LA Times Crossword Answers for Friday, December 12, 2025
Friday, December 12, 2025/76 clues solved
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Across
- 1Concocts
- 6"O Captain! My Captain!," for one
- 11Org. with Falcons and Ravens
- 14Navel type
- 15Outdoor screen annoyance
- 16Part of IPA
- 17Collect
- 18Busiest port in South Korea
- 19Chaps
- 20Lift system that offers a mechanical advantage
- 22Schoolbook
- 23Fantasize about
- 24Open the door for, say
- 26Cartoon frame
- 27Puts everything on the line
- 30The "Thunder" of Marvel's "Love and Thunder"
- 33"Thank you," in Swahili
- 35"Excusez-__"
- 36Clambake leftovers
- 38Smack
- 39Bit of witchcraft
- 41"Everybody knows that!"
- 42Like some patches
- 45Future atty.'s exam
- 46Challenging HS class that covers Reconstruction and Prohibition
- 48__ Jima
- 50Pay for
- 51"Guilty as charged"
- 55Plant inspection org.
- 57Summer forecast in the Southwest
- 59Lobster eggs
- 60Condition
- 61__ Dakota
- 62Wheels
- 63Tea option
- 64Top-notch
- 65"Rules __ rules"
- 66Sets loose
- 67Allude (to)
Down
- 1Surf shop purchase
- 2Hearsay
- 3Tour de France stage
- 4Smart aleck
- 5Halvah flavor
- 6Staff lines with a notable mnemonic
- 7Lats-working exercise, literally
- 8Enters, as a hot tub
- 9Most overcast
- 10Japanese money
- 11"Who put you up to this?"
- 12Show off at the gym
- 13Period after Ash Wednesday
- 21Po'boy city
- 22Abs-working exercise, literally
- 25Squeezes (out)
- 27Hardly fair
- 28"Copacabana" showgirl
- 29Singsongy cadence
- 30Unveiling shout
- 31Pecs-working exercise, literally
- 32"Didn't expect to see you!"
- 34Dessert with a sconelike texture
- 37Location
- 40Narrative incongruity
- 43Oven pan
- 44Biceps-working exercise, literally
- 47Sp. honorific
- 49Honus whose baseball card is one of the rarest and most expensive in the world
- 51Orchard makeup
- 52Font flourish
- 53Not glossy
- 54Upper regions of space
- 55Killer whale
- 56Fly high
- 58__-Missouria Tribe
- 60Beach bottle no.
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.
- There are 39 across and 37 down.
- The longest answer has 10 letters and is 20-across.
- Constructed by Harit Raghunathan %26 Joah Macosko.
All 76 answers
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- 1AConcoctsBREWS
- 6A"O Captain! My Captain!," for oneELEGY
- 11AOrg. with Falcons and RavensNFL
- 14ANavel typeOUTIE
- 15AOutdoor screen annoyanceGLARE
- 16APart of IPAALE
- 17ACollectAMASS
- 18ABusiest port in South KoreaBUSAN
- 19AChapsMEN
- 20ALift system that offers a mechanical advantageROPEANDPEY
- 22ASchoolbookTEXT
- 23AFantasize aboutDREAMOF
- 24AOpen the door for, saySEEIN
- 26ACartoon frameCEL
- 27APuts everything on the lineRISKSALL
- 30AThe "Thunder" of Marvel's "Love and Thunder"THOR
- 33A"Thank you," in SwahiliASANTE
- 35A"Excusez-__"MOI
- 36AClambake leftoversASHES
- 38ASmackHIT
- 39ABit of witchcraftSPELL
- 41A"Everybody knows that!"DUH
- 42ALike some patchesIRONON
- 45AFuture atty.'s examLSAT
- 46AChallenging HS class that covers Reconstruction and ProhibitionAPISTORY
- 48A__ JimaIWO
- 50APay forTREAT
- 51A"Guilty as charged"THATSME
- 55APlant inspection org.OSHA
- 57ASummer forecast in the SouthwestSCORCGHEAT
- 59ALobster eggsROE
- 60AConditionSTATE
- 61A__ DakotaNORTH
- 62AWheelsCAR
- 63ATea optionPEKOE
- 64ATop-notchELITE
- 65A"Rules __ rules"ARE
- 66ASets looseFREES
- 67AAllude (to)REFER
- 1DSurf shop purchaseBOARD
- 2DHearsayRUMOR
- 3DTour de France stageETAPE
- 4DSmart aleckWISEACRE
- 5DHalvah flavorSESAME
- 6DStaff lines with a notable mnemonicEGBDF
- 7DLats-working exercise, literallyLLUP
- 8DEnters, as a hot tubEASESINTO
- 9DMost overcastGRAYEST
- 10DJapanese moneyYEN
- 11D"Who put you up to this?"NAMENAMES
- 12DShow off at the gymFLEX
- 13DPeriod after Ash WednesdayLENT
- 21DPo'boy cityNOLA
- 22DAbs-working exercise, literallyTIS
- 25DSqueezes (out)EKES
- 27DHardly fairRAINY
- 28D"Copacabana" showgirlLOLA
- 29DSingsongy cadenceLILT
- 30DUnveiling shoutTADA
- 31DPecs-working exercise, literallyHSUP
- 32D"Didn't expect to see you!"OHHITHERE
- 34DDessert with a sconelike textureSHORTCAKE
- 37DLocationSITE
- 40DNarrative incongruityPLOTHOLE
- 43DOven panROASTER
- 44DBiceps-working exercise, literallyNIHC
- 47DSp. honorificSRA
- 49DHonus whose baseball card is one of the rarest and most expensive in the worldWAGNER
- 51DOrchard makeupTREES
- 52DFont flourishSERIF
- 53DNot glossyMATTE
- 54DUpper regions of spaceETHER
- 55DKiller whaleORCA
- 56DFly highSOAR
- 58D__-Missouria TribeOTOE
- 60DBeach bottle no.SPF
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