Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday June 22nd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Card game also called contract whist : OH HELL
7 Jerks : SPASMS
13 Southwestern people : APACHE
19 Affectionate knuckle rub : NOOGIE
20 Many a social media opinion : HOT TAKE
22 Comedy series starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross : MR SHOW
23 Title of a memoir written by Madonna’s daughter? : MOM AND POP MUSIC
25 Trig function : COSINE
26 Scraped (by) : EKED
27 Gawk : GAPE
28 Clarinet kin : OBOE
30 Antlered deer : BUCKS
31 Plus : ASSET
33 Premier League team, to fans : MAN U
35 Taken : startled : ABACK
37 FD employee : EMT
39 Young and adorable Twisted Sister enthusiast? : PRECIOUS METALHEAD
45 Like fuzzy fruit : MOLDY
47 Recipe nos. : AMTS
48 Dowser’s objective : WELL
49 Confidentiality doc : NDA
50 Actor Rickman : ALAN
51 Brought forth : BEGAT
53 Some nonalcoholic pours : BEERS
55 Sound from an enthusiastic diner : MOAN
56 Exclamation upon finding “Honky Tonkin’” in the dumpster? : IT’S A FREE COUNTRY ALBUM
60 “Thanks a !” : LOT
61 Count (on) : RELY
62 Thakhek locale : LAOS
63 _ bran : OAT
64 Amazes : WOWS
65 Be a cast member of : ACT IN
67 Scribbles (down) : JOTS
69 Hat with a tassel : FEZ
70 Inventor Sikorsky : IGOR
71 Smudge on Santa’s suit : SOOT
72 Letters on some protective lip balm : SPF
75 Spend every waking moment in one’s Rolling Stones-themed bedroom? : LIVE UNDER A ROCK POSTER
81 All the _ : RAGE
82 Thick-_ boots : SOLED
83 Foil alternatives : EPEES
84 Storybook bear : PAPA
85 German cry : ACH
86 French bean? : TETE
87 Transparent : OPEN
88 Colorful relative of a violet : PANSY
89 Accidentally books the hip-hopper with no rhythm? : GETS A BAD RAP ARTIST
95 Knock : DIS
96 Actress Hannah : DARYL
97 Site with a Fashion Finds section : ETSY
98 Informal attempts : STABS
100 Like a Brit’s proverbial milk : SPILT
102 Fashionably _ : LATE
104 Prefix with fill or complete : AUTO-
106 Italian musical phrase often abbreviated as “a2” : A DUE
109 Immature, in a way : LARVAL
111 Go-to for Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie? : COMMON FOLK SONG
115 Playful aquatic mammals : OTTERS
116 One might end on a high note : SOPRANO
117 Bug with pincers and a flat body : EARWIG
118 Gym : PHYS ED
119 Column on a record : LOSSES
120 Biases : SLANTS
DOWN
1 “I’ll treat” : ON ME
2 Bit of fishing gear : HOOK
3 “Finally, I can sleep in my own bed!” : HOME AT LAST
4 “Golly!” : EGADS
5 Maya who designed the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery : LIN
6 Actor Heath : LEDGER
7 Mart : SHOP
8 Catholic leader : POPE
9 Bread box? : ATM
10 “The Simpsons” disco guy : STU
11 Workers who may use concrete saws : MASONS
12 Slopes habitué : SKI BUM
13 Regal competitor : AMC
14 The big leagues : PRO BALL
15 Given that : AS SUCH
16 Get cold feet : CHICKEN OUT
17 Beep : HONK
18 Some flock members : EWES
21 System starter : ECO-
24 Party spread : PATE
29 Spot to get a bite : EATERY
32 Mole : SPY
33 Words to live by : MOTTO
34 Swimming powerhouse in the Olympics, for short : AUS
36 Model material : BALSA
37 Drafts folder filler : EMAIL
38 Very, to Vivaldi : MOLTO
40 Not forthcoming : CAGEY
41 Big Apple product : IMAC
42 Fancy jugs : EWERS
43 Savage of “MythBusters” : ADAM
44 Savage of “Savage Love” : DAN
46 Genetic material : DNA
51 Cold _ coffee : BREW
52 Slithering swimmers : EELS
53 “Children of,” in temple names : B’NAI
54 Berkshire school : ETON
55 Degs. for entrepreneurs : MBAS
57 Panicked, perhaps : FROZE
58 Super : ULTRA
59 Game of luck : LOTTO
64 “I don’t believe _ met” : WE’VE
65 Posthumous Pulitzer winner James : AGEE
66 Firewood quantity : CORD
67 One might start with a knock : JOKE
68 “My bad!” : OOPS
69 Hit below the belt : FIGHT DIRTY
70 Ran in place, maybe : IDLED
71 Trademarked element of Play-Doh : SCENT
72 Gives up : STANDS DOWN
73 “Is _ OK?”: response to a request for Coke : PEPSI
74 Becomes ragged : FRAYS
75 Weblike fabric : LACE
76 Milk carton phrase : USE BY
77 Some : NOT ALL
78 “How can I ever _ you?” : REPAY
79 Abbr. on old phones : OPER
80 Place for a couples retreat : SPA
81 Joplin work : RAG
86 Steak _ : TARTARE
87 Batter’s stat : OPS
88 Gp. that might plan a readathon : PTA
90 Soothing balms : SALVES
91 Make more suitable : RETOOL
92 “Resume speed,” to a musician : A TEMPO
93 Colon, at times : IS TO
94 Wraps : STOLES
99 Iraqi port city : BASRA
100 Piggie’s favorite dish in the “Elephant and Piggie” books : SLOP
101 Line on a trail map : PATH
103 Bldg. coolers : ACS
104 Green Gables girl : ANNE
105 Blurry craft in tabloid pics : UFOS
107 Storage _ : UNIT
108 Quiche need : EGGS
110 Acid letters : LSD
112 Peacock title : MRS
113 Western treaty gp. : OAS
114 Actor Penn : KAL
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