Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Sunday, December 28, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, December 28, 2025 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "somethingsfishy".
Total Clues
76
Longest
somethingsfishy
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
SPA
ALLComplete Solution List
Scottish gal
4LASS
Lunch or dinner
4MEAL
Spot for a facial
3SPA
Cockpit figure
5PILOT
__ pie: dish with corn chips
5FRITO
Exclamation of surprise
12HOLYMACKEREL
Convent residents
4NUNS
Places for bracelets
6WRISTS
Trial run
4TEST
Length x width
4AREA
Self-image
3EGO
Nine-digit ID
3SSN
Actress Tatum
5ONEAL
Small earrings
5STUDS
You snooze, you __
4LOSE
Guiding principle
5TENET
Not doing anything
4IDLE
Large deer in the Rockies
3ELK
Archery items
4BOWS
Sweetie pie
5DEARY
Talks about
8SPEAKSOF
Not as expensive
4LESS
Acorn droppers
4OAKS
Approximate fig.
3EST
Grows older
4AGES
Touches of color
6TINGES
Rich layer cake
5TORTE
Aired again
5RERAN
Add to the payroll
4HIRE
Hangout with ramps and rails for boarders and bladers
9skatepark
"This doesn't seem right," or what can be said about 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across
15somethingsfishy
__-Ball: target game in arcades
4skee
Consumes a 15-Across
4eats
"Thunderbolts*" actor Sebastian __
4stan
Tennis server's success
3ace
Data on baseball cards
5stats
Gemstone with colored stripes
5agate
Spurs to action
6impels
Diving stance with bent hips and straight legs
12pikeposition
Hard drive capacity prefix
4TERA
SoCal NFL player
5laram
British nobles with low ranking
6barons
Sunburn-soothing succulent
4ALOE
Historic British school
4ETON
"I do" venue
5altar
Hydrant hookup
4HOSE
French "between"
5entre
Blue-gray color
5slate
Construction girder metal
5steel
A-OK
9hunkydory
Little ___ Everywhere (Celeste Ng novel)
5FIRES
Acid counterpart
4BASE
Purring pets
4CATS
One saving the day
4HERO
Like pink cheeks
4ROSY
NBA player Holmgren
4CHET
Boat's front
4PROW
Potato spots
4EYES
Arrange in a row
5ALIGN
Reassure that one's joking, in a way
6WINKAT
Queries
4ASKS
Eager
4AGOG
Become accustomed (to)
5INURE
Small bay
5INLET
San __, Italy
4REMO
Adjusts a piano's pitch, e.g.
5tunes
Actor Reeves who plays John Wick
5keanu
Sends with a stamp
5posts
Brand of red plastic cups
4solo
Like a sauna
6heated
Part of a Santa costume
3HAT
Three siblings with the same birthday
8triplets
Apply gently
3DAB
The proof ___ the pudding
4ISIN
Genetic messenger molecule
3RNA
Affirmative votes
4AYES
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