Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, December 12, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, December 12, 2025 features 66 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.8 letters. The longest answer is "becausereasons".
Total Clues
66
Longest
becausereasons
Avg Length
5.8
Shortest
ASH
ALLComplete Solution List
Change places
4MOVE
Work Hard
4MOIL
Shinto shrine gateway
5TORII
Day by Day musical
8GODSPELL
Thin layer
6LAMINA
Color of the Year company
7PANTONE
Seen
8REGARDED
Black Beauty novelist Sewell
4ANNA
Believe
4HOLD
Make no progress
10TREADWATER
Teased relentlessly
4RODE
Union station?
5ALTAR
Hard wood
3ASH
Miami-__ County
4DADE
Only city in Samoa
4apia
Ten chin-ups, say
3set
Make whole again
7RESTORE
Target of some copyright infringement lawsuits
6openai
__ Drafthouse Cinema: movie chain based in Austin
5alamo
Minimal noise
4peep
Unsatisfactory explanation
14becausereasons
Jarring tonal shifts
10dissonance
Crunk kin
4trap
Oh, my stars!
8ideclare
Year of the Four Emperors emperor
4otho
Two-part bet
8perfecta
Supportive of
4with
Had far-reaching effects
7rippled
Reference in a doctor's office
13pharmacopoeia
Omaha prize
3pot
Condiment made with pickled mango
4amba
Less, in a way
6onsale
Literary figure who embodies the values of a civilization
8epichero
Throw again
6reroll
Language known as Isan in northeastern Thailand
3lao
Third strike, at times
7foultip
Self-awareness
14proprioception
Generational wisdom
4lore
Throws up
6erects
Accolades for "Flow" and "The Shape of Water"
6oscars
Chill
7atpeace
Dad, in Korean
4APPA
Name on a JFK hotel designed by Eero Saarinen
3twa
First Asian player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
4lina
Et voilà!
5there
Full of jarring tonal shifts
13alloverthemap
Singer Carter who won "American Idol" in 2024
3abi
Can. leaders
3pms
"Lilo & Stitch" theme
5ohana
Alison Bechdel's "Fun __: A Family Tragicomic"
4home
Price, informally
6DAMAGE
Sign me up!
6IMGAME
Sp. titles
4SRAS
This means ___!
3WAR
The Double Helix subject
3DNA
Moxie, e.g.
7SODAPOP
Subject of some air battles?
7armrest
Without emotion
7robotic
Start to make a call, perhaps
7dialone
Lavish and then some
8decadent
Letters signifying encryption
5https
Pitiful cry
6poorme
Region whose name means "desert"
6sahara
Not serious
4idle
Celeb news site
7eonline
Spot for a toy
3lap
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