Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, December 30, 2025 features 73 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "calendartetris".
Total Clues
73
Longest
calendartetris
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
LOO
ALLComplete Solution List
Sugar serving
4LUMP
Lav
3LOO
Squeak (out)
3EKE
___ that the truth!
4AINT
Paper or plastic? items
4BAGS
__ there, tiger
4EASY
Shawkat of "Search Party"
4ALIA
Paddled about
6CANOED
Gender-fluid pronoun
4THEY
Ran in the wash
4BLED
Image file format
4JPEG
Shabby
4WORN
D-backs, in box scores
3ARI
Name after peach or before toast
5melba
Sailor's assent
3AYE
Mom, to Auntie
3SIS
Rare opening in 54-Across
4slot
Error message?
3sic
Beefy, casually
5swole
The Queen of Pop
7madonna
Tom, Dick, and Harry, for example
3men
Network featured in "Good Night, and Good Luck"
3cbs
Kicking sport
6soccer
Ask too much, say
3pry
Added to the team
5hired
Screen writing?
4blog
Be glad to
7surecan
Crockery flaw
4chip
Slurps (up)
4laps
If memory serves...
9ASIRECALL
Team with a red-tailed hawk mascot named Swoop
4utes
One regularly experiencing bettor days
10highroller
Move like a hummingbird
4dart
Low voices in a women's choir
5altos
Constant reshuffling of one's schedule, or what's depicted in this puzzle's circles
14calendartetris
California county with a wine train
4napa
Microbiology lab gel
4agar
Uniq fruits
5uglis
IT part
4info
Intentionally delaying, or a punny title for this puzzle?
14playingfortime
"At your earliest convenience," less politely
4asap
Actress Palmer
4keke
Vacay from work
3pto
NYC nabe near the Bowery
4noho
Patterned fabric that originated in Indonesia
5batik
Quechua speakers who didn't have a written alphabet
5incas
Up for a challenge
4game
Body shop franchise
5maaco
Like the pick of the litter
6cutest
Went a mile a minute, maybe
4sped
Bow alternative
6CURTSY
Sonic the Hedgehog developer
4SEGA
Target of some mining
4DATA
Leaves speechless
4AWES
Norse god of mischief
4LOKI
Sign of healing
4SCAB
My word!
4ISAY
SELF-SATISFIED
4SMUG
Expected any minute
3DUE
Low-gloss
5matte
Ooh la la!
9tresjolie
Type of offal
5tripe
"Please be serious"
4cmon
"Sounds like a you problem"
10noonecares
Notation on an invite
4byob
Checked out
4seen
Seehorn of "Pluribus"
4rhea
Muralist's canvas
4wall
Be appealing
5plead
Twist into a pretzel
4knot
Good start?
4bene
One of the Torah's four matriarchs
5sarah
Explosive used in some mining
3tnt
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