L.A. Times Daily - Dec 25 2025

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Clues Answers
"Ballerina" actress de Armas ANA
"Doctor De Soto" writer/illustrator William STEIG
"R u 4 real!?" OMG
"Ta-ta" BYE
"That's exactly right!" BINGO
"Tinker Bell" voice actress Whitman MAE
"__-a-Lula": classic Gene Vincent hit BEBOP
1860s prez ABE
1950s prez IKE
43-Across letters REM
Actor/director Waititi TAIKA
Actress Mendes EVA
Apple's old messaging app ICHAT
Beauty aisle brand OLAY
Before now AGO
Blue Ribbon beer PABST
Brand stylization such as camel case? BUMPONALOGO
Brunch date hr TENAM
Burger, fries, and a drink, perhaps COMBOMEAL
Cal. column MON
Cognitive ability improver BRAINGAME
Contradict in court REBUT
Covering everything UNIVERSAL
Creates cabernet with mallets? HAMMERSOUTAWINE
Dance with figure-eight steps TANGO
DC villain Luthor LEX
Element of cooled pudding SKIN
End-of-year perk, and what this puzzle's circled letters form CHRISTMASBONUS
English noble with an eyebrow ring? PIERCEDEARL
Extract in some dog treats, briefly CBD
Extraordinary EPIC
Eyelid issue STYE
Fare ways? CABS
Feature of some distressed jeans TEAR
Form 1040 amt AGI
Furry red Muppet ELMO
Go SAY
Good bud PAL
Clues Answers
Haunting EERIE
Hockey feint DEKE
Idris of "Hijack" ELBA
Includes, in a way CCS
Jessica of "The Better Sister" BIEL
Like an intimidating climb STEEP
London's prov ONT
Luxury hotel chain LOEWS
Mine material ORE
Objective AIM
Odds partner ENDS
One point in gin rummy ACE
PG Tips and Barry's TEAS
Produces apian-themed bedroom decor? MAKESABEELINEN
Promises between besties PACTS
Pull felt on Earth ONEG
Real-time record-keeper, for short STENO
Set GEL
Short exhibitions DEMOS
Sleepy housemate DOC
Slumber SLEEP
Society for smarties MENSA
Speak highly of EXALT
Spread, as peanut butter SMEAR
Step up from amateur night GIG
Sucker SAP
Taj Mahal city AGRA
Tech gift-guide site CNET
Tie to a dock MOOR
Tip-top ACME
Trail for cyclists BIKEROUTE
Turn to liquid MELT
Uneasy feeling AGITA
Unreliable stat from the chronically late ETA
Volcano where Bronte pistachios are grown ETNA
Wool-loving pests MOTHS
__ cum laude SUMMA
__ Eats UBER