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We prove that with probability $1-o(1)$ as $n \to \infty$, a uniformly random
Latin square of order $n$ contains no subsquare of order $4$ or more, resolving
a conjecture of McKay and Wanless. We also show that the expected number of
subsquares of order 3 is bounded.