Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday July 25th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Quarrel : SPAT
5 Hosting, briefly : MC’ING
10 “Love & Basketball” actor Omar : EPPS
14 Electrolyte components : IONS
15 Cartoon hunter Fudd : ELMER
16 Dab : BLOT
17 Baseball player who flirts with joining the Kansas City squad? : ROYAL TEASE
19 _ carotene : BETA
20 Form : SHAPE
21 Fill in for : ACT AS
23 Three-in-one vaccine, familiarly : DPT
24 Laughfest : RIOT
26 Cheap smoke : STOGIE
28 Legal action : APPEAL
31 Release vital agricultural workers? : FREE BEES
33 Meadow : LEA
34 French greeting : ALLO
36 [Bam!] : POW
37 Sound of a job seeker who ran hard to get to an appointment on time? : INTERVIEW WHEEZE
43 Hundred Acre Wood resident : ROO
44 Mascara site : LASH
45 Unagi roll fish : EEL
46 Precaution for absent-minded drivers? : TWIN KEYS
49 Comes to : AWAKES
52 Sneak : WEASEL
53 Attempt : STAB
54 “To _ is human … ” : ERR
55 Majestic : REGAL
58 Iranian language : FARSI
62 Suggestions, for short : RECS
64 Coast Guard’s desire after a hurricane warning? : VACANT SEAS
66 German chancellor who presided over reunification : KOHL
67 Kagan of the Supreme Court : ELENA
68 Bring in : EARN
69 Vodka brand in blue bottles : SKYY
70 Mean-spirited : NASTY
71 Narrow opening : SLIT
DOWN
1 Old-fashioned letter opener : SIRS
2 Hundred Acre Wood resident : POOH
3 Actress Taylor-Joy : ANYA
4 Airport express lane, briefly : TSA PRE
5 With 56-Down, annual NYC fashion event : MET
6 Sports stud? : CLEAT
7 Apple on a desk : IMAC
8 Tree house? : NEST
9 Laundry challenge : GREASE
10 Recede : EBB
11 Promising time in public broadcasting? : PLEDGE WEEK
12 Marie Callender’s purchase : POT PIE
13 Mexico’s 31 : STATES
18 Kylo Ren’s mother : LEIA
22 NBA superstar Curry : STEPH
25 Patron saint of Norway : OLAV
27 Bassoon kin : OBOE
28 Comedian Wong : ALI
29 Author : PEN
30 Male-dominated society : PATRIARCHY
31 Cat-nippers? : FLEAS
32 Uses oars : ROWS
35 Easter bloom : LILY
38 So very long : EONS
39 Al of “Today” : ROKER
40 “Huh?” : WHAT?
41 Capital of Zimbabwe? : ZEE
42 Overhead trains : ELS
46 Shakes one’s booty : TWERKS
47 “Don’t worry about us” : WE’RE OK
48 Nearing noon : ELEVEN
50 Float, as a scent : WAFT
51 Belittles : ABASES
53 Writer’s angle : SLANT
56 See 5-Down : GALA
57 Nails : ACES
59 Authentic : REAL
60 South Asian wrap : SARI
61 “__ that something?” : ISN’’T
63 Sneaky : SLY
65 Vote against : NAY
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