Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday July 16th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “The Graham Norton Show” airer : BBC
4 Owner of a bed deemed too hard : PAPA
8 Puccini opera set in Rome : TOSCA
13 “Homemade” pasta sauce maker : RAO
14 __-garde : AVANT
16 Theme park with a geodesic dome : EPCOT
17 Globe : ORB
18 New Jersey nickname : GARDEN STATE
20 Most faithful : TRUEST
22 Parking area : LOT
23 NYC bus org. : MTA
24 Many a Qatari : ARAB
25 Young’uns : TYKES
27 Mail ctrs. : GPOS
28 Trail sighting : HIKER
30 Vino that doesn’t require a corkscrew : BOXED WINE
32 Health law since 2010, initially : ACA
33 Major work : OPUS
35 Diner pour : JOE
36 Young’uns : KIDDOS
38 Yellowjacket kin : HORNET
41 Fish that can shock its prey : EEL
42 Desert that’s home to the world’s rarest bear : GOBI
43 Grab : NAB
45 Headwear at a 29-Down : COWBOY HAT
49 Bounce : SPLIT
51 “I’ve got this!” : ON IT
52 Reacts to a tell-all, maybe : GASPS
54 Some fine art : OILS
55 Buzzing insect : BEE
56 Dearie : HON
57 Act as an intermediary : LIAISE
59 Full house, at times : WINNING HAND
62 Explosive stuff : TNT
64 Utopias : EDENS
65 Stuffed to the gills : SATED
66 Princeton URL suffix : EDU
67 Exposes, as fangs : BARES
68 Trees used for longbows : YEWS
69 Mar.-to-Nov. hrs. : DST
DOWN
1 Certain sib : BRO
2 Lifting a beer bottle with just a straw, e.g. : BAR TRICK
3 “Karate Kid” spinoff series : COBRA KAI
4 Diary sheet : PAGE
5 Mariner’s shout : AVAST
6 Rental for a night of revelry : PARTY BUS
7 “Then what happened?” : AND
8 Lab procedure : TEST
9 Decline, with “out” : OPT
10 Garlicky shrimp dish : SCAMPI
11 Tee fabric : COTTON
12 Not on edge : AT EASE
15 Fax forerunner : TELEX
19 Rhinoplasty, informally : NOSE JOB
21 Purple yam : UBE
24 “Oh, that’s what you mean” : AHA
26 Cris Cyborg stat : KOS
27 Longtime “Washington Week” journalist Ifill : GWEN
29 Sport with roping and riding : RODEO
31 Historian __ Kearns Goodwin : DORIS
34 Square, e.g. : POLYGON
37 Tech : coder’s concern : DEBT
38 Camping appliance : HOT PLATE
39 Joined the military : ENLISTED
40 Final parts, and what this puzzle’s circled letters create : TAIL ENDS
42 Shell product : GAS
44 “Butter” K-pop group : BTS
45 Spooky decoration : COBWEB
46 Upstate New York lake : ONEIDA
47 dog: dachshund : WIENER
48 Puts up, as a painting : HANGS
50 Polynesian taro dish : POI
53 Strength : SINEW
56 Cobra’s warning : HISS
58 Does sums : ADDS
60 Coos Bay-to-Portland dir. : NNE
61 Stable fare : HAY
63 “Tsk!” : TUT
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