Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, December 29, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, December 29, 2025 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "leavethenest".
Total Clues
78
Longest
leavethenest
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
MIA
ALLComplete Solution List
Catchall option on a survey
5OTHER
Unpleasant, as weather
5NASTY
Soccer star Hamm
3MIA
Eccentric fellow
4COOT
Crossword hints
5CLUES
Morning joe
4JAVA
Zodiac sign boundaries
5CUSPS
Machu Picchu country
4PERU
Bowl over
4STUN
Secret stash
5CACHE
Old Testament brother
4CAIN
Bread with a pocket
4PITA
Unbridled enthusiasm
4ZEAL
Stadium
5ARENA
Play part
4ROLE
Keyboard key with an arrow
5ENTER
Spearheaded
3LED
Tiny bits
5IOTAS
Back tooth
5MOLAR
Prepare for publication
4EDIT
Blackjack card
3ACE
Loafing around
4IDLE
Earthy pigment
5OCHER
Wheel shaft
4AXLE
Not in support of
4ANTI
Box-office bomb
4FLOP
Severance star Adam
5SCOTT
Gumption
5NERVE
Bright-eyed
5ALERT
Roll call response
4HERE
Departure instructions for an ornithologist?
12leavethenest
Closes, as a parka
4zips
Departure instructions for a railway worker?
10maketracks
Animal that may sleep upside down
5sloth
Plan for ending involvement, or an apt title for this puzzle
12exitstrategy
Every now and __: sporadically
4then
Decorative pitcher in still lifes
4ewer
Departure instructions for a student pilot?
10takeflight
Hat worn by Abraham Lincoln
9stovepipe
Underwater vessels
4subs
Fill with wonder
3AWE
Spinning shaper in a woodshop
5lathe
Silicon Valley city Palo __
4ALTO
Irk
3VEX
Speck in the ocean
4ISLE
Volkswagen sedan
5JETTA
Behr product
5paint
Smartphone message
4TEXT
Museum collection
3ART
Green vegetable in a pod
3pea
Event site
5VENUE
Loosen, as a shoe
6UNLACE
Machu Picchu native
4INCA
Extremely dry
4ARID
Move a muscle
4FLEX
Coup d'__: sudden regime change
4ETAT
Magazine edition
5ISSUE
Lover's meeting
5TRYST
Inventor Tesla
6NIKOLA
Goat's bleat
3MAA
Furry swimmer
5OTTER
Coast Guard rank (abbr.)
3ENS
Practice boxing
4SPAR
Beer barrel
3KEG
Phnom ___, Cambodia
4PENH
Word puzzles with hidden messages
9acrostics
That works for me
6imcool
Many a winery visitor
6taster
Novelist Bram who created Dracula
6stoker
Flowy robe with long sleeves
6caftan
Like green-headed mallards
4male
Like skyscrapers
4TALL
Pampering place
3SPA
___-Mex cuisine
3TEX
Web address
3URL
Smooth-talking
4GLIB
Cravings
4YENS
Old Testament brother
4esau
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