Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday July 24th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Move with a hop and a step : SKIP
5 Circle dances : HORAS
10 Tendril : WISP
14 Office assistant : AIDE
15 Maker of a Breakout hit : ATARI
16 Poker buy-in : ANTE
17 One past 12? : TEEN
18 Name, in Latin : NOMEN
19 Money mgrs. : CFOS
20 Spot where parallel lines appear to converge : VANISHING POINT
23 Green prefix : ECO-
24 Protected : SAFE
25 Electric creature : EEL
26 Knucklehead : OAF
29 Yale student : ELI
31 Vague threat : OR ELSE
33 Sensation experienced after a long day of sewing : PHANTOM THREAD
37 Root in tropical cuisine : TARO
38 _ juice : MOO
39 Backyard spot that’s shovel-ready? : SHED
42 Erroneous result on a medical test : FALSE POSITIVE
47 Work together : TEAM UP
49 “I don’t trust stairs because they’re always up to something,” e.g. : PUN
50 Number of fielders in slow-pitch softball : TEN
51 Old tape dispenser? : VCR
52 Animated pics : GIFS
55 “Eww!” : ICK
57 Snide dismissal, and what can be said about 20-, 33-, and 42-Across? : THAT’S NOT A THING
62 Home of the “American Gothic” house : IOWA
63 Avis rival : ALAMO
64 _ contendere : NOLO
66 Average in math class? : MEAN
67 Pipe alternative : CIGAR
68 Picked, as a Scrabble tile : DREW
69 Sherbet brand : EDY’S
70 Party throwers : HOSTS
71 “You said it!” : AMEN
DOWN
1 Didn’t play : SAT
2 Chicken _ : KIEV
3 “Eureka!” elicitor : IDEA
4 Pasta with angled ends : PENNE
5 Longtime Harrison Ford role : HAN SOLO
6 Texter’s equivocation : OTOH
7 “Ghostbusters” actor Harold : RAMIS
8 The Eras Tour venue : ARENA
9 Entertain, in a way : SING FOR
10 Baylor University home : WACO
11 Dribbler that gets a batter on base, e.g. : INFIELD HIT
12 Cairn elements : STONES
13 Mortar’s companion : PESTLE
21 “Rhyme Pays” rapper : ICE-T
22 Napoleon’s father : PERE
26 Stop waffling : OPT
27 “Eureka!” : AHA
28 Like the galaxy from which 5-Down hails : FAR, FAR AWAY
30 “Gotta do my thing!” : I’M ME
32 All-Star side : EAST
34 Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
35 Blouse : TOP
36 Stud alternative : HOOP
40 Night before : EVE
41 Cozy spot for 47-Down : DEN
43 Hauls with effort : LUGS
44 Ingredient in a Florentine dish : SPINACH
45 Beaus : SUITORS
46 Yardstick division : INCH
47 Period between homework and dinner, for some kids : TV TIME
48 Made a comeback : ECHOED
53 Shakespearean volume : FOLIO
54 Antlered deer : STAGS
56 Ish : KINDA
58 Catches some rays : TANS
59 Amo, amas, _ : AMAT
60 Par for the course : NORM
61 Delight : GLEE
65 BYOB part : OWN
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