Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday July 9th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Clown’s prop, maybe : STILT
6 Criminally assist : ABET
10 Breakfast spot : NOOK
14 “Golly!” : OH GEE
15 Angelic adornment : HALO
16 Prefix meaning “all” : OMNI-
17 Oscars host O’Brien : CONAN
18 *Bills wide receiver who played in four consecutive Super Bowls : ANDRE REED
20 Paraguayan pals : AMIGOS
22 Airport pickup info : ETA
23 Acid initials : LSD
24 *Wildlife sanctuary : NATURE RESERVE
28 Cry of insight : I SEE!
29 Fit, as matryoshka dolls : NEST
30 Volcano near Catania : ETNA
33 Whiskey flavor : PEAT
34 Chewy mints : MENTOS
36 *Meh evaluations : MEDIOCRE REVIEWS
41 Only national park in New England : ACADIA
42 One of 14 in a sonnet : LINE
43 “u crack me up” : ROFL
44 Part of a Rorschach test : BLOT
45 Operatic solo : ARIA
49 *Like material that slows flames : FIRE RETARDANT
53 Artist Yoko : ONO
55 Boxing family name : ALI
56 Shelter with a sloping roof : LEAN-TO
57 Made twice as great, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues : REDOUBLED
61 Urged (on) : EGGED
62 Cheese with an edible rind : BRIE
63 Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
64 Wicked one : FIEND
65 Convinced : SOLD
66 Golf club choice : WOOD
67 Varieties : SORTS
DOWN
1 Confident retort to a boast : SO CAN I
2 Inventor Edison : THOMAS
3 Set off, as fireworks : IGNITE
4 Maritime measure : LEAGUE
5 Voice above baritone : TENOR
6 Cry of insight : AHA!
7 Abolish : BAN
8 Like Cain, of Adam’s sons : ELDEST
9 Dense cake : TORTE
10 Neither’s partner : NOR
11 Brunch option : OMELETTE
12 Change for a five : ONES
13 “The Secret Life of Bees” novelist Sue Monk _ : KIDD
19 Linguist’s asset : EAR
21 _ Falls: women’s suffrage convention site : SENECA
25 Tail end : REAR
26 Getty of “The Golden Girls” : ESTELLE
27 Caesar’s “I came” : VENI
31 “_ we’re talking!” : NOW
32 Pack animal : ASS
33 Taro-based staple : POI
34 _ block : MENTAL
35 Night for last-minute wrapping : EVE
36 Stain or tear : MAR
37 Italian scholar Umberto : ECO
38 National flower of Wales : DAFFODIL
39 South Asian rice cake : IDLI
40 Hilarious comedian : RIOT
44 S.O.S competitor : BRILLO
45 “Slowly,” on sheet music : ADAGIO
46 Madison Square Garden hockey player : RANGER
47 Purpose : INTENT
48 In conflict : AT ODDS
50 Novelist Santha Rama __ : RAU
51 Jab with one’s arm : ELBOW
52 Coral colonies : REEFS
53 Snow globes, e.g. : ORBS
54 Wolfe of detective fiction : NERO
58 Uni reference : OED
59 Feeling of self-worth : EGO
60 June honoree : DAD
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