Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, December 31, 2025 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "birthdaysuit".
Total Clues
78
Longest
birthdaysuit
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
TIA
ALLComplete Solution List
Greek cafe
7TAVERNA
Really, really enjoy a joke
4ROAR
Orates
6SPEAKS
Give a damn?
5CURSE
Suds
4BEER
Madre's sister
3TIA
___-Caps (candy)
3SNO
Scattered
4SOWN
Briny
3SEA
Now
4STAT
Former quarterback Manning
3ELI
Vaping device
4ECIG
Words of dismay
4OHNO
A couple of bucks?
4DEER
Putting my phone down a sec
3BRB
Innocents
5BABES
On the decline
6WANING
Liturgical vestment
5STOLE
Legend
4ICON
Wet bars?
5SOAPS
New Age artist who often sings in Irish
4ENYA
Place for pews
4NAVE
Even
4TIED
Be in debt
3OWE
Pinnacle
4ACME
__ gel: contents of "Do not eat" packets
6silica
Affection from a dog
5licks
Viking weapon
3axe
Item in Giorgio Armani's 50th anniversary collection?
12birthdaysuit
Weekly skit show, for short
3snl
Oak tree, once
5acorn
Line of Mary Quant's trademark skirts?
10miniseries
Really hard to see
5eensy
Patterned fabric woven on Jacquard looms
6damask
Complete failures
5bombs
Japanese carrier
3ANA
Target in a game of catch
7throwto
Expose as false
6DEBUNK
SHORTS
5cargo
Synergy Supreme+ gasoline retailer
5mobil
Creative team behind Lilly Pulitzer's signature frock?
12shiftworkers
Peppy
9ENERGETIC
Keyboard locale
4desk
Circular openings in domes
5oculi
Actor Morales
4ESAI
Crossover design from Vivienne Westwood and Diane von Fürstenberg?
10bubblewrap
Seeing things
4EYES
Blouse
3TOP
Redder than medium
4rare
Alive and __
7kicking
Stays fresh
5KEEPS
Functions
4USES
Caught off base
6TAGGED
Call with a raised hand
4TAXI
Round fig.
3CIR
Moonstruck Oscar-winner
4CHER
Nepali, e.g.
5ASIAN
Zilch
4NADA
Rate of speed
4CLIP
Try
4STAB
Droops
4SAGS
Med. plan option
3HMO
Beach toy
4KITE
Playing surface surrounded by boards
4RINK
Brawl
6FRACAS
State of ramped-up productivity
9overdrive
Penny
4CENT
Remote getaway spot
4isle
Raw bar need
3ICE
Faces the day
6awakes
Language suffix
3ESE
Greek island in the Cyclades
7mykonos
Caviar
3ROE
"Listen to __": podcast that covers a classic teen magazine
5sassy
Musubi seaweed
4nori
Prefix with way or wife
3mid
Berry native to the Amazon rainforest
4acai
"Don't take me too seriously" indicator
4wink
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