December 12, 2025: Stumped by today’s LA Times Crossword? Don’t worry! This daily puzzle tests your word skills with clever clues, but we’re here to help. Below, you’ll find today’s hints and answers, so you can finish the grid and keep your streak alive.

Whether you’re a crossword pro or just getting started, our guide makes it easy to crack those tricky spots.

Across

1A Concocts – BREWS

6A “O Captain! My Captain!,” for one – POEM

11A Org. with Falcons and Ravens – NFL

14A Navel type – OUTIE

15A Outdoor screen annoyance – GLARE

16A Part of IPA – ALE

17A Collect – AMASS

18A Busiest port in South Korea – BUSAN

19A Chaps – GUYS

20A Lift system that offers a mechanical advantage – PULLEY

22A Schoolbook – TEXT

23A Fantasize about – DREAMOF

24A Open the door for, say – LETIN

26A Cartoon frame – CEL

27A Puts everything on the line – RISKSITALL

30A The “Thunder” of Marvel’s “Love and Thunder” – JANE

33A “Thank you,” in Swahili – ASANTE

35A “Excusez-__” – MOI

36A Clambake leftovers – SHELLS

38A Smack – SLAP

39A Bit of witchcraft – HEX

41A “Everybody knows that!” – DUH

42A Like some patches – IRONON

45A Future atty.’s exam – LSAT

46A Challenging HS class that covers Reconstruction and Prohibition – APUSH

48A __ Jima – IWO

50A Pay for – FUND

51A “Guilty as charged” – ITME

55A Plant inspection org. – USDA

57A Summer forecast in the Southwest – DRY

59A Lobster eggs – ROE

60A Condition – STATE

61A __ Dakota – NORTH

62A Wheels – CAR

63A Tea option – ICE

64A Top-notch – AONE

65A “Rules __ rules” – ARE

66A Sets loose – UNLETS

67A Allude (to) – HINT

Down

1D Surf shop purchase – BOARD

2D Hearsay – RUMOR

3D Tour de France stage – ETAPE

4D Smart aleck – WISEGUY

5D Halvah flavor – SESAME

6D Staff lines with a notable mnemonic – SPACES

7D Lats-working exercise, literally – PULLUP

8D Enters, as a hot tub – GETSIN

9D Most overcast – EAVIEST

10D Japanese money – YEN

11D “Who put you up to this?” – NOMIN

12D Show off at the gym – FLEX

13D Period after Ash Wednesday – LENT

21D Po’boy city – NOLA

22D Abs-working exercise, literally – CRUNCH

25D Squeezes (out) – PRESSES

27D Hardly fair – SHADY

28D “Copacabana” showgirl – LOLA

29D Singsongy cadence – LILT

30D Unveiling shout – JANE

31D Pecs-working exercise, literally – FLYES

32D “Didn’t expect to see you!” – HIYA

34D Dessert with a sconelike texture – SHORTCAKE

37D Location – SITE

40D Narrative incongruity – GAP

43D Oven pan – ROASTER

44D Biceps-working exercise, literally – CURL

47D Sp. honorific – SRTA

49D Honus whose baseball card is one of the rarest and most expensive in the world – WAGNER

51D Orchard makeup – TREES

52D Font flourish – SERIF

53D Not glossy – MATTE

54D Upper regions of space – EXO

55D Killer whale – ORCA

56D Fly high – SOAR

58D __-Missouria Tribe – OTOE

60D Beach bottle no. – SPF

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