Welcome to your daily LA Times Crossword help for December 20, 2025! This crossword puzzle challenges players each day with clever questions and unique themes. Whether you’re stuck on a tough clue or just checking your answers, we’ve got today’s hints and solutions below. Simply find the clue you need and view the answer to keep your game moving.

Across

1A Florentine political dynasty — MEDICI

7A Posters that are usually ignored — TERMS AND CONDITIONS

15A Transfer — ASSIGN

16A Music genre that originated in 1930s Shanghai — SHIDAIQU

17A Confection — PRALINE

18A Cold look — ICY STARE

19A Put away — EAT

20A Bajo opposite — ALTO

21A Meathead — OAF

22A Federal holiday since 2021 — JUNETEENTH

25A Secondary account, informally — ALT

26A Revolutionary outcomes, often — NEW ERAS

30D Stick around the TSA line — CANE

31A Meddle — INTERFERE

33A In profile — ASIDE

34A Cancel — NULL

35A Vegan baking ingredient made with ground seeds — FLAX EGG

37A __ Jayawardenepura Kotte: urban area near Colombo — SRI

38A Scrub Daddy competitor — O-CEDAR

40A Greeting often followed by “Como vai?” — OI

41A Smith of “House of the Dragon” — MATT

42A Flabbergast — AMAZE

44A Tame __: “The Slow Rush” band — IMPALA

46A Find peace — REST

48A Abbr. in some titles — ASST

51A Workers’ residence — STAFF HOUSING

52A Crash site org. — NTSB

54D Like some hair products — OILY

56A Amused sound — TEHEE

58A Thing that’s handled badly — HOT POTATO

59A Wading birds with powder down — HERONS

60A Exhaustive analysis? — CARBON FOOTPRINT

61A New money? — PESETA

Down

1D Sci-fi franchise starring Will Smith — MEN IN BLACK

2D Cherubic deity — EROS

3D “You’ll bring us bad luck!” — DON’T JINX IT

4D Like some rush-hour traffic — IN A LINE

5D Shares responsibility, in a way — CO-LEADS

6D Stonewall __ — INN

7D Katy Perry album with the single “Cry About It Later” — SMILE

8D Old name of a gp. that now has two members — TRIO

9D Impossible to call — EVENS

10D Physical performers, for short — ACROS

11D Made a mess of — MUCKED

12D Gem for a Libra — OPAL

13D Sushi bar cut — TORO

14D Tore — SENT

20D Game company that released a 50th anniversary bundle in 2022 — ATARI

23D Classic movie line uttered while pointing out the window — THERE’S A MAN ON THE WING

24D Bit of kindling — TWIG

25D The Big E et al. — AIR CARRIERS

27D Old stock market — AGORA

28D Left ventricle outlet — AORTA

29D Foul mood — SNIT

30D Dream realm? — REM

32D Former Rocket Ming — YAO

35D Fingerprint, maybe — FACET

36D Select few — ELITE

39D Hitting up — ASKING

41D Proficiency — MASTERY

43D Tackling groups, for short — DEES

45D Saag __: spinach dish with cheese — PANEER

47D Stave off — STOP

48D PIN-points — ATMS

49D Make waves, say — SLOSH

50D Shrugworthy — SO-SO

53D Dog-eared, say — BENT

55D “__ cool!” — THAT’S

56D Compound in some edibles — THC

57D Spanish pronoun — ELLA

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