LA Times Daily Crossword December 18, 2025 Answers

1. "In the headlights" animal 5. Golf tops 10. Fury 14. Soul, in Spanish 15. "Alas and __!" 16. Some Sharon Olds poems 17. Many an American employee 20. __ sauce 21. Called 22. Brand of 5-Across 24. Breakfast bowl berry 25. List of pub grub 28. Contest that starts with a center-ice faceoff 32. Skin soother 33. HS diploma equivalent 35. "All over that" 36. Wellness space 37. Fruit also known as guanabana 41. Herbal refreshment 42. Residential upgrades 45. Director Lee 46. Quick __ wink 47. Escapade 49. Chess greats, for short 52. Indigenous Canadians 55. Red Bull slogan, and what can also be said of 17-, 25-, 28-, and 42-Across 59. Butter Restaurant chef/owner Guarnaschelli 60. March follower 61. Sushi seaweed 62. Pops 63. Foul call, maybe 64. Scratched (out) 65. Con 66. Shoe bottoms 67. Simchat bat, for one

1. Absurd 2. "First Lady of Song" Fitzgerald 3. Qatari commander 4. "The Entertainer" genre 5. Source of financial aid 6. Rio greeting 7. Muscle worked in dumbbell rows 8. Halloween mo. 9. Comedy scene 10. "Good 4 U" singer Olivia 11. Driver of "Ferrari" 12. Part of an inheritance 13. Founded, as a co. 18. Skyline obscurer 19. Diane of "Law & Order: SVU" 23. Excavated 24. "In conclusion ... " 25. Fun function 26. Chewy brand 27. Wander 29. Price for hand delivery? 30. Bearing 31. Coup d'__ 34. Stumble or fumble 37. Vanity pieces 38. "Srsly!?" 39. Roe, e.g. 40. "Raging Bull" Oscar nominee 43. Sound check? 44. Water boy? 47. Olive family shrub 48. Vegan brand owned by Estée Lauder 49. Device on a snowboarder's helmet, maybe 50. Wall flowers, perhaps 51. Pigs 53. Miso soup mushroom 54. Ibis kin 55. Wanders (about) 56. Blathers on 57. Varieties 58. "Oh sure, take their __!"