LA Times Daily Crossword October 13, 2025 Answers

1. Get plenty of sleep before a big event 7. Quick and nimble 11. __ Lock: PC key 14. Starting squads 15. French peak 16. CBS forensic franchise 17. Hip-hop dance move 18. "Dream a Little Dream" singer 20. Home project initials 21. Thumb drive ports 23. Asian grocery chain 24. Symbol on a difficult ski run 28. __ beer float 29. Pep talk target 33. House of Lords title 36. Part of a superhero costume 39. Soccer great Hamm 40. Daily paper in the Windy City 44. Nashville awards org. 45. Clock toggle 46. Home 47. Dojo instructor 50. Where to find "Campbell's Soup Cans" in NYC 52. Fast-casual Chinese restaurant chain 58. ICU hookup 61. Wet and squirmy 62. Genetic messenger molecule 63. One option at a fork in the road, and an apt description of 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across 65. French cake 68. Sports doc's scan 69. __-steven 70. Draw out 71. Plopped down 72. Skating commentator Lipinski 73. Stinging weed

1. Mary J. Blige's music genre 2. Etsy business 3. "Bye now" 4. Sun shade? 5. Actress Thurman 6. Bogus 7. Lively Afro-Brazilian dance 8. Suffix with proto- 9. Turntable letters 10. "You'd think so, but ... " 11. Org. covered by ESPNU 12. Cold War initials 13. Fine spray 19. Nav. rank 22. "Friends" or "Girlfriends" 25. Lightweight clog 26. Hawaiian coffee district 27. Harbinger 30. Snowball pile, say 31. Stretched the truth 32. Soften 33. Emails discreetly 34. [Sigh] 35. "Glass Onion" director Johnson 37. Egyptian cobra 38. Beat with one's fists 41. Make a profit 42. Pack (down) 43. Vowel-shaped beam 48. Practice in the boxing ring 49. Young bird of prey 51. Gas with the symbol O 53. Put off 54. Health insurance giant 55. Put up 56. Mollusk that's a symbol of slowness 57. Pan fry 58. Some early PCs 59. "Up in the Air" Oscar nominee Farmiga 60. Fly, in fly-fishing 64. Actress Longoria 66. Blonde brew 67. __ for tat