LA Times Daily Crossword December 16, 2025 Answers

1. Sound of an eye-opening moment 4. Unlikely to break the ice 9. Objects of worship 14. Most populous city in Can. 15. Pointlessly silly 16. Inter Miami captain Lionel 17. Dog ears? 19. Windshield sticker 20. Smoothie bowl berry 21. Start for giving and taking 22. Beefsteak, for one 23. Quickly don 25. Regal home 26. Bunny ears? 30. Like walruses and wild boars 33. Mo. with a spooky finale 34. Gold, in Spanish 35. Got up 36. Sailor's yes 37. New York mascot with a baseball for a head 39. "Geaux Tigers!" sch. 40. Four-time WNBA MVP Wilson 41. Creamy chocolate dessert 42. Elephant ears? 46. Software-creating professional 47. Riled up 51. "Not all __ wear capes" 53. French sailor's yes 54. Actress Headey 55. Greek alphabet ender 56. Mouse ears? 58. Inbox message 59. Hightails it 60. Royal flush card 61. Knighted women 62. "The Jetsons" dog 63. "Dynamite" K-pop group

1. Chance for a hit 2. Moonshine 3. Thundering, as a crowd 4. Minnesota governor Walz 5. Irritable 6. "Semper fi" shouter 7. Signs, as a contract 8. Jardin __ Tuileries: public space near the Louvre 9. "That's all for me" 10. View as appropriate 11. Formal nods from the Academy, informally 12. Future esq.'s exam 13. Rural storage tower 18. Mall stalls 22. Diplomacy 24. "This ride is fun!" 25. Spice in pumpkin spice, often 27. Like a ride-or-die friend 28. Metal-yielding rocks 29. Checkout lane bag 30. Anticaking agent in table salt 31. Latin for "bear" in constellation names 32. Common substitute for Greek yogurt 36. Slightly open 37. Electronic music pioneer Robert 38. Without manners 40. St. crossers 41. Nickname 43. Painful head rub 44. Lofty standards 45. Sink fixture 48. Home update, familiarly 49. Put into law 50. Candlelit dinners for two, e.g. 51. Cleared weeds in the garden, say 52. Jane Austen novel that inspired the movie "Clueless" 53. Frying liquids 56. Iowa Writers' Workshop deg. 57. That, in Tijuana