Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday July 23rd 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Milk choice : SKIM
5 Bra part : STRAP
10 Three-person card game : SKAT
14 Actress Kendrick : ANNA
15 Clamor : NOISE
16 Crafted : MADE
17 Bigfoot kin : YETI
18 “E,” at Fenway : ERROR
19 Like the NYSE at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on most weekdays : OPEN
20 “Hmm, is it possible for me?” : WONDER IF I COULD
23 Rocker Quatro : SUZI
24 Drinks made with steamed milk : LATTES
25 Slow-moving forest-dweller : TWO-TOED SLOTH
30 “You’re a riot” : HA HA
31 Not slack : TAUT
32 Fishing pole : ROD
35 In need of a heating pad, say : ACHY
36 Online diaries : BLOGS
38 Run into a closet, say : HIDE
39 French pronoun : TOI
40 P.O. Box filler : MAIL
41 Box on a touchscreen : ICON
42 Tale spun before lights-out : BEDTIME STORY
46 Prepares to run a marathon, say : TRAINS
49 Go offstage : EXIT
50 “Wait, what did you just say?,” or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle : BACK UP THE TRUCK
55 Fairy tale meanie : OGRE
56 Speak from a podium : ORATE
57 Gram, to some : NANA
59 Dark film genre : NOIR
60 Show, as an old show : RERUN
61 Always and always : EVER
62 Odds and __ : ENDS
63 Entice : TEMPT
64 Appear to be : SEEM
DOWN
1 “You _ ‘goodbye,’ and I _ ‘hello’” : SAY
2 Was aware of : KNEW
3 Digging : INTO
4 Backbone : MAINSTAY
5 React to pepper, perhaps : SNEEZE
6 Hot and heavy : TORRID
7 “Diamonds” singer, to fans : RIRI
8 Since : AS OF
9 Dangerous : PERILOUS
10 Like hair that’s been flat-ironed : SMOOTH
11 No longer working : KAPUT
12 “Someone Like You” singer : ADELE
13 Looks after : TENDS
21 The Bryan brothers of tennis, e.g. : DUO
22 Women’s suffrage leader Carrie Chapman _ : CATT
25 “All _ and a bag of chips” : THAT
26 Texas city between Dallas and Austin : WACO
27 “Didn’t expect to see you here!” : OH HI
28 Vodka brand whose label features a sketch of a Moscow hotel : STOLI
29 Zoom delay : LAG
32 Puerto __ : RICO
33 Emission from rotting fruit : ODOR
34 Say no to : DENY
36 Sore loser, for one : BAD SPORT
37 Like a fun party : LIT
38 Pop favorites : HIT TUNES
40 Grubhub link : MENU
42 Hog enthusiasts : BIKERS
43 Get together : MEET UP
44 Scope : EXTENT
45 Title for London’s mayor : SIR
46 Steakhouse order : T-BONE
47 Tease mercilessly : RAG ON
48 Bitter-tasting : ACRID
51 Yoga pose that requires good balance : TREE
52 Damage : HARM
53 Batman’s lair : CAVE
54 ACL joint : KNEE
58 UCL limb : ARM
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