LA Times Daily Crossword July 12, 2025 Answers

1. "Hold on to that one" 11. Periods 15. Have a heart-to-heart exchange? 16. Confident 17. Healthy dessert option 18. "Whatcha waitin' for?" 19. Purple __ 20. Magnate 21. Rodeo circuit? 22. Second-largest landlocked country in Africa 23. Jay-Z or Cardi B 24. Glossy fabric 27. German car, informally 29. Hybrid since 1997 30. Sense of achievement 33. Slangy contraction 34. Dockers fabric 35. "Can do!" 36. Weak six-packs? 38. Forum garb 39. Line dance movement 40. Numerous 41. Verbal shrug 43. Secret spots 45. Ancient seafaring people 46. Zest 47. Closest one, briefly 50. Family member 51. Thimmamma Marrimanu in Anantapur, notably 53. Subject of a deal, say 54. Ad hoc groups of specialists 55. Catherine who outlived Henry VIII 56. Some ranch dressing

1. Touch and go 2. Hill of __: historical site associated with the High Kings of Ireland 3. Neglected area 4. Arabic name that means "elevated" 5. Pools 6. Naval rank 7. Fill with joy 8. One way to break the ice? 9. __ Rachel Wood of "Mildred Pierce" 10. Color of diamonds 11. Activities that require exit strategies? 12. Amish rite of passage 13. Got up 14. Caballero title 21. Prize in "A Christmas Story" 22. Supernova remnant 23. APR adjustment 24. Go over 25. Racer Luyendyk known as "The Flying Dutchman" 26. Aunty Entity player in "Mad Max 3" 28. Edmonton CFL team 30. __ butter 31. Primatologist Fossey 32. Creative outlet? 34. Atkins variant 37. Nota __ 38. City founded as York in 1793 40. Instruments that date to the Mughal Empire 41. Like some purchases made on a phone 42. Help for a new mother 44. Still 46. Run, e.g. 47. "My guy!" 48. Storm recovery org. 49. Big do 51. J-Hope's K-pop band 52. Carl Lewis's Olympic medal count