LA Times Crossword July 14, 2025 Answers

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LA Times Crossword July 14, 2025 Answers

This LA Times puzzle from July 14, 2025 contains 74 total clues—35 across and 39 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our LA Times crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Sign-in sheet attachment	PEN
4A	Brand of canned meat	SPAM
8A	"What's it all about, __": Dionne Warwick lyric	ALFIE
13A	Commotion	STIR
14A	Congressional staffers	AIDES
16A	Downstairs, on a ship	BELOW
17A	*Sourdough starter	WILDYEAST
19A	Maine-to-Florida rte.	USONE
20A	Swear (to)	AVOW
21A	In a funk	SAD
23A	Smart talk	SASS
24A	*News website created by Tina Brown	THEDAILYBEAST
27A	"Yeah, I doubt that"	UHNO
28A	"All __": conductor's call	ABOARD
31A	Sir __ Guinness	ALEC
34A	Library search field	TITLE
37A	Seek the affection of	WOO
38A	*Words before a grand finale	LASTBUTNOTLEAST
42A	911 responder: Abbr.	EMT
43A	Make into law	ENACT
44A	Assents, at sea	AYES
45A	"This Is __ Tap"	SPINAL
47A	Triumphant cries	AHAS
50A	*Christian observance that's on a different day every year	MOVEABLEFEAST
56A	Native Czech, e.g.	SLAV
58A	Give it a go	TRY
59A	Whitney Houston's record label	ARISTA
60A	Inner's opposite	OUTER
62A	Londoner who may have a Cockney accent, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue	EASTENDER
64A	Fast train to Boston	ACELA
65A	Worshippers at a gurdwara	SIKHS
66A	Granola grain	OAT
67A	Out of fashion	PASSE
68A	Impulsive	SUDDEN
69A	Online convos	IMS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Play with, as a kitten might	PAWAT
2D	Novelist Wharton	EDITH
3D	Nick of "The Prince of Tides"	NOLTE
4D	Opens up to a doctor?	SAYSAH
5D	Metal baking container	PIETIN
6D	Letters on a toothpaste tube	ADA
7D	Stylike	MESSY
8D	__ Dhabi	ABU
9D	To a smaller degree	LESSSO
10D	Drift from the pier	FLOATAWAY
11D	Charged particles	IONS
12D	Female sheep	EWE
15D	Shot in the dark	GUESS
18D	Subtract	DEDUCT
22D	Coped (with)	DEALT
25D	"Whole __ Red": Playboi Carti album	LOTTA
26D	Cain's brother	ABEL
29D	Pink wine	ROSE
30D	Connect the __	DOTS
31D	Pub quaffs	ALES
32D	"Aladdin" treasure	LAMP
33D	Best guesses	ESTIMATES
35D	"Monsters, __"	INC
36D	Wreck beyond repair	TOTAL
39D	Wally Cleaver's little brother, for short	BEAV
40D	Not yet rented	UNLET
41D	Enter slowly	EASEIN
46D	Fiction section selections	NOVELS
48D	Shrubby tracts	HEATHS
49D	From the start	AFRESH
51D	Greek war god	ARES
52D	Via plane	BYAIR
53D	Prim "Same for me"	ASDOI
54D	Cook blue crabs, perhaps	STEAM
55D	Fruity desserts	TARTS
56D	__ opera	SOAP
57D	Pixar film set in the fictional Italian town of Portorosso	LUCA
61D	Norma __: Sally Field role	RAE
63D	Reggae-adjacent genre	SKA

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