LA Times Daily Crossword December 31, 2025 Answers

1. Sugar serving 5. Crockery flaw 9. Paper or plastic items 13. Microbiology lab gel 14. "__ that the truth!" 15. "At your earliest convenience," less politely 16. Intentionally delaying, or a punny title for this puzzle? 19. Error message? 20. NYC nabe near the Bowery 21. Added to the team 22. Kicking sport 24. Actress Palmer 25. The Queen of Pop 27. Network featured in "Good Night, and Good Luck" 30. Low voices in a women's choir 33. Lav 34. Sailor's assent 35. Shabby 36. Rare opening in 54-Across 37. Screen writing? 38. Squeak (out) 39. Tom, Dick, and Harry, for example 40. Name after peach or before toast 41. Mom, to Auntie 42. "Be glad to" 44. Image file format 46. Like the pick of the litter? 49. Beefy, casually 51. Move like a hummingbird 52. D-backs, in box scores 54. Constant reshuffling of one's schedule, or what's depicted in this puzzle's circles 57. Shawkat of "Search Party" 58. Team with a red-tailed hawk mascot named Swoop 59. California county with a wine train 60. Ran in the wash 61. "__ there, tiger" 62. Gender-fluid pronoun

1. Slurps (up) 2. Uniq fruits 3. Body shop franchise 4. Ask too much, say 5. Paddled about 6. One regularly experiencing bettor days 7. IT part 8. Vacay from work 9. Patterned fabric that originated in Indonesia 10. "If memory serves" 11. Up for a challenge 12. Went a mile a minute, maybe 17. Quechua speakers who didn't have a written alphabet 18. Seehorn of "Pluribus" 23. "Please be serious" 24. Twist into a pretzel 26. "Sounds like a you problem" 28. Notation on an invite 29. Sonic the Hedgehog developer 30. Leaves speechless 31. Norse god of mischief 32. "Ooh la la!" 36. Self-satisfied 37. Good start? 40. Low-gloss 42. Checked out 43. Bow alternative 45. Be appealing? 47. One of the Torah's four matriarchs 48. Type of offal 49. Sign of healing 50. Muralist's canvas 51. Target of some mining 53. "My word" 55. Expected any minute 56. Explosive used in some mining