LA Times Daily Crossword September 27, 2025 Answers

1. Technique employed by funk artists 9. Many group chat texts 14. Garbage genre 17. "What are you even saying?" 18. On Signal, say 20. Processed food 21. Salon offerings 22. Google crossword clues, some say 23. Gazebo board 24. Count ender? 25. 25-Down, in Toledo 26. Like most Iraqis 28. Wiring problem 29. Norse pantheon 30. Launch-related stress 32. Tool used to go suck a lemon? 34. Queeg's ship 35. County, across the pond 36. Jumps on board? 38. Hard to grab hold of 39. Lotion letters 42. Jessica of "Sin City" 43. Coward's offerings 45. 2020 Pixar film 46. Act excused with crossed fingers 47. Working stiff 48. Atlantic capital 49. Negotiation assets 52. Free pass from a manager 53. They may get thumbed 54. Royalty figure

1. Silky fabric that dates to the Middle Ages 2. Characters in Anna Dewdney books 3. Big name in middle management? 4. Hammer heads? 5. Ocean cooler 6. Colony toiler 7. "Ditto" 8. Most like a chestnut 9. Home of Arizona's idea Museum 10. Afore 11. Work in the Louvre's Salle des États 12. Stoked 13. Pesky little sucker 15. Shopper's "maze with meatballs" 16. Lets off steam 22. Gator kin 23. Mesh in the kitchen 25. 25-Across, in Toledo 27. Styles with many cuts 28. Ketanji colleague 30. Vanilla liqueur 31. Hazelnuts 32. Dull Knife's people 33. Feels off 34. Container for seamy material? 35. Beach barker 37. Mast attachment 39. Phishing target, informally 40. Crayola's wild orchid, e.g. 41. Glassware in labs 44. "The Real" co-host Love 45. Either side of Alaska? 47. Parts of a balance scale 48. Bands that may be strained on courts, briefly 50. [low whistle] 51. Noir piece