Key contraction? Crossword Clue

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CONTRACTION (noun)
1. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
2. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
KEY (noun)
1. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
KEY (verb)
1. identify as in botany or biology, for example
2. harmonize with or adjust to
KEY (adjective)
1. serving as an essential component

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More LA Times Crossword (6/29/2025) Answers

Across

1. Activist Yoko

4. Lose, as fur

8. Sell

12. "You've had enough of my antics"

19. Stateroom window

21. Brazilian berry

22. Flat-bottomed glassware

23. Weather: "Warning to Surfers During Storm Surge"

25. Items that often hang above cribs

26. User profiles

27. IRA options

29. Secret plan

31. Hide-and-___

32. That girl

33. Inbox clogger

35. Like a twangy voice

38. Classifieds: "Isolated Waterfront Property Now Available"

44. Map showing elevation, for short

47. Proper part of speech?

48. "¡Ay, caramba!"

49. Op-ed: "Archipelago Expansion Has No Place in Our Waters"

54. Penny

55. Srsly?!

56. Whole pizza

57. Fern bump

58. Ore. neighbor

60. Romantasy and dramedy, for two

62. Side squared, for a square

64. __ the web

65. Monogram pts.

67. The ___ have it!

68. Style: "World's Largest Jib Now Complete"

72. Get exactly right

74. Greta Thunberg, for one

75. Disney's "The Princess and the __"

76. Warm up

80. 2022 Beyoncé hit that won a Grammy for Best R&B Song

82. Paper cutters, for short?

83. Spooky

85. Lamb's maa-maa

86. What have we here?

87. Brace (oneself)

89. Culture: "Five Stars for the New Jetty"

93. Stumbled

95. Slugger Sammy

96. Philosopher Descartes

97. Front page: "Waterway Corruption Exposed"

101. Is aware of

105. Commotion

106. Director Anderson

107. Clif Bar ingredient

110. Architect born in Guangzhou

111. In-flight convenience

113. Practically forever

114. All-powerful

117. "My brother from __ mother"

120. Component of some social studies classes, or the name of the newspaper sporting the headlines in this puzzle?

123. Broadcasts on Twitch, e.g.

124. Wading bird

125. Suggest

126. Superstar with swagger

127. Toy brick brand

128. Command post

129. Put on

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Down

1. Possibility

2. 'Beats me'

3. Waiting list?

4. Like a just-finished book

5. Native Arizonans

6. First-class

7. Rejects as untrue

8. Sneakers with a checkerboard design

9. 'Green' prefix

10. D.C. player

11. Make out

12. Early ThinkPads, e.g.

13. Summer sign

14. Chocolate ___

15. Ticket for someone who needs a lift?

16. Keep talking

17. Cookie with a Space Dunk flavor

18. Start of a secret exchange, perhaps

20. Top-__ list

24. Actress Palmer

28. Parched

32. Escape artist born in Budapest

33. Taking to court

34. Jets, Mets, or Nets

36. Munched

37. Soft tosses

39. Journalist Curry

40. Rival

41. Celebratory poem

42. Mojito fruit

43. Obscures

45. Cola brand

46. Brand of near beer

49. Craft beer letters

50. 108-Down for a knight

51. "To Kill a Mockingbird" novelist

52. Flew in a direct, fast line

53. Officiated a game

54. One who serves a function?

59. Clash (with)

61. Russian no

63. In your dreams!

65. Suffix with percent

66. Stockpiling sort

69. Lands

70. Super Bowl breaks

71. "Mercy!"

72. Childish disagreement

73. "You did your best!"

77. Chop down

78. Wonderment

79. Join

80. Young stallion

81. Levels

84. Kindle tech

88. Fig. on an OTC bottle

90. Syr. neighbor

91. ___ de parfum

92. Poetic dusk

94. Highest corporate levels

95. Precut pattern

98. ___ Jima

99. Heavy book

100. Waddingham of "Ted Lasso"

102. Was on first

103. Visited

104. Doesn't release

108. Honorific

109. Go letter by letter

111. Scrub

112. Gaga over

113. Formerly, once

114. Roughly

115. Egg cell

116. Bill's partner in time travel

118. Pshaw!

119. Punk offshoot

121. Yam in purple ice cream

122. 18-wheeler

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