Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday July 3rd LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Remind repeatedly : NAG
4 Girl __ Cookies : SCOUT
9 Journalist Swisher : KARA
13 “My man!” : BRO!
14 Alpha __ Alpha sorority : KAPPA
15 Lubricated : OILED
16 Half-__: rhyming coffee order : CAF
17 Closing line after presenting an argument : I REST MY CASE
19 Elsie the Cow’s dairy brand : BORDEN
21 “Questions welcome” : ASK ME
22 Ireland, to the Irish : EIRE
23 “The Dancing Class” painter Edgar : DEGAS
26 Cedar Rapids state : IOWA
28 Nebula Award genre : SCI-FI
30 One way to get caught : RED-HANDED
32 Silky fabrics : SATINS
34 Island home of the Hana Highway : MAUI
35 Magazine VIPs : EDS
36 Pinches pennies : SCRIMPS
38 “Now I get it!” : AHA!
41 Holier-__-thou : THAN
42 Scheduled : SLATED
47 North American evergreen : BALSAM FIR
50 Say “I do” without the ado : ELOPE
51 Quaint “once” : ERST
52 Lets up : EASES
54 __ and proper : PRIM
55 Fatherly nickname : POPPA
57 Hide-and-seek hideout : CLOSET
59 Fourth of July noisemaker … and the function of the black squares in lines 3, 6, and 10 : FIRECRACKER … and “FIRE” CRACKER
62 “That hurt!” : OOF
64 Future DAs’ exams : LSATS
65 Member-owned grocery stores : CO-OPS
66 Actress Thurman : UMA
67 Eclectic online digest : UTNE
68 Arizona’s __ National Forest : TONTO
69 __-Mex cuisine : TEX
DOWN
1 “This Is Us” TV network : NBC
2 Coffee bean variety : ARABICA
3 “Pursue your dream!” : GO FOR IT
4 Slide on an icy road : SKID
5 Was concerned : CARED
6 First game of the season : OPENER
7 Emotional highs : UPS
8 Body ink, for short : TAT
9 Begin to take effect, as medicine : KICK IN
10 Dessert menu phrase : A LA MODE
11 Mended for a second time : RESEWED
12 Citrus drink suffix : -ADE
15 Yiddish laments : OYS
18 Songs made by mixing two songs : MASH-UPS
20 Mortgage adjustment, for short : REFI
22 Twisty letter : ESS
24 Some spring babies : GEMINIS
25 Driver at the Oscars : ADAM
27 Commercials : ADS
29 Lead-in to “gram” in social media : INSTA-
31 Ideological gap in Congress : AISLE
33 Bagel spread : SCHMEAR
37 Nadal of tennis, familiarly : RAFA
38 Actor Vigoda : ABE
39 Plucky member of an orchestra? : HARPIST
40 Losing candidate : ALSO-RAN
43 European peaks : ALPS
44 Left in a big hurry : TORE OUT
45 Perfect example : EPITOME
46 Rep.’s opponent : DEM
48 Tampa Bay city, familiarly : ST PETE
49 __ with: take into consideration : RECKON
53 Was out : SLEPT
56 Some HP products : PCS
58 “In that neighborhood” phrase : OR SO
59 Wintertime bug : FLU
60 Do something : ACT
61 Dove sound : COO
63 Number on older business cards : FAX
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