Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday July 28th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Oppenheimer” actor Damon : MATT
5 Apple desktop : IMAC
9 Hall of Fame Yankees shortstop Derek : JETER
14 _ Eats: DoorDash rival : UBER
15 Scottish water : LOCH
16 Suspect’s story : ALIBI
17 Nonverbal signal during a conversation : SOCIAL CUE
19 Fan mags : ZINES
20 Steve Harvey, for one : TV HOST
21 Tease playfully : RAZZ
23 Test taken by some college srs. : GRE
24 “Correct” : YES
25 Falafel cart breads : PITA POCKETS
28 “A Series of Unfortunate Events” villain _ Squalor : ESME
29 Commercial suffix with Cray or Motor : -OLA
30 Opera solo : ARIA
33 British noble : EARL
36 Pressed (on) : URGED
40 Whoppers, e.g. : MALTED MILK BALLS
43 Hatchling sound : CHEEP
44 Stretch across : SPAN
45 Commuter’s expense : TOLL
46 Narrow inlet : RIA
48 Source of creative inspiration : MUSE
50 Driver’s two-wheeler carrier : BICYCLE RACK
55 Core muscles : ABS
58 Lille chum : AMI
59 Prix _ menu : FIXE
60 Snappable chocolate bar : KIT KAT
62 _ Rae: Sally Field Oscar role : NORMA
64 Summertime backyard bash, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 40-, and 50-Across : POOL PARTY
66 Luxury Italian handbag brand : GUCCI
67 Campaign staffer : AIDE
68 Sickle or saw : TOOL
69 One of 1,406 for Rickey Henderson : STEAL
70 Letters before a summary : TL;DR
71 Novelist Rice : ANNE
DOWN
1 Damp-smelling : MUSTY
2 _ and beyond : ABOVE
3 Computer troubleshooters : TECHS
4 Set of three : TRIO
5 Too early or too late : ILL-TIMED
6 Soft shoe, briefly : MOC
7 Integra automaker : ACURA
8 Like items on clearance : CHEAP
9 Nightspot for cool cats : JAZZ CLUB
10 Yale grad : ELI
11 Trace of color : TINGE
12 Only movie critic with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : EBERT
13 Levitates : RISES
18 Egyptian serpents : ASPS
22 Menagerie : ZOO
26 Blue Jays and Blue Jackets : TEAMS
27 Martial art featured in “Cobra Kai” : KARATE
28 Restaurant : EATERY
30 “Mayfair Witches” cable network : AMC
31 Cheer syllable : RAH
32 Suffix with infant : -ILE
34 Tear roughly : RIP
35 Woolly animal of Peru : LLAMA
37 Mop & _ : GLO
38 Pipe bend shape : ELL
39 Broadband inits. : DSL
41 Magnificent blunder : EPIC FAIL
42 Pitch that moves unpredictably : KNUCKLER
47 Boxer Muhammad : ALI
49 Playlist option : SKIP
50 Across-the-forehead hairstyle : BANGS
51 “Catch ya later” : I’M OUT
52 “Odyssey” sorceress : CIRCE
53 One living overseas, for short : EXPAT
54 Tend to a pesky squeak : RE-OIL
55 Ohio’s “Rubber City” : AKRON
56 __ Rouge : BATON
57 Fashion sense : STYLE
61 “Bye now!” : TA-TA
63 Old record label : MCA
65 Kind of weird : ODD
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