Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Thursday, January 1, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, January 1, 2026 features 81 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "significantdig".
Total Clues
81
Longest
significantdig
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
KEA
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Hawaiian for "white"
3KEA
Rugrats dad
3STU
In the loop
5AWARE
Some Duracells
3AAS
Charges
5BILLS
Agree
6ASSENT
Tiebreaker periods, for short
3OTS
Release
6LETOUT
Audible sighs
3AHS
Regret
3RUE
Mother with a Nobel Peace Prize
6TERESA
Paramount+ partner, briefly
3SHO
House shower
5CSPAN
Up and about
5ASTIR
During
4AMID
Sew loosely
5BASTE
Like déjà vu
5EERIE
Not gross
3NET
Well-read individuals
8LITERATI
Not right
4LEFT
Large number
4SLEW
Marble
3RYE
More slick
5ICIER
Leaves for dinner
5SALAD
Cry of dismay
4OHNO
Freezing temps
5TEENS
Swampy habitat
5MARSH
Sold out letters
3SRO
Recycling container
3BIN
Long. crosser
3LAT
2024 NBA All-Star Game MVP "__ Time" Lillard
4dame
Monster with regenerative heads
5hydra
Soccer star Sergio who scored more than 100 goals for Real Madrid
5ramos
Highest seed
3one
Warning on a note passed in a seminar?
10notforprof
Batter beater
5whisk
"Cut that out!," or an apt title for this puzzle
10knockitoff
Singer Carly ___ Jepsen
3RAE
Admission of guilt?
8iconfess
Beauty school treatment?
12learnersperm
Magazine income source
6adpage
Opposite of "oui"
3NON
Crystal ball consulted atop Mount Everest?
12highearthorb
Like many fiddle-leaf figs
6potted
Pt. of HDTV
3DEF
The discovery of the Lucy fossils, for one?
14significantdig
Broad strip
5SWATH
Texter's qualifier
3IMO
Land south of Eur.
3afr
Novelist Meg
5cabot
Pseudonym preceder
3AKA
Play guitar
5STRUM
Groom feathers
5PREEN
Tacos al __
6PASTOR
Giggle
6HEEHEE
Picnic spoiler
4RAIN
Spiritual glow
4AURA
Upright
5ERECT
Aorta, for one
6ARTERY
Dread
4FEAR
Totally wrong
6ALLWET
Four-time French Open winner Swiatek
3IGA
ID with two hyphens
3SSN
Key
5ISLET
Window shades
5TINTS
Manatee, e.g.
6SEACOW
Many a mockumentary
6satire
Features of orchestras and rhinos
5horns
Kraken's realm, briefly
3NHL
Zaps
5NUKES
...or so
3ISH
Taxing trip
4TREK
If necessary
6needbe
Don't ___ go!
4STAY
HHS agency
3FDA
Comment from someone listening to elevator music, perhaps
8imonhold
Push beyond acceptable limits
8gotoofar
Org. for orthodontists
3ada
Gymnast's gripping aid
5rosin
Susceptible (to)
5prone
MMA stat
3kos
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