Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday July 12th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Hold on to that one” : IT’S A KEEPER
11 Periods : ERAS
15 Have a heart-to-heart exchange? : FALL IN LOVE
16 Confident : SURE
17 Healthy dessert option : FRUIT SALAD
18 “Whatcha waitin’ for?” : C’MON
19 Purple __ : YAM
20 Magnate : TITAN
21 Rodeo circuit? : LASSO
22 Second-largest landlocked country in Africa : NIGER
23 Jay-Z or Cardi B : RAPPER
24 Glossy fabric : SATEEN
27 German car, informally : BEEMER
29 Hybrid since 1997 : PRIUS
30 Sense of achievement : SELF PRIDE
33 Slangy contraction : AIN’T
34 Dockers fabric : KHAKI
35 “Can do!” : ON IT
36 Weak six-packs? : NEAR BEERS
38 Forum garb : TOGAS
39 Line dance movement : TOE TAP
40 Numerous : SO MANY
41 Verbal shrug : I DUNNO
43 Secret spots : LAIRS
45 Ancient seafaring people : NORSE
46 Zest : GUSTO
47 Closest one, briefly : BFF
50 Family member : AUNT
51 Thimmamma Marrimanu in Anantapur, notably : BANYAN TREE
53 Subject of a deal, say : PLEA
54 Ad hoc groups of specialists : TIGER TEAMS
55 Catherine who outlived Henry VIII : PARR
56 Some ranch dressing : STETSON HAT
DOWN
1 Touch and go : IFFY
2 Hill of : historical site associated with the High Kings of Ireland : TARA
3 Neglected area : SLUM
4 Arabic name that means “elevated” : ALI
5 Pools : KITTIES
6 Naval rank : ENSIGN
7 Fill with joy : ELATE
8 One way to break the ice? : POLAR BEAR PLUNGE
9 Rachel Wood of “Mildred Pierce” : EVAN
10 Color of diamonds : RED
11 Activities that require exit strategies? : ESCAPE ROOMS
12 Amish rite of passage : RUMSPRINGA
13 Got up : AROSE
14 Caballero title : SENOR
21 Prize in “A Christmas Story” : LAMP
22 Supernova remnant : NEUTRON STAR
23 APR adjustment : REFI
24 Go over : SPAN
25 Racer Luyendyk known as “The Flying Dutchman” : ARIE
26 Aunty Entity player in “Mad Max 3” : TINA TURNER
28 Edmonton CFL team : ELKS
30 _ butter : SHEA
31 Primatologist Fossey : DIAN
32 Creative outlet? : ETSY
34 Atkins variant : KETO
37 Nota _ : BENE
38 City founded as York in 1793 : TORONTO
40 Instruments that date to the Mughal Empire : SITARS
41 Like some purchases made on a phone : IN-APP
42 Help for a new mother : DOULA
44 Still : AS YET
46 Run, e.g. : GAIT
47 “My guy!” : BRAH
48 Storm recovery org. : FEMA
49 Big do : FEST
51 J-Hope’s K-pop band : BTS
52 Carl Lewis’s Olympic medal count : TEN
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