LA Times Daily Crossword December 13, 2025 Answers

1. Crunk kin 5. Throw again 11. Omaha prize 14. Supportive of 15. Target of some copyright infringement lawsuits 16. Hard wood 17. Dad, in Korean 18. Jarring tonal shifts 20. Two-part bet 22. Union station? 23. __ Drafthouse Cinema: movie chain based in Austin 24. Believe 26. Generational wisdom 27. Unsatisfactory explanation 30. "Oh my stars!" 31. Change places 32. Year of the Four Emperors emperor 33. Miami-__ County 34. Only city in Samoa 35. Seen 39. Self-awareness? 41. Alison Bechdel's "Fun __: A Family Tragicomic" 42. Condiment made with pickled mango 43. "Lilo & Stitch" theme 44. Shinto shrine gateway 46. "Day by Day" musical 48. Make no progress 50. Work hard 52. Can. leaders 53. Thin layer 54. "Black Beauty" novelist Sewell 55. Ten chin-ups, say 56. Throws up 57. Minimal noise

1. Name on a JFK hotel designed by Eero Saarinen 2. Had far-reaching effects 3. Chill 4. Reference in a doctor's office 5. Teased relentlessly 6. Literary figure who embodies the values of a civilization 7. Make whole again 8. Less, in a way 9. Language known as Isan in northeastern Thailand 10. First Asian player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame 11. Color of the Year company 12. Accolades for "Flow" and "The Shape of Water" 13. "Et voilà!" 19. Full of jarring tonal shifts 21. Third strike, at times 23. Singer Carter who won "American Idol" in 2024 25. Price, informally 28. Region whose name means "desert" 29. Moxie, e.g. 33. Lavish and then some 34. Subject of some air battles? 35. Without emotion 36. Start to make a call, perhaps 37. Celeb news site 38. "The Double Helix" subject 39. Pitiful cry 40. "Sign me up!" 41. Letters signifying encryption 45. Not serious 47. Sp. titles 49. "This means __!" 51. Spot for a toy