LA Times Daily Crossword December 19, 2025 Answers

1. "Black Widow" singer Rita 4. Oodles 10. Harvest 14. Loonie currency, briefly 15. Prestige 16. Lentil pancake 17. "Pencils down!," for one? 19. Scattered 20. More than half of the world's population 21. Courtroom figs. 23. Brief read? 24. Curriculum __ 25. "What I did last summer" essay penned by a lifeguard? 28. USN rank 29. Hotel bar 31. Burrito option 32. Alien-seeking org. 34. Bind 35. Class with pastels 36. Soliloquy dilemma, and a phonetic hint to 17-, 25-, 51-, and 61-Across 41. Sculpture medium 42. Bygone JFK carrier 43. Silver State city 45. Fountain spot, perhaps 48. Staffer 50. Keebler baker 51. Ice cream truck jingle, e.g.? 54. "Groundhog Day" writer/director Harold 56. Slip 57. __ Quixote 58. From the beginning 59. Luau strings 61. Fee for a reunion dinner? 64. Bambi, for one 65. Afternoon trayful 66. QB mistake 67. Ish 68. Knight mares 69. Season opener?

1. So-so ranges? 2. Chocolate-covered bite 3. Comes clean about 4. Tantrums 5. Works on the road 6. Knee pt. 7. Home of the Cubbies and the Bears 8. Martial art that began as sword exercises practiced by samurai 9. Take the wrong way? 10. Common PC inserts, once 11. Floor model? 12. The Penguin's first name 13. Supercontinent of the late Paleozoic Era 18. Sheepish remark 22. Tee off 25. Two of a kind 26. Bill with round numbers? 27. Mary of "The Maltese Falcon" 30. Oklahoma Natives 33. Island near Majorca 35. Little bit 37. Digital greeting 38. Tot's bruise 39. Animated film in which Renée Zellweger voices a florist named Vanessa Bloome 40. Spices up 44. In a way 45. Ersatz 46. Forum visitor who never posts 47. Sees eye to eye 49. Raises 52. Checked garments 53. Still in need of tenants 55. "That's __-brainer!" 58. Contacted privately, briefly 60. B'way sign 62. Honeybunny 63. Capitalize on