Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "crossoverstar".
Total Clues
76
Longest
crossoverstar
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
LAY
ALLComplete Solution List
Frito-__ snacks
3LAY
Legend
5URBAN
Fortuneteller's deck
5TAROT
Pros and __
4CONS
To this point
5ASYET
Pack and send
4SHIP
Snacked
3ATE
Torah teacher
5RABBI
Poet St. Vincent Millay
4EDNA
Biblical kingdom east of the Dead Sea
4MOAB
BMW competitor
4AUDI
Pester
5ANNOY
Skin care brand
4OLAY
Choose
5ELECT
Sum of the first three prime numbers
3TEN
Nevada city on the Truckee River
4RENO
Fictional clownfish
4NEMO
Squeeze (past)
4EDGE
Help out
4BAIL
But there is ___ in Mudville ...
5NOJOY
Scratch, say
3MAR
Like a baseball bat's symmetry
5AXIAL
Hajj destination
5MECCA
Smells
5ODORS
Running total
5TALLY
Square figure?
4NERD
Decorate
5ADORN
Mex. miss
4SRTA
Royal name of Norway
4OLAV
Abruptly end an engagement?
5elope
What an angsty teenager may slam
11bedroomdoor
Artist with success in more than one genre
13crossoverstar
Impressive basketball feats, and what 20-, 36-, and 43-Across have
13tripledoubles
Org. that may confiscate liquids
3tsa
Big D sch.
3smu
Relentlessly protect the line on the battlefield
10makeastand
Beer foam producer
5yeast
Be useless
11takeupspace
I can explain
9HEARMEOUT
Type of dog serenaded by Elvis on "The Steve Allen Show"
6basset
Travel stop
3INN
Innovator's first step
4idea
Guess
4STAB
Home for Sharks or Kraken
5arena
Juicy bit of info
4deet
Card material
4joke
Find an extra level, à la Spinal Tap
10gotoeleven
Orca family group
3pod
Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking," for one
5opera
Boiling water output
5steam
Against All ___
4ODDS
Loosen, as a shoelace
5UNTIE
Hosiery shade
5BEIGE
___ to go
5RARIN
Castaway's place
5ISLET
Cathode's counterpart
5ANODE
Gather, as crops
4REAP
Familiar theme
5TROPE
Fork locale
4ROAD
Hosiery shade
4ECRU
Villainous
4EVIL
___ in a Lifetime.
4ONCE
Nutrition fig.
3RDA
Like much medication
4oral
Amazon assistant with regional accents
5alexa
__ bargain
4DEAL
Seated meditation pose
5lotus
Calorific tea ingredient in Tibet
9yakbutter
Water balloon sound
5SPLAT
Lines from an admirer
3ODE
Gimlet liquor
3GIN
Mandoline piece
5blade
Like busy browser windows
6tabbed
False follower?
5alarm
Vote to pass a bill
3yea
Hulu's "__ Murders in the Building"
4only
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