Daily Puzzle Solution
LA Times Crossword
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
The Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, January 6, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "meteorshower".
Total Clues
79
Longest
meteorshower
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
ISR
ALLComplete Solution List
Leb. neighbor
3ISR
Molecule part
4ATOM
Freeze over
5ICEUP
Steal from
3ROB
Basilica niche
4APSE
Puts away the dishes?
4EATS
Chow for a sow
4SLOP
Thrown for a loop
4AWED
Flower bed tool
3HOE
Prototype (abbr.)
4ORIG
Make a bad impression?
4DENT
Frittata need
4EGGS
Taiwanese computer company
4ACER
Up in the air, briefly
3TBD
Hill worker
3ANT
Sushi wrapper
4NORI
Surrender, as territory
4CEDE
Fish-to-be
3ROE
Two ___ and a lie (icebreaker game)
6TRUTHS
Stiletto alternative
5WEDGE
Happy holler
6woohoo
Celestial event such as the Perseids
12meteorshower
Perfectly satisfactory, or an apt description of 18-, 26-, 39-, and 54-Across
11rightasrain
Sweet finish for fried chicken
12honeydrizzle
Running sport
5track
Lucky acorns, eventually
4oaks
Focus to win a contest?
5stare
Rep on arm day
4curl
Structure whose roof begins near its foundation
6aframe
Communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing
10bittorrent
Cards, in NFL scores
3ari
Lure in
4rope
Large load
3TON
Sault __ Marie
3STE
Site with tech reviews
4CNET
Balance-sheet column
6ASSETS
Superlative suffix
3EST
Economy
3GIG
Got it!
3IVE
Sushi option
3AHI
Down-under denizens
7aussies
Hwang Dong-hyuk's "Squid Game," e.g.
6kdrama
Moves like a fleeing deer
6bounds
Type of A/V connector
3rca
"Succession" actor Culkin
6kieran
1991 operation that ended with the liberation of Kuwait
11desertstorm
Representation of uncertainty on a graph
9errorbars
Stewpot with a conical lid
6tagine
Best in a pool
7outswim
Assists, in hoops lingo
5dimes
Mentee
7PROTEGE
Fudd
5ELMER
With it
3HIP
God of the underworld
5HADES
Nobel-winning physicist Paul
5DIRAC
Met by chance
7RANINTO
Alias lead-in
3AKA
Classic Pontiac
3GTO
Beeper
4HORN
Wee
4ITSY
Nabisco cracker
4RITZ
Provides an address
6ORATES
Good to go!
3SET
Make bank
7getpaid
Completely surrounded.
6sieged
Oft-protected fig.
3ssn
Feline in an alley
8feralcat
Area of expertise
8strength
Painfully close to home
7tooreal
Move back and forth
6seesaw
Skin blemish
3ZIT
Hardware and software support
9itservice
Once called
3NEE
Encourage
4URGE
Baking meas.
3TSP
Chew (out)
6REBUKE
Conclusion starter
4ERGO
Bank corp. with an orange lion logo
3ing
Ancient Eur. realm
3hre
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