Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday June 16th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Large group of bees : SWARM
6 Female deer : DOE
9 Expressed disapproval : TSKED
14 Olympic swimmer Ledecky : KATIE
15 Wane : EBB
16 Swiftly : APACE
17 Leaves the motor running : IDLES
18 Dove’s sound : COO
19 Come up with, as an idea : HIT ON
20 “Why should I care if the peasants are starving?,” snarled the _ : MEAN QUEEN
22 Clickable symbols : ICONS
23 Alums-to-be : SRS
24 Sea urchin, on a sushi menu : UNI
25 Consumed : ATE
26 “Teach your kids some manners! And get better snacks,” snapped the _ : BITTER SITTER
32 Must : HAVE TO
35 Rejections : NOS
36 Went by skateboard : RODE
37 Photographer’s request : SMILE
38 Little one : TOT
39 Goes out with : DATES
40 Second to none : BEST
41 Feel poorly : AIL
42 Passionate : ARDENT
43 “Don’t try and tell me the route—I’ve been doing this job for 20 years,” growled the _ : CRABBY CABBIE
46 Abu Dhabi’s fed. : UAE
47 Substance that may be crushed or cubed : ICE
48 Rio automaker : KIA
51 Heroic tales : EPICS
54 “I need this work done yesterday!,” shouted the _ : CROSS BOSS
57 Puts in order : RANKS
58 Ray gun sound : ZAP
59 Tests for doctoral candidates : ORALS
60 Sock terminus, often : ANKLE
61 Lennox of R&B : ARI
62 __ mignon : FILET
63 Eye maladies : STYES
64 TiVo button : REC
65 Daring achievements : FEATS
DOWN
1 Reads quickly : SKIMS
2 Flamingo, for one : WADER
3 Book of maps : ATLAS
4 “Non, je ne regrette ”: Edith Piaf song : RIEN
5 Wood used for grilling : MESQUITE
6 Web of lies : DECEIT
7 Double-reed woodwind : OBOE
8 Black, to poets : EBON
9 Setting for many Gauguin paintings : TAHITI
10 Silk Road enterprise : SPICE TRADE
11 The Green Hornet’s aide : KATO
12 Business maj. : ECON
13 Fox holes : DENS
21 “Do others … ” : UNTO
25 Stubborn animal : ASS
26 Prize at a rodeo : BELT BUCKLE
27 Sherlock’s teen sister : ENOLA
28 Go bad : ROT
29 Fundraiser freebie : TOTE
30 Genesis garden : EDEN
31 Take a breather : REST
32 U.K.-based bank founded in Asia : HSBC
33 U.S. citizen : AMER
34 Travel document : VISA
38 Involuntary twitch : TIC
39 Uses a towel : DRIES OFF
41 Favorable vote : AYE
42 Basics : ABCS
44 Voices lower than tenors : BASSES
45 Film about a real person, informally : BIOPIC
48 Fluffy-eared marsupial : KOALA
49 Small part of an archipelago : ISLET
50 Aides: Abbr. : ASSTS
51 Historical spans : ERAS
52 Huff and puff : PANT
53 Deep black : INKY
54 Policy honcho : CZAR
55 Not medium or well : RARE
56 Camembert kin : BRIE
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