 108. Subject that includes gender theory 110. Islanders' NHL division, familiarly 111. Animation collectibles 112. Stumble over 113. List of specialized terms 116. "Dos Mujeres" painter 119. Football features 120. Scrub, as a mission 121. Sporty car roof 123. Dish in a bowl 124. "My stars!" 125. Episcopal figure 126. Stealthy flyers 127. Clark from Smallville 128. Wildlife refuges 129. Walled Spanish city 130. Dig like a pig 131. Seeks information

1. Salmon, to bears 2. __ Raton 3. "Boom Boom" blues legend 4. "__ and the Bandit" 5. "Candyman" director DaCosta 6. Brutish Tolkien characters 7. Approach that emphasizes fundamentals 8. Disentangles 9. Group that can play a symphony 10. "I can't wait!" 11. Stuff in a pump bottle 12. Guaranteed winner 13. Workplaces for triage nurses: Abbr. 14. Leafy vegetable 15. More opalescent 16. Ashore, perhaps 17. Mocked playfully 21. "What a shame" 27. Sustained attack 29. Phonetic symbol 30. Furnace meas. 32. Pres. who created the "alphabet agencies" 35. Not cool 36. Breakfast sometimes prepared overnight 37. Ho-hum 39. Helmet feature 43. Pet welfare org. 45. "Yer lyin'!" 47. South Indian rice cake 49. "You __ it to yourself ... " 51. Word rapper Bow Wow dropped from his stage name 53. Nursery containers 58. Footwear for boulderers, and what can be found in this puzzle's circled letters 59. Final: Abbr. 60. Squiggly letter 62. Hygiene tool on a spool 64. Loves to bits 65. "How many sugars?," quaintly 67. Lee with two Best Director Oscars 68. "West Coast" singer Lana Del __ 70. Powerful engine named for its shape 73. Mountain pose, for one 76. Stunned state 78. Baseball team's starting lineup, e.g. 79. Pester 81. Feel rotten 83. Clear of condensation 87. Drink with a domed lid 88. Toffee candy bar 91. __ the bill 92. Sass 93. Made a two-piece chess move 94. Just OK 95. Like axolotls 97. Colorful character? 99. Flix sister station 103. Actor Funches of Apple TV+'s "Loot" 105. One on the stump 107. "North to the Future" state 109. Persuasive columns 110. __ compass 114. Focal points 115. "Let's do it!" hashtag 117. Knucklehead 118. Decides 120. Gardner of "Show Boat" 122. LAX clock setting