Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Monday, January 5, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Monday, January 5, 2026 features 154 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "itsnotsobad".
Total Clues
154
Longest
itsnotsobad
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
OVA
ALLComplete Solution List
CNN journalist Hill
5ERICA
Eggs, to a biologist
3OVA
Reject
5SPURN
Extremely dry
4ARID
Sentra automaker
6NISSAN
Auction offer
3BID
Jewel boxes
7CDCASES
Pantry platform
5SHELF
Go me!
5IRULE
Schleps
5TOTES
Paleontologist's find
6FOSSIL
Alternative to "Yours truly"
6ASEVER
__ or nothing
3ALL
Tree with serrated leaves
3ELM
Finish by
5ENDAT
Frozen snowman
4OLAF
Listless feeling
5ENNUI
Trivia night venue
3PUB
Periscope part
4LENS
911 responders, briefly
3EMS
Tire-gauge meas.
3PSI
___ -fi
3SCI
Filmmaker Ang
3LEE
Pop in on
5VISIT
Warty hoppers
5TOADS
Try again
4REDO
Topper
3HAT
Came up
5AROSE
Remove a wooden pin from
5unpeg
Contrail, essentially
5vapor
"This could've been a lot worse"
11itsnotsobad
High point of a trip to Sicily?
4etna
Confident about
6sureof
Humped beast at a desert oasis
5camel
Supporting musicians, or what can be found in 17-, 31-, 37-, and 44-Across
11backupbands
Antiwar gathering of world leaders
11peacesummit
Play with, as a trampoline
6jumpon
"Women Talking" novelist Toews
6miriam
Experience elation
10floatonair
Sings one's own praises
6boasts
Draped dresses in Hindi films
5saris
That's gotta hurt
3OOF
Distress signal
3SOS
Archer's projectile
5ARROW
Texas city with the Cowboys and the Wings
6dallas
28 of the cards in a Monopoly set
5deeds
Means to administer medication
6ivline
Bioluminescence produced by marine microorganisms
7seafire
Sci-fi franchise with "Legacy" and "Ares" installments
4tron
Hit that may go out of the park
7homerun
Mex. neighbor
3USA
Dog park sound
3ARF
Billionth: Pref.
4NANO
Pharmacy offerings
5DRUGS
Did you notice I was gone?
6MISSME
Taper off
4WANE
Sit alongside
4ABUT
River through Paris
5SEINE
Unclothed
5NAKED
Corp. leader
3CEO
DVR pioneer
4TIVO
Gretel's brother
6HANSEL
Baltimore ballplayer
6ORIOLE
SSW's opposite
3NNE
Tax prep pro
3CPA
Grand __: French wine classification
3cru
Dine, quaintly
3sup
Disappointing firecracker
3DUD
Blue pol
3dem
Joins one's partner in retirement?
10comestobed
Female sib
3SIS
Rugby play with tight formation
5scrum
Org. working against age discrimination
4aarp
Garments that might have feet, familiarly
3pjs
Grumble from the recently roused
4imup
Some organic chemistry students
7premeds
Insurance company with a gecko mascot
5geico
What ___ is new?
4ELSE
Freeway exit
4RAMP
Heavy coat?
5ARMOR
WhatsApp's parent company
4META
Gumbo pod
4OKRA
Sweetener used on a Providence campus?
10brownsugar
See 12-Down
4dash
Restroom, to a Brit
3lav
Forearm bones
5ULNAE
___ dreaming?
3AMI
Horse that's saddled up for a tour of a Philadelphia campus?
11templemount
Hybrid orange fruit
7TANGELO
Physician
6DOCTOR
Oft-grilled fish, on menus
4mahi
Flirts with
4toys
Adventure novelist Cussler
5clive
Time for extracurricular activities, or where the ends of 17-, 26-, 52-, and 62-Across literally are
11afterschool
Basil-based sauce
5PESTO
Author Wiesel
4ELIE
Hot spot service
4WIFI
Toward the back of a boat
6ASTERN
Supplied, as funds
7fronted
Quad found on a Portland campus?
11reedsection
Totally
3YES
Australian marsupial
5KOALA
Provisos.
3IFS
With 27-Down, "The Substance" Oscar nominee
4demi
Kitchen appliance used at a Houston campus?
10ricecooker
Wowed
4AWED
Genesis grandson
4ENOS
Mediterranean oil source
5OLIVE
Beseeches
4BEGS
Take a break
4REST
Sacred carving
5TOTEM
Chitchat
3GAB
Make a wrong turn, say
3ERR
"Seems to me" shorthand
3imo
Monastic hood
4COWL
Elaborately decorated
6ORNATE
Australian bird
3EMU
Boost
5LEGUP
Horse stable unit
5STALL
Brought home, as a salary
6earned
Performer in bull riding competitions
10rodeoclown
Letters between names
3AKA
With 19-Across, salt-free seasoning brand
3mrs
Dismissive sound
3PAH
Gracefully slim
6SVELTE
Gas brand with a torch logo
5AMOCO
Spot for short people?
3atm
Barnyard bleat
3MAA
Without bothering to be careful
7inhaste
See 59-Across
5moore
__ knife: handy kitchen tool
7utility
Thanksgiving mo.
3NOV
Italian three
3TRE
Naturally talented youngsters
10giftedkids
French fashion monogram
3YSL
Futuristic genre
5SCIFI
Upper body
5TORSO
Brave and noble.
6heroic
___ for the course
3PAR
Opposite of WNW
3ESE
Extra charge
3FEE
Docs with DOBs, often
3IDS
Not as far
6NEARER
By walking
6ONFOOT
Country singer Patsy
5CLINE
Food truck fare
5TACOS
Without backup
4SOLO
Pat gently
3DAB
Female sheep
3EWE
Actress Ryan
3MEG
Ballpark fig.
3EST
Baby beaver
3KIT
Genesis matriarch
3EVE
Sleep cycle letters
3REM
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