LA Times Crossword Answers for Monday, December 22, 2025
Monday, December 22, 2025/74 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Monday, December 22, 2025, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.
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Across
- 1Apple Pay alternative
- 5Egg on
- 9Spills the beans
- 14Blue Buffalo competitor
- 15Opposed to
- 16Lounges
- 17"Just keeping you on your __"
- 18Yoga studio supply
- 19Large body of water
- 20Basic lunch choice
- 23Owned
- 24Rock concert sound booster
- 25Ages and ages
- 26Art activity that comes with a key
- 33Name of 12 popes
- 35Narc's org.
- 36Diet that shuns processed foods
- 37Standard connector for electronic devices
- 38Minuscule
- 41Site with a Write a Review button
- 42Pet collar targets
- 44Tea, in French
- 45Military outpost
- 461986 film teen with a poor attendance record
- 50The Marlins, on scoreboards
- 51__-mo video
- 52"I accept!"
- 55Driving a car, or an apt description of the ends of 20-, 26-, and 46-Across
- 60Cry to someone learning to ride a bike
- 61Wetlands plant
- 62Brontë's "Jane __"
- 63Middle Schuyler sister in "Hamilton"
- 64Alan of "M*A*S*H"
- 65Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy
- 66Change
- 67Exterminator's target
- 68Poems of praise
Down
- 1Little Leaguer's warm-up activity
- 2"__ 'Oe": "Lilo & Stitch" song
- 3Competitive puzzler with quick fingers
- 4Garden spigot attachment
- 5Esports player's computer setting
- 6Spending like mad
- 7Roti flour
- 8Mickey Mouse operation?
- 9Like beach balls and bouncy castles
- 10Sets of points, in math
- 11Actor Guinness
- 12Boring
- 13ID fig. often hidden by x's
- 21Spanish seasoning
- 22Put on, as clothing
- 27"I Love Trash" singer on "Sesame Street"
- 28Language family that includes Zulu
- 29Noncommittal reply
- 30Feeling the effects of studying all night, say
- 31Snakelike swimmers
- 32Tug-of-war need
- 33__ pastry
- 34Dot in the 19-Across
- 39Man cave counterparts
- 40Scolded loudly
- 43Like
- 47Moral wrong
- 48Unfair reputation
- 49Close to the floor
- 53Like a haunted house
- 54Snow day toys
- 55End-of-class signal
- 56Menu heading often next to File
- 57Foggy state
- 58Prefix with health
- 59Gallant one
- 60Split __ soup
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 74 entries.
- There are 37 across and 37 down.
- The longest answer has 14 letters and is 20-across.
- Every clue and answer is listed below.
All 74 answers
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- 1AApple Pay alternativeCASH
- 5AEgg onGOAD
- 9ASpills the beansBLABS
- 14ABlue Buffalo competitorALPO
- 15AOpposed toANTI
- 16ALoungesLOLLS
- 17A"Just keeping you on your __"TOES
- 18AYoga studio supplyMATS
- 19ALarge body of waterOCEAN
- 20ABasic lunch choiceCHEESESANDWICH
- 23AOwnedHAD
- 24ARock concert sound boosterAMP
- 25AAges and agesEON
- 26AArt activity that comes with a keyCOLORBYNUMBER
- 33AName of 12 popesPIUS
- 35ANarc's org.DEA
- 36ADiet that shuns processed foodsPALEO
- 37AStandard connector for electronic devicesUSBC
- 38AMinusculeEENSY
- 41ASite with a Write a Review buttonYELP
- 42APet collar targetsFLEAS
- 44ATea, in FrenchTHE
- 45AMilitary outpostBASE
- 46A1986 film teen with a poor attendance recordFERRISBUELLER
- 50AThe Marlins, on scoreboardsMIA
- 51A__-mo videoSLO
- 52A"I accept!"YES
- 55ADriving a car, or an apt description of the ends of 20-, 26-, and 46-AcrossBEHINDTHEWHEEL
- 60ACry to someone learning to ride a bikePEDAL
- 61AWetlands plantREED
- 62ABrontë's "Jane __"EYRE
- 63AMiddle Schuyler sister in "Hamilton"ELIZA
- 64AAlan of "M*A*S*H"ALDA
- 65AKansas City Chiefs head coach AndyREID
- 66AChangeALTER
- 67AExterminator's targetPEST
- 68APoems of praiseODES
- 1DLittle Leaguer's warm-up activityCATCH
- 2D"__ 'Oe": "Lilo & Stitch" songALOHA
- 3DCompetitive puzzler with quick fingersSPEEDCUBER
- 4DGarden spigot attachmentHOSE
- 5DEsports player's computer settingGAMEMODE
- 6DSpending like madONASPREE
- 7DRoti flourATTA
- 8DMickey Mouse operation?DISNEY
- 9DLike beach balls and bouncy castlesBLOWNUP
- 10DSets of points, in mathLOCI
- 11DActor GuinnessALEC
- 12DBoringBLAH
- 13DID fig. often hidden by x'sSSN
- 21DSpanish seasoningSAL
- 22DPut on, as clothingDON
- 27D"I Love Trash" singer on "Sesame Street"OSCAR
- 28DLanguage family that includes ZuluBANTU
- 29DNoncommittal replyMAYBE
- 30DFeeling the effects of studying all night, sayBLEARYEYED
- 31DSnakelike swimmersEELS
- 32DTug-of-war needROPE
- 33D__ pastryPUFF
- 34DDot in the 19-AcrossISLE
- 39DMan cave counterpartsSHESHEDS
- 40DScolded loudlyYELLEDAT
- 43DLikeSIMILAR
- 47DMoral wrongSIN
- 48DUnfair reputationBADRAP
- 49DClose to the floorLOW
- 53DLike a haunted houseEERIE
- 54DSnow day toysSLEDS
- 55DEnd-of-class signalBELL
- 56DMenu heading often next to FileEDIT
- 57DFoggy stateHAZE
- 58DPrefix with healthTELE
- 59DGallant oneHERO
- 60DSplit __ soupPEA
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The Monday, December 22, 2025 grid has 74 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.
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