Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Friday, December 26, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Friday, December 26, 2025 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "caretoelaborate".
Total Clues
68
Longest
caretoelaborate
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
MAS
ALLComplete Solution List
Barely usable pencils
4NUBS
Glom
4ONTO
Some humanities degs.
3MAS
___-eyed
4DEWY
Hadestown Tony nominee Noblezada
3EVA
Must
5HASTO
Squirrel away
4STOW
More than some
4MOST
Code breakers
4KEYS
___ gobi
4ALOO
Confession confession
3SIN
Tech startup?
4NANO
Intricate trap
3WEB
Close call
5SCARE
Kapow!
4WHAM
Très ___
4BIEN
Hesitant sounds
3ERS
Good listeners
4EARS
Squirrel away
5STASH
Guests' guesses
4etas
"The best in pests" company
5orkin
Snaps
9takesapic
Stay at a 57-Across, perhaps
5glamp
Manipulator of one of the four elements, in a classic animated series
9airbender
Peak reward
5vista
Sustainable place to unwind
9ecoresort
"All My Children" actress Kathleen
5noone
Hot bodies?
9lavalakes
And...
15caretoelaborate
Failing that
5IFNOT
Duo
4PAIR
"Who Shot Mr. Burns?," for one
14twopartepisode
Top knot, e.g.
4updo
Big name in chips
5INTEL
Lizard with defensive spines
9hornytoad
Natural styles
5afros
Banchero who was the 2023 NBA Rookie of the Year
5paolo
Miss living in Mexico, say
8SENORITA
Some boxing losses
14splitdecisions
Attracted to more than one gender, informally
5mspec
Mikey Day's show, for short
3snl
Array at a hotel breakfast bar
11waffleirons
Safari snap
9screencap
Crime stories?
6ALIBIS
Like some waiters
5early
Waititi of "Our Flag Means Death"
5taika
Mallow family plants with edible seed pods
5okras
Forms of rapid transit
11teleporters
__ punk: "Tragic Kingdom" genre
3ska
Kylie's daughter
6stormi
Not just some
5EVERY
Up the ___
4ANTE
Peignoir trim
4LACE
Tennis great Monica
5SELES
Worshipper of the goddess Pachamama
4INCA
Tea type
5PEKOE
Compass pt.
3SSE
Why do you ___?
3ASK
Declare
4AVOW
One just starting to shine
9protostar
Exec who might oversee R&D
3cto
Forced a comb through, say
9detangled
Superfood whose "special power is tasting bad," per Jim Gaffigan
4kale
Writer Shelley
4mary
Bench clamp
4vise
Like cut lumber
4sawn
Gives a role
5casts
Easy-peasy
8sosimple
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