Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Sunday, January 4, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, January 4, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "afterschool".
Total Clues
78
Longest
afterschool
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
AMI
ALLComplete Solution List
Gumbo pod
4OKRA
Mediterranean oil source
5OLIVE
Toward the back of a boat
6ASTERN
What ___ is new?
4ELSE
Author Wiesel
4ELIE
___ dreaming?
3AMI
Heavy coat?
5ARMOR
Physician
6DOCTOR
WhatsApp's parent company
4META
Provisos.
3IFS
Australian marsupial
5KOALA
Elaborately decorated
6ORNATE
Make a wrong turn, say
3ERR
Hot spot service
4WIFI
Beseeches
4BEGS
Basil-based sauce
5PESTO
Freeway exit
4RAMP
Boost
5LEGUP
Australian bird
3EMU
Hybrid orange fruit
7TANGELO
Sacred carving
5TOTEM
Wowed
4AWED
Totally
3YES
Horse stable unit
5STALL
Letters between names
3AKA
Monastic hood
4COWL
Take a break
4REST
Chitchat
3GAB
Insurance company with a gecko mascot
5geico
Time for extracurricular activities, or where the ends of 17-, 26-, 52-, and 62-Across literally are
11afterschool
Adventure novelist Cussler
5clive
Brought home, as a salary
6earned
Restroom, to a Brit
3lav
Quad found on a Portland campus?
11reedsection
Sweetener used on a Providence campus?
10brownsugar
Flirts with
4toys
Performer in bull riding competitions
10rodeoclown
See 12-Down
4dash
Kitchen appliance used at a Houston campus?
10ricecooker
Horse that's saddled up for a tour of a Philadelphia campus?
11templemount
Gracefully slim
6SVELTE
"Seems to me" shorthand
3imo
Gas brand with a torch logo
5AMOCO
Supplied, as funds
7fronted
Dismissive sound
3PAH
Forearm bones
5ULNAE
Genesis grandson
4ENOS
With 19-Across, salt-free seasoning brand
3mrs
Oft-grilled fish, on menus
4mahi
With 27-Down, "The Substance" Oscar nominee
4demi
Futuristic genre
5SCIFI
Docs with DOBs, often
3IDS
Opposite of WNW
3ESE
French fashion monogram
3YSL
Without backup
4SOLO
Country singer Patsy
5CLINE
Not as far
6NEARER
Upper body
5TORSO
By walking
6ONFOOT
Food truck fare
5TACOS
Italian three
3TRE
Thanksgiving mo.
3NOV
Barnyard bleat
3MAA
Extra charge
3FEE
___ for the course
3PAR
Female sheep
3EWE
Spot for short people?
3atm
Pat gently
3DAB
__ knife: handy kitchen tool
7utility
Ballpark fig.
3EST
Sleep cycle letters
3REM
Actress Ryan
3MEG
Genesis matriarch
3EVE
Baby beaver
3KIT
Naturally talented youngsters
10giftedkids
See 59-Across
5moore
Brave and noble.
6heroic
Without bothering to be careful
7inhaste
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