LA Times Crossword Answers for Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Tuesday, December 9, 2025/78 clues solved
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Across
- 1Perfectly clear
- 6Website with a Collectibles category
- 10Capture digitally
- 14__ note: dictionary explanation
- 15"Encore!"
- 16Lymph __: immune system part
- 17*Metaphorical container similar to Pandora's box
- 19Having the resources
- 20Crumbly Mexican cheese
- 21Unpleasantly bitter
- 22"Beat Bobby Flay" contestant
- 24*Result of serious core training
- 27Stay hidden
- 29Unoriginal reply
- 30Retired record holders?
- 31Book before Amos
- 33Basketball Hall of Famer Steve
- 37Lucy of "Elementary"
- 38Trip to buy brewskis, or a sequence found in the starts of the answers to the starred clues
- 41__-pitch softball
- 42Enthusiastic about
- 44Sporty trucks, briefly
- 45Schindler of "Schindler's List"
- 47Tedious talker
- 49Reach
- 50*Advocate from a social agency
- 55Stops on the road
- 56In the slightest
- 57Vein counterpart
- 59Modest skirt
- 60*Pilot's aerobatic maneuver
- 64Lovers' god
- 65Muppet with a sister named Daisy
- 66Actress Mila
- 67"Click here" text
- 68"__ Diary ... "
- 69Sprinter's asset
Down
- 1Enterprise captain Jean-__ Picard
- 2Mex. neighbor
- 3Neutralize
- 4Acknowledgment of a screwup
- 5Nimble-fingered
- 6Face With Steam From Nose, for one
- 720 Mule Team laundry product
- 8One-__ pushup
- 9"You guessed it!"
- 10Eat as a treat
- 11Hooded serpent
- 12Invent lines
- 13Requires
- 18Trace of smoke
- 21"__ du lieber!"
- 22Frito pie ingredient
- 23Uber driver's invitation
- 25Looks closely (at)
- 26Human rights org.
- 28Plug-and-play port
- 31Derek whose No. 2 was retired by the Yankees
- 32Mined resource
- 34"Everybody will tell you the same!"
- 35Done in, as a dragon
- 36Trio on a triceratops
- 39French money
- 40"Kidding!"
- 43Tall monument that comes to a point
- 46Saddle attachment
- 48Hooting hunter
- 49Museo del Prado display
- 50Humped oasis visitor
- 51Activision rival
- 52Early invader of Britain
- 53"__ Chameleon": Culture Club hit
- 54Screwup
- 58Grand Lodge group
- 60Spot for bulbs
- 61Taproom pour
- 62Prevarication
- 63Trippy drug
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
- There are 37 across and 41 down.
- The longest answer has 10 letters and is 17-across.
- Constructed by Doug Peterson.
All 78 answers
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- 1APerfectly clearLUCID
- 6AWebsite with a Collectibles categoryEBAY
- 10ACapture digitallySCAN
- 14A__ note: dictionary explanationUSAGE
- 15A"Encore!"MORE
- 16ALymph __: immune system partNODE
- 17A*Metaphorical container similar to Pandora's boxCANOFWORMS
- 19AHaving the resourcesABLE
- 20ACrumbly Mexican cheeseCOTIJA
- 21AUnpleasantly bitterACRID
- 22A"Beat Bobby Flay" contestantCHEF
- 24A*Result of serious core trainingSIXPACKABS
- 27AStay hiddenHOLEUP
- 29AUnoriginal replyECHO
- 30ARetired record holders?IPODS
- 31ABook before AmosJOEL
- 33ABasketball Hall of Famer SteveNASH
- 37ALucy of "Elementary"LIU
- 38ATrip to buy brewskis, or a sequence found in the starts of the answers to the starred cluesBEERRUN
- 41A__-pitch softballSLO
- 42AEnthusiastic aboutINTO
- 44ASporty trucks, brieflyUTES
- 45ASchindler of "Schindler's List"OSKAR
- 47ATedious talkerBORE
- 49AReachATTAIN
- 50A*Advocate from a social agencyCASEWORKER
- 55AStops on the roadINNS
- 56AIn the slightestATALL
- 57AVein counterpartARTERY
- 59AModest skirtMAXI
- 60A*Pilot's aerobatic maneuverBARRELROLL
- 64ALovers' godEROS
- 65AMuppet with a sister named DaisyELMO
- 66AActress MilaKUNIS
- 67A"Click here" textLINK
- 68A"__ Diary ... "DEAR
- 69ASprinter's assetSPEED
- 1DEnterprise captain Jean-__ PicardLUC
- 2DMex. neighborUSA
- 3DNeutralizeCANCELOUT
- 4DAcknowledgment of a screwupIGOOFED
- 5DNimble-fingeredDEFT
- 6DFace With Steam From Nose, for oneEMOJI
- 7D20 Mule Team laundry productBORAX
- 8DOne-__ pushupARM
- 9D"You guessed it!"YES
- 10DEat as a treatSNACKON
- 11DHooded serpentCOBRA
- 12DInvent linesADLIB
- 13DRequiresNEEDS
- 18DTrace of smokeWISP
- 21D"__ du lieber!"ACH
- 22DFrito pie ingredientCHILI
- 23DUber driver's invitationHOPIN
- 25DLooks closely (at)PEERS
- 26DHuman rights org.ACLU
- 28DPlug-and-play portUSB
- 31DDerek whose No. 2 was retired by the YankeesJETER
- 32DMined resourceORE
- 34D"Everybody will tell you the same!"ASKANYONE
- 35DDone in, as a dragonSLAIN
- 36DTrio on a triceratopsHORNS
- 39DFrench moneyEURO
- 40D"Kidding!"NOT
- 43DTall monument that comes to a pointOBELISK
- 46DSaddle attachmentSTIRRUP
- 48DHooting hunterOWL
- 49DMuseo del Prado displayARTE
- 50DHumped oasis visitorCAMEL
- 51DActivision rivalATARI
- 52DEarly invader of BritainSAXON
- 53D"__ Chameleon": Culture Club hitKARMA
- 54DScrewupERROR
- 58DGrand Lodge groupELKS
- 60DSpot for bulbsBED
- 61DTaproom pourALE
- 62DPrevaricationLIE
- 63DTrippy drugLSD
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