Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday July 29th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Wound cover : SCAB
5 Fox or ox : ANIMAL
11 Tub : VAT
14 Christmas pageant headwear : HALO
15 “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” star Lombard : CAROLE
16 Australian bird : EMU
17 Silicon Valley city Palo _ : ALTO
18 1920s dance craze that originated in South Carolina : CHARLESTON
20 Oregon Trail river : PLATTE
22 Letters that end a proof : QED
23 Oxen harness : YOKE
24 Aviator hat features : EARLAPS
26 T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical ” : CATS
28 “At Last” singer James : ETTA
29 Raw bar mollusks : OYSTERS
33 Male deer : STAG
36 Reuben sammie side : SLAW
38 Orange tea : PEKOE
39 Like ice caps : POLAR
41 Wane : EBB
42 Troutlike fish in the Great Lakes : SMELT
43 Use TurboTax, say : E-FILE
44 Oracle : SEER
46 Poems of praise : ODES
47 Give up, informally : CUT BAIT
49 Laze : LOAF
51 Arm bone : ULNA
52 Celebrity chef Emeril : LAGASSE
56 Like some margins of victory : SLIM
59 Globe : ORB
61 Mellow : SEDATE
62 The “MO” of FOMO : MISSING OUT
65 Foreboding sign : OMEN
66 MLB official : UMP
67 South Dakota’s capital : PIERRE
68 Troubles : WOES
69 Identity celebrated in Pride Month : GAY
70 Show up for : ATTEND
71 _ a soul : NARY
DOWN
1 Circle or triangle : SHAPE
2 _ lily: trumpet-shaped flower : CALLA
3 Religious platform : ALTAR
4 Unauthorized rock recordings : BOOTLEG ALBUMS
5 Says yes to : ACCEPTS
6 “Nope” : NAH
7 Country where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet : IRAQ
8 “SNL” sketch featuring Christopher Walken and a percussion instrument : MORE COWBELL
9 From sunrise to sunset : ALL DAY
10 Olympic gymnast Suni : LEE
11 Presidential power : VETO
12 Out of control : AMOK
13 Melody : TUNE
19 Grammy-winning metal band, or what can be found three times in this puzzle? : SYSTEM OF A DOWN
21 Tit for _ : TAT
25 Retail rep’s quota : SALES TARGET
27 Recipe amts. : TSPS
30 Just managed, with “out” : EKED
31 Actor’s part : ROLE
32 Production designer’s creations : SETS
33 Job detail, for short : SPEC
34 Pad thai protein option : TOFU
35 Landed : ALIT
37 “The Godfather” actor Vigoda : ABE
40 Not imagined : REAL
45 Like some nuts : ROASTED
48 Complicit : IN ON IT
50 Life time : AGE
53 South Pacific island group : SAMOA
54 Take the wheel : STEER
55 Itty-bitty : EENSY
56 Self-satisfied : SMUG
57 Peru’s capital : LIMA
58 Classic road trip game : I SPY
60 Tire through tedium : BORE
63 Hoppy brew letters : IPA
64 Coffee server in a diner : URN
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