Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday June 19th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Package closer : TAPE
5 Closed, as drapes : DREW
9 Skilled : ABLE
13 “You beat me” : I LOSE
15 Second helping : MORE
16 Place for some finger painting? : NAIL
17 Annoyingly shrewd : TOO CLEVER BY HALF
20 “Well, aren’t you fancy!” : OO LA LA
21 Understand : SEE
22 Basketball Hall of Famer Bob : PETTIT
26 Reunion attendees : AUNTS
30 Wine shop order : CASE
33 _ away from : SHIES
35 SeaWorld performer : SEAL
36 Invoice no. : AMT
37 Unrealistic enterprise : PIE IN THE SKY
39 Singer Flack : ROBERTA
41 Tried to win over : COURTED
42 “Hello?” : ARE YOU THERE
44 London facilities : LOO
45 Grow dim : FADE
46 Pink perennial : PEONY
47 _ shui : FENG
48 To-be : ELECT
50 Not wholesale : RETAIL
52 Chest bone : RIB
54 MLB sluggers : RBI MEN
58 Returns to the beginning, as suggested by the phonetic formula found at the starts of 17-, 37-, and 42-Across : COMES FULL CIRCLE
64 Mystique : AURA
65 Like the center space on a bingo card : FREE
66 Wild guesses : STABS
67 Hat part : BRIM
68 __ machine : SLOT
69 “Make it snappy!” : STAT
DOWN
1 Salsa star Nieves : TITO
2 Saag __: spinach and potatoes dish : ALOO
3 Hotel amenity : POOL
4 Slip away : ESCAPE
5 Real ID issuer : DMV
6 Caviar : ROE
7 Drop the ball : ERR
8 Halloween decor : WEBS
9 Busch brewing partner : ANHEUSER
10 Call to Bo Peep : BAA
11 Short, for short : LIL’
12 One with a pole position? : ELF
14 Allure competitor : ELLE
18 Falls for something hook, line, and sinker : EATS IT UP
19 Favorable vote : YEA
23 Staging area : THEATER
24 Sundial three, and a loose depiction of the second part of the geometry formula hinted at in this puzzle : III
25 Like paperback novels, once : TEN-CENT
27 Toll House chocolate chips maker : NESTLE
28 Acquire : TAKE ON
29 Foxy one : SLY DOG
30 Wine bar order : CARAFE
31 Unprincipled : AMORAL
32 “Venerable” monk of Eng. history : ST BEDE
34 Multiepisode narrative : STORY ARC
37 Maven : PRO
38 Tinge : HUE
40 Application for crow’s-feet : EYE CREAM
43 Turn the soil : HOE
47 Toys (with) : FLIRTS
49 Poetic contraction : ‘TIS
51 Everglades bird : IBIS
53 Lifetime pals, briefly : BFFS
55 Future doc’s exam : MCAT
56 Idris of “The Wire” : ELBA
57 Twigs digs : NEST
58 Uber alternative : CAB
59 First word of the Lord’s Prayer : OUR
60 Source of inside info? : MRI
61 Dot-com address : URL
62 Sign for most of August : LEO
63 Tennis call : LET
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