LA Times Daily Crossword October 7, 2025 Answers

1. Scrabble piece 5. Come to a close 8. Small fruit pie 12. Beyoncé, to the Beyhive 13. Caviar 14. "Makes sense now" 16. Replace a player on the basepath 18. Sibling's daughters 19. Critical time 20. Comedian who co-created the Netflix animated series "Big Mouth" 22. October birthstone 24. Unlike 18-Across 25. Bag-checking org. 26. Dana Bash's channel 28. Loose-leaf beverage 32. Ski resort pass 35. Top poker cards 39. Houseplant that seldom needs watering 40. Mama's hermana 41. Iditarod town 42. Prefix with watts 43. "RuPaul's Drag Race" segment featuring celebrity impressions 46. Bread served with biryani 48. Body of water 49. Glum 50. Orbiting facility: Abbr. 53. __ de gallo 55. Dethrone 57. Reject, on a dating app 60. Informed 62. Bemoan 63. Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called 66. Add a raised design to 67. Younger "ManningCast" host 68. Reverse 69. Stretch across 70. Earn after taxes 71. Loch with a legend

1. Helpful pointer 2. Terse confession 3. Drink made with Earl Grey tea and steamed milk 4. Yosemite Valley landmark, for short 5. Use bleach on a load of colored laundry, say 6. Fly or fish, for example 7. Jeans fabric 8. Cake layer 9. Posh neckwear 10. Film spools 11. Unit of magnetic flux density 14. Belly dancer's jewelry 15. Someone to trail behind? 17. Luxury hotel chain 21. Warnings 23. "Lilo & Stitch" costume accessory 26. Chowder morsel 27. Cairo's river 29. "Smile and be on your best behavior!" 31. Sharp noise 33. Origami slipup 34. Korean automaker 36. Boundary between land and water 37. Actress Thompson 38. Bird feeder filler 43. Tall circus performer's pair 44. Corp. leader 45. High in the Alps? 47. Works the first shift at a café, say 50. Cruise stopovers 51. Shrek's home 52. Lion hoisted skyward during "Circle of Life" 54. Not infrequently 56. "Whee!" 58. Laborer 59. Story 61. Box set units 64. Baby fox 65. Lip balm brand