Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Tuesday June 25, 2019.

“Fear of Flying” author Jong – ERICA
“Forrest Gump” lieutenant – DAN
“Give me that!” – IWANTIT
“Rule, Britannia” composer Thomas – ARNE
“The Walking __”: zombie show – DEAD
“The Wind in the Willows” amphibious Mr – TOAD
Acorn producer – OAK
Admit defeat – CONCEDE
Allowing cars in a single direction at a time, as a bridge – ONELANE
Artist Magritte – RENE
Ballpark fig – EST
Brake component – DISC
Bring up, as kids – RAISE
Bud in a cantina – AMIGO
Building wing – ELL
By ear – AURALLY
Chinese menu general – TSO
Civil War prez – ABE
Confronts with cockiness – FACES
Contents of a landscaper’s spreader – GRASSSEED
Dame’s counterpart – SIR
Depicts unfairly, as data – SKEWS
Determined to do – SETON
Diplomat’s forte – TACT
DVD blooper collection – GAGREEL
Ecstasy – RAPTURE
Fancy tie – ASCOT
Flag maker Betsy – ROSS
Formal attire – DRESSSUIT
Gaming centers – ARCADES
Gleeful shout – YAHOO
Govt. code-breaking org – NSA
Grain bristle – AWN
Harp constellation – LYRA
Hex-dispensing stare – EVILEYE
Higher in rank than – ABOVE
Hollywood or Vine, vis-Г -vis the other – CROSSSTREET
Insect’s feeler – ANTENNA
Invasive computer software – MALWARE
Jeans material – DENIM
Leaky tire noise found in five puzzle answers including this one – HISSSOUND
Leave out – OMIT
Like Abe Lincoln and Santa Claus, facially – BEARDED
Marc with a clothing brand – ECKO
MDX ÷ X – CLI
Messy place – STY
Mexican girl – NINA
Mooches – CADGES
Most inexperienced, as a recruit – RAWEST
Nashville venue – OPRY
Not exactly new – DATED
Novelist Umberto – ECO
Online merchant – ETAILER
Outback birds – EMUS
Part of UAE – ARAB
Pinch pennies – SKIMP
Red ink – LOSS
Rink surface – ICE
Road runner – AUTO
School support gp – PTA
Scottish Celt – GAEL
Secret languages – CODES
Short-lived obsession – FAD
Social hierarchy – CLASSSYSTEM
Some Middle East natives – SEMITES
Splinter group – SECT
T-shirt coloring method – TIEDYE
Tots may be bounced on them – KNEES
U-Haul truck, e.g – RENTAL
Unmitigated – UTTER
Very small – WEE
Voted in – ELECTED
Writer of exalted verse – ODIST
__ bar: Polynesian-themed spot – TIKI
__ Moines – DES
__ Reader: eclectic digest – UTNE