Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday July 31st 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pub delivery : ALE KEG
7 Festoons : ADORNS
13 Hailed lift : TAXICAB
15 Deeply religious : DEVOUT
16 Rating scale on a film review site : THE TOMATOMETER
18 Biceps locale : ARM
19 _ on the side of caution : ERR
20 Roam : ROVE
21 Battleship piece : PEG
24 Setting : BACKDROP
27 Drink with zero calories and a blend of 23 flavors : DIET DR PEPPER
31 Rest stop in a high-fantasy game : INN
32 Seven-layer dip layer, for short : GUAC
33 Darth Vader’s first name : ANAKIN
37 Like a bubble bath : SUDSY
39 Tease (out) : SUSS
41 Burkina _: West African country : FASO
42 Harvested plants : CROP
43 “The Last of Us” protagonist : JOEL
44 Certain Fender, casually : STRAT
45 Iroquois nation : SENECA
47 Decidedly meh : SO-SO
49 Pink Mr. Potato Head piece : EAR
50 Wedding reception activity with flapping and clapping : CHICKEN DANCE
53 Steel on library racks : DANIELLE
56 Young fellow : LAD
57 Former NHL goalie Kölzig : OLAF
58 Shoemaker’s tool : AWL
60 Genetic testing material : DNA
63 Devices that test internet security : WI-FI PINEAPPLES
68 Goes in : ENTERS
69 Skynet in “The Terminator,” e.g. : ROGUE AI
70 Rental agreements : LEASES
71 George’s “Gravity” co-star : SANDRA
DOWN
1 Chapati flour : ATTA
2 Bert of “The Wizard of Oz” : LAHR
3 Spared (from) : EXEMPT
4 First-aid _ : KIT
5 Good for the planet, for short : ECO
6 Risk or Trouble : GAME
7 Big fuss : ADO
8 JFK’s party : DEM
9 Account action that may result in a fee : OVERDRAFT
10 Drone part : ROTOR
11 New, in Mexico : NUEVO
12 _ throat : STREP
14 Stick on a grill, or what passes through this puzzle’s circled words? : BARBECUE SKEWER
17 Atlanta hip-hop genre : TRAP
22 Boundary-pushing : EDGY
23 “Despicable Me” role for Steve Carell : GRU
25 IRS form experts : CPAS
26 Jeong of “Community” : KEN
27 Burned items : DISCS
28 Accustom : INURE
29 Finish with : END ON
30 El , Texas : PASO
34 Actress Gillan : KAREN
35 Novelist Asimov : ISAAC
36 “The Hunchback of -Dame” : NOTRE
38 Indicates precisely : SPECIFIES
40 Gin infusion fruit : SLOE
43 Monopoly corner : JAIL
44 Pop : SODA
46 “Weekend Update” co-host : CHE
48 “Weekend Update” program : SNL
51 Group with a tartan : CLAN
52 Confused : ADDLED
53 Wooden pin : DOWEL
54 Flared skirt style : A-LINE
55 International pact until 2020 : NAFTA
59 China neighbor : LAOS
61 Just around the corner : NEAR
62 59-Down’s continent : ASIA
64 Start to fix? : PRE-
65 NASA research facility in orbit : ISS
66 Links gp. : PGA
67 Many a one-liner : PUN
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