Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, December 1, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, December 1, 2025 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "onthebrightside".
Total Clues
76
Longest
onthebrightside
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ANI
ALLComplete Solution List
Hibernation spots
5LAIRS
Darth Vader's childhood nickname
3ANI
Stick out
3JUT
Such a tease!
5OHYOU
Steppenwolf novelist Hermann
5HESSE
Rented again
5RELET
Tartan patterns
6PLAIDS
Raw fish dish
5SUSHI
Different from
6UNLIKE
Edit
6REVISE
Brimless hat with a tassel
3FEZ
Loosens, as shoelaces
6UNTIES
Fisherman's __: waterfront district in San Francisco
5WHARF
Fan frenzy
5MANIA
Young blokes
4LADS
Copied
4APED
Fully enjoys
6SAVORS
Site with handmade goods
4ETSY
Buona __: Italian "Good evening"
4SERA
Idaho's capital
5BOISE
Penny
4CENT
The Raven poet Edgar Allan __
3POE
Pastrami bread
3RYE
College, to Aussies
3UNI
Be homesick (for)
5YEARN
Come on in!
5ENTER
Fury
3IRE
Stash away
4STOW
Slowly, in music
5LENTO
Mandible
3JAW
Retail outlet
5STORE
Piña colada liquor
3RUM
Snorer's affliction, maybe
5apnea
Fabric piece for a sewing circle
10quiltblock
Word before can or Man
3tin
Purple garden flower
4iris
Enjoy recess in a schoolyard
4play
Getting on in years
6OLDISH
"Please lower your voice"
10keepitdown
Cameo role, e.g.
9smallpart
Tylenol alternative
5ALEVE
Mani-pedi place
5salon
Circumference
5GIRTH
Arthur Miller's "___ From the Bridge"
5AVIEW
Whatever the outcome
9winorlose
Amy of "Enchanted" and "Disenchanted"
5adams
Covering that keeps a pant leg dry
6gaiter
"It's not all bad news ...," and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are?
15onthebrightside
Walked on
4TROD
Rare and expensive Italian violin
5amati
___ al-Fitr (end of Ramadan)
3EID
Statistical tool for checking a hypothesis
5TTEST
Two pints
5QUART
Lower than
5UNDER
Ann ___, Michigan
5ARBOR
Splotches
5BLOBS
Writer Calvino
5ITALO
Itty-bitty
5EENSY
Move on all fours
5CRAWL
Extra zip
5OOMPH
Cockpit figure
5PILOT
Scents
5ODORS
Get it?
3SEE
Frozen snowman
4OLAF
Wood-cutting tool
3SAW
Problematic engine sounds
5pings
Luggage-checking org.
3tsa
Put money away for the future
6saveup
Dog park sound
3ARF
Anna's "Breaking Bad" role
6skyler
Party notice sent with a click
5evite
Pink garden flower
5peony
__ masala: spiced chickpea dish
5chana
Covered in goo
6slimed
Celebrity gossip site
3TMZ
Regret
3RUE
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