Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday June 26th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Erie Canal city : UTICA
6 True, in Italian : VERO
10 Hippie event : BE-IN
14 Pinned distinction : MEDAL
15 Female gamete : OVUM
16 The 411 : INFO
17 *Technical team supervisor : PROJECT ENGINEER
20 Storage tower : SILO
21 Group taken for a drive? : HERD
22 Google Books __ Viewer: tool that tracks word usage frequency : NGRAM
23 Go ahead : LEAD
25 Sky streakers : METEORS
27 *Special occasion mailing : GREETING CARD
31 Poppin’ : LIT
32 Blended juice prefix : CRAN-
33 “Tough” : TOO BAD
37 Way off : AFAR
39 “That smarts!” : YOW
41 Staff member? : NOTE
42 Indirect route : DETOUR
45 Perfume application : MIST
48 Slip into : DON
49 *Place of monumental achievement? : ANCIENT EGYPT
52 Sleep aid of folklore : SANDMAN
55 No longer here : GONE
56 Top-tier : ELITE
57 Hawaiian coffee region : KONA
59 Birds associated with wisdom : OWLS
63 Change studied by evolutionary biologists, or what can be found in the answer to each starred clue? : GENETIC MUTATION
66 Lines that cross at (0,0) : AXES
67 Lope or canter : GAIT
68 Capital on the Red River : HANOI
69 Shoemaker’s form : LAST
70 Bldg. units : APTS
71 Contract negotiator : AGENT
DOWN
1 Some park workers : UMPS
2 Garr of “Young Frankenstein” : TERI
3 “Survivor” find : IDOL
4 Wheedle : CAJOLE
5 Schooner filler : ALE
6 Gave a thumbs-down : VOTED NAY
7 At all : EVER
8 First hip-hop group to have music videos on MTV : RUN-DMC
9 Texter’s gasp : OMG
10 Watched an entire season of, say : BINGED ON
11 Año start : ENERO
12 “Sorry to say … ” : I FEAR
13 Expected results : NORMS
18 Board head : CHAIR
19 Emcee’s piece : INTRO
24 Ellipsis alternative: Abbr. : ETC
26 Have something : EAT
27 Showy flower, briefly : GLAD
28 Widespread : RIFE
29 “L’, c’est moi”: Louis XIV : ETAT
30 Garden sentinel : GNOME
34 positivity : BODY
35 Straddling : ATOP
36 Slight progress : DENT
38 Consumer Reports task : ROAD TEST
40 Hand-tightened fasteners : WING NUTS
43 Like some expectations : UNMET
44 Classic TV brand : RCA
46 Summer ermine : STOAT
47 Decimal value of hexadecimal A : TEN
50 Mushroom that drips black liquid : INKCAP
51 Location label : GEOTAG
52 “Love Story” novelist : SEGAL
53 Echo assistant : ALEXA
54 Dressed to the __ : NINES
58 Drop : OMIT
60 Product that gets pressed into service? : WINE
61 Diving bird : LOON
62 Agitated state : SNIT
64 “Hometown Proud” food market chain : IGA
65 Epiphany cry : AHA
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