Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday June 18th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Trash receptacle : CAN
4 Stringed instrument : HARP
8 Some med. scans : MRIS
12 Just slightly : A TAD
14 Large paper format : FOLIO
15 Number two : AIDE
16 “The,” grammatically : DEFINITE ARTICLE
19 “Let You Love Me” singer : RITA ORA
20 Pet restraint : TETHER
21 Due-in hr. : ETA
22 “Washington Black” novelist Edugyan : ESI
23 _ Bradley bags : VERA
24 Baseball overtime : EXTRA INNINGS
29 Predatory insect : MANTIS
32 Pa : DAD
33 Boxer Muhammad : ALI
34 Vote into office : ELECT
35 100% : ALL
36 Greek fabulist : AESOP
38 Cured fish often topped with capers and lemon : LOX
39 Aaron Judge stat : RBI
40 Reveries : DREAMS
41 Heavy-duty material for cutting boards : BUTCHER BLOCK
45 Pixar film about a young sea monster : LUCA
46 3-Down signatory: Abbr. : USA
47 Trans- opposite : CIS-
50 Tribute at a memorial : EULOGY
53 New Mexico’s “The City Different” : SANTA FE
55 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel set at a country estate, or an apt title for this puzzle : THE SECRET GARDEN
58 Outstanding : A-ONE
59 Flood-protection structure : LEVEE
60 Affirmative votes : YEAS
61 The one there : THAT
62 “When will you _ learn?” : EVER
63 Italian three : TRE
DOWN
1 Core group : CADRE
2 Bit the dust : ATE IT
3 Commerce pact until 2020 : NAFTA
4 Bloviator’s excess : HOT AIR
5 Foamy fare : ALE
6 Small inlet : RIA
7 Foreshadow : PORTEND
8 Island cocktail : MAI TAI
9 Loaded with cream, say : RICH
10 Taking it easy : IDLE
11 Crystal ball consulter : SEER
13 Domingo, for one : DIA
14 Noteworthy events : FIRSTS
17 Warning sign on a door : NO EXIT
18 Coastal flyer : TERN
23 Apothecary container : VIAL
24 List-ending abbr. : ETC
25 Speak off-the-cuff : AD-LIB
26 Moon landing org. : NASA
27 Grab, with “on to” : GLOM
28 Dainty tastes : SIPS
29 Singer also known as Scary Spice : MEL B
30 Baseball family name : ALOU
31 Deli counter cry : NEXT
35 Syllables in an incantation : ABRA
36 Tarot card group : ARCANA
37 Startled cry at the sight of a mouse : EEK!
39 Give new life to something old : RECYCLE
40 Prescription measure : DOSAGE
42 Bedroom storage space : CLOSET
43 Gargantuan : HUGE
44 Glossy finish : LUSTER
47 West Point student : CADET
48 Apprehensive beginning : I FEAR
49 Perception : SENSE
50 Coup d’__ : ETAT
51 “This is not good” : UH-OH
52 “The Chi” creator Waithe : LENA
54 Push to the limit : TRY
56 Put the pedal to the metal : REV
57 Precursor to a big event : EVE
