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ACTONE

(6 letters)

OPENINGLINE

(11 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

PLAY (verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
PLAY (noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
START (verb)
1. get off the ground
2. bulge outward
START (noun)
1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

ACTONE
(6 letters)
OPENINGLINE
(11 letters)

More LA Times Crossword (9/1/2025) Answers

Across

1. Life line location

5. Touches on an edge

10. Outfit for a lazy day at home, for short

13. Chemistry test subject?

14. Tropical verandas

16. Weeding tool

17. *Grinning creature in Wonderland

19. Monogram on a Libre perfume bottle

20. Japanese pond fish

21. James of jazz

22. Tiny bit

24. Whale locator

26. "Uh ... "

28. Tropical garland

29. *Only "Friends" star never nominated for an Emmy during the show's run

34. Eases off

37. Half a laugh

38. "Big Blue" tech co.

39. Classic Battleship game piece

41. "You look just like me!"

44. Dah's partner

45. Queen guitarist Brian

47. Strong blackjack hand

48. *Gingerbread shaper

52. Golfer's goal

53. ___-friendly

54. Monopoly surface

58. Zigzag on skis

61. Lonely Boy singer Paul

63. Member of a slapstick trio

64. Part of MPG

65. *"A Chorus Line" event

68. Have breakfast

69. Hand-to-hand combat style

70. Texter's "Or ... "

71. Items in jewel cases

72. Muscle-bone connector

73. "Oui! Oui!" in Oaxaca, and a phonetic description of the answers to the starred clues

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Down

1. Prepares for a trip

2. Sneeze sound

3. Hit snooze, perhaps

4. Health care pros

5. Fluttered down to a perch, say

6. Negotiate a trade

7. Dig up

8. Tic __: mint brand

9. "The King and I" kingdom

10. Stephen Hawking, for one

11. “Feliz Navidad” singer Feliciano

12. Put on the market

15. Winter wrap

18. Epic protagonists

23. "Video Games" singer Lana Del __

27. "Nice to ___ you!"

30. "I can help"

31. Starting to learn

32. Theater award

33. Marvel Comics mutants

34. Band with a thunderbolt in its logo

35. Pizzazz

36. Spark plugs, wiper blades, etc.

40. The Indy 500, e.g.

42. Swelling reducer

43. Wolfe of detective fiction

46. Mexican peninsula

49. "House" actor Penn

50. Self-congratulatory cheer

51. This evening, in ads

55. Valued violin

56. Candies that resemble lampshades

57. Indian metropolis

58. On ___ (without a contract)

59. Main role

60. Barnyard bleats

62. More than guessed

66. ___ Lanka

67. Businesses (Abbr.)

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