LA Times Crossword Answers for Thursday, December 4, 2025
Thursday, December 4, 2025/76 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's LA Times Crossword for Thursday, December 4, 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
- 1All-Star side
- 5Maori dance
- 9Building blocks
- 13Pepper __
- 14Drop
- 15Biggest city in the Cornhusker State
- 16Sad cry from a hot potato player?
- 19Custom car made from cast-off parts
- 20Knightly honorifics
- 21Formal accessory
- 22Actor Corddry
- 24Rented
- 25Sad cry from a Bananagrams player?
- 33Palm fruit
- 34Tool that can be made to sound like a theremin
- 35Thin
- 36Ballpark figs.
- 37Verbal shrug
- 39Valley
- 40Grinding vessel
- 43Orecchiette shape
- 45Cyberchatted, for short
- 46Sad cry from a Battleship player?
- 49"SNL" alum Gasteyer
- 50Bother
- 51"KPop Demon Hunters" voice actor Daniel __ Kim
- 54"99 Luftballons" band
- 56Trashes
- 61Happy cry from a Scrabble player?
- 64Game consoles produced between 1983 and 2001
- 65Escalator part
- 66No-frills grocery chain
- 67Had in mind?
- 68Obscure
- 69All-Star side
Down
- 1Doha dignitary
- 2Verdi opera
- 3Feature of many a slinky gown
- 4"I lost interest" letters
- 5Relish-topped ballpark bites
- 6Theater chain with MacGuffins Bar and Lounge
- 7Some Korean cars
- 8__ the Hun
- 9Check no.
- 10Thai currency
- 11Hebrew symbol that translates to "living"
- 12Fill fully
- 15"You are just too much!"
- 17Edible seaweed
- 18Hands that handle the deck
- 23Radiate pride
- 25Tricky pool shot
- 26Maker of the 2600 and 5200 game consoles
- 27Tiny homes tucked in branches
- 28Chirp
- 29__ wave
- 30Broadway genre
- 31Dot on a map
- 32Call for
- 33Prefix with sexual
- 38"Good one"
- 41Vinyasa sequence
- 42Freshen
- 44Bureaucratic hassle
- 47Like kanelsnegle
- 48__ tube
- 51Floppy or hard medium
- 52Blessing ender
- 53Lip
- 55Not pro
- 57Vegetable side
- 58Result of a good pitch
- 59Some football linemen
- 60Sketch
- 62Like sashimi
- 63HS equivalency test
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.
- There are 35 across and 41 down.
- The longest answer has 15 letters and is 16-across.
- Constructed by Emet Ozar.
All 76 answers
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- 1AAll-Star sideEAST
- 5AMaori danceHAKA
- 9ABuilding blocksABCS
- 13APepper __MILL
- 14ADropOMIT
- 15ABiggest city in the Cornhusker StateOMAHA
- 16ASad cry from a hot potato player?IDIDNTCATCHTHAT
- 19ACustom car made from cast-off partsRATROD
- 20AKnightly honorificsSIRS
- 21AFormal accessoryTIE
- 22AActor CorddryROB
- 24ARentedLET
- 25ASad cry from a Bananagrams player?CANIGETAWORDIN
- 33APalm fruitDATE
- 34ATool that can be made to sound like a thereminSAW
- 35AThinSPARSE
- 36ABallpark figs.ERAS
- 37AVerbal shrugMEH
- 39AValleyDALE
- 40AGrinding vesselMORTAR
- 43AOrecchiette shapeEAR
- 45ACyberchatted, for shortIMED
- 46ASad cry from a Battleship player?IMISSEDTHEBOAT
- 49A"SNL" alum GasteyerANA
- 50ABotherADO
- 51A"KPop Demon Hunters" voice actor Daniel __ KimDAE
- 54A"99 Luftballons" bandNENA
- 56ATrashesTOSSES
- 61AHappy cry from a Scrabble player?IMDRAWINGABLANK
- 64AGame consoles produced between 1983 and 2001SEGAS
- 65AEscalator partSTEP
- 66ANo-frills grocery chainALDI
- 67AHad in mind?KNEW
- 68AObscureHIDE
- 69AAll-Star sideWEST
- 1DDoha dignitaryEMIR
- 2DVerdi operaAIDA
- 3DFeature of many a slinky gownSLIT
- 4D"I lost interest" lettersTLDR
- 5DRelish-topped ballpark bitesHOTDOGS
- 6DTheater chain with MacGuffins Bar and LoungeAMC
- 7DSome Korean carsKIAS
- 8D__ the HunATTILA
- 9DCheck no.AMT
- 10DThai currencyBAHT
- 11DHebrew symbol that translates to "living"CHAI
- 12DFill fullySATE
- 15D"You are just too much!"OHSTOP
- 17DEdible seaweedNORI
- 18DHands that handle the deckCREWS
- 23DRadiate prideBEAM
- 25DTricky pool shotCAROM
- 26DMaker of the 2600 and 5200 game consolesATARI
- 27DTiny homes tucked in branchesNESTS
- 28DChirpTWEET
- 29D__ waveRADIO
- 30DBroadway genreDRAMA
- 31DDot on a mapISLET
- 32DCall forNEED
- 33DPrefix with sexualDEMI
- 38D"Good one"HAHA
- 41DVinyasa sequenceASANAS
- 42DFreshenRENEW
- 44DBureaucratic hassleREDTAPE
- 47DLike kanelsnegleDANISH
- 48D__ tubeBOOB
- 51DFloppy or hard mediumDISK
- 52DBlessing enderAMEN
- 53DLipEDGE
- 55DNot proANTI
- 57DVegetable sideSLAW
- 58DResult of a good pitchSALE
- 59DSome football linemenENDS
- 60DSketchSKIT
- 62DLike sashimiRAW
- 63DHS equivalency testGED
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