LA Times Daily Crossword December 12, 2025 Answers

1. Concocts 6. "O Captain! My Captain!," for one 11. Org. with Falcons and Ravens 14. Navel type 15. Outdoor screen annoyance 16. Part of IPA 17. Collect 18. Busiest port in South Korea 19. Chaps 20. Lift system that offers a mechanical advantage 22. Schoolbook 23. Fantasize about 24. Open the door for, say 26. Cartoon frame 27. Puts everything on the line 30. The "Thunder" of Marvel's "Love and Thunder" 33. "Thank you," in Swahili 35. "Excusez-__" 36. Clambake leftovers 38. Smack 39. Bit of witchcraft 41. "Everybody knows that!" 42. Like some patches 45. Future atty.'s exam 46. Challenging HS class that covers Reconstruction and Prohibition 48. __ Jima 50. Pay for 51. "Guilty as charged" 55. Plant inspection org. 57. Summer forecast in the Southwest 59. Lobster eggs 60. Condition 61. __ Dakota 62. Wheels 63. Tea option 64. Top-notch 65. "Rules __ rules" 66. Sets loose 67. Allude (to)

1. Surf shop purchase 2. Hearsay 3. Tour de France stage 4. Smart aleck 5. Halvah flavor 6. Staff lines with a notable mnemonic 7. Lats-working exercise, literally 8. Enters, as a hot tub 9. Most overcast 10. Japanese money 11. "Who put you up to this?" 12. Show off at the gym 13. Period after Ash Wednesday 21. Po'boy city 22. Abs-working exercise, literally 25. Squeezes (out) 27. Hardly fair 28. "Copacabana" showgirl 29. Singsongy cadence 30. Unveiling shout 31. Pecs-working exercise, literally 32. "Didn't expect to see you!" 34. Dessert with a sconelike texture 37. Location 40. Narrative incongruity 43. Oven pan 44. Biceps-working exercise, literally 47. Sp. honorific 49. Honus whose baseball card is one of the rarest and most expensive in the world 51. Orchard makeup 52. Font flourish 53. Not glossy 54. Upper regions of space 55. Killer whale 56. Fly high 58. __-Missouria Tribe 60. Beach bottle no.