Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Sunday, December 21, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, December 21, 2025 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "cheesesandwich".
Total Clues
74
Longest
cheesesandwich
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
EON
ALLComplete Solution List
Large body of water
5OCEAN
Lounges
5LOLLS
Pet collar targets
5FLEAS
Ages and ages
3EON
Owned
3HAD
Spills the beans
5BLABS
__-mo video
3SLO
Narcs' org.
3DEA
Egg on
4GOAD
Just keeping you on your __
4TOES
Garden spigot attachment
4HOSE
Opposed to
4ANTI
Brontë's Jane
4EYRE
Name of 12 popes
4PIUS
I accept!
3YES
Alan of "M*A*S*H"
4ALDA
Poems of praise
4ODES
Minuscule
5EENSY
Military outpost
4BASE
Exterminator's target
4PEST
Change
5ALTER
Yoga studio supply
4mats
Rock concert sound booster
3amp
Art activity that comes with a key
13colorbynumber
Blue Buffalo competitor
4alpo
Apple Pay alternative
4cash
1986 film teen with a poor attendance record
13ferrisbueller
Cry to someone learning to ride a bike
5pedal
Roti flour
4ATTA
Mickey Mouse operation?
6DISNEY
Competitive puzzler with quick fingers
10speedcuber
Basic lunch choice
14cheesesandwich
Wetlands plant
4REED
The Marlins, on scoreboards
3mia
Standard connector for electronic devices
4usbc
Spending like mad
8onaspree
Site with a Write a Review button
4yelp
Tea, in French
3the
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy
4reid
"__ 'Oe": "Lilo & Stitch" song
5aloha
Actor Guinness
4ALEC
Sets of points, in math
4LOCI
Little Leaguer's warm-up activity
5catch
Middle Schuyler sister in "Hamilton"
5eliza
Diet that shuns processed foods
5paleo
Driving a car, or an apt description of the ends of 20-, 26-, and 46-Across
14behindthewheel
Boring
4BLAH
Like beach balls and bouncy castles
7blownup
Esports player's computer setting
8gamemode
ID fig. often hidden by x's
3ssn
__ pastry
4PUFF
Tug of war need
4ROPE
Like a haunted house
5EERIE
Language family that includes Zulu
5BANTU
Put on, as clothing
3DON
Like
7SIMILAR
Moral wrong
3SIN
End-of-class signal
4BELL
Spanish seasoning
3SAL
Snakelike swimmers
4EELS
Foggy state
4HAZE
Feeling the effects of studying all night, say
10blearyeyed
Dot in the 19-Across
4isle
Snow day toys
5sleds
Noncommittal reply
5maybe
Scolded loudly
8yelledat
Man cave counterparts
8shesheds
Close to the floor
3low
"I Love Trash" singer on "Sesame Street"
5oscar
Unfair reputation
6badrap
Menu heading often next to File
4edit
Prefix with health
4TELE
Gallant one
4HERO
Split ___ soup
3PEA
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