Welcome to your daily LA Times Crossword puzzle fix for December 2, 2025! This popular crossword challenges players every day with clever clues and fun wordplay. Stuck on today’s puzzle?

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Across

1A Stick (out) – JUT

4A Raw fish dish – POKE

9A Enjoy recess in a schoolyard – PLAY

13A Darth Vader’s childhood nickname – ANI

14A “Come on in!” – ENTER

15A Tylenol alternative – ADVIL

16A Whatever the outcome – ATANYRATE

18A Fan frenzy – HOOPLA

19A Hibernation spots – DENS

20A Covering that keeps a pant leg dry – SPAT

21A Copied – IMITATED

24A “Please lower your voice” – SHH

26A Edit – REVISE

28A Purple garden flower – IRIS

29A Idaho’s capital – BOISE

30A Penny – CENT

32A “The Raven” poet Edgar Allan __ – POE

35A “It’s not all bad news …,” and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are? – ONESIDEOFTHESTORY

39A Pastrami bread – RYE

40A Young blokes – LADS

41A Mani-pedi place – SALON

42A Stash away – HOARD

44A Fully enjoys – RELISHES

45A Fabric piece for a sewing circle – PATCH

50A Site with handmade goods – ETSY

51A Loosens, as shoelaces – UNLACES

52A “Such a tease!” – MEANIE

54A Amy of “Enchanted” and “Disenchanted” – ADAMS

55A Cameo role, e.g. – WALKON

59A Rented again – RERENT

60A Snorer’s affliction, maybe – APNEA

61A Piña colada liquor – RUM

62A Walked (on) – TROD

63A Fisherman’s __: waterfront district in San Francisco – WHARF

64A Brimless hat with a tassel – FEZ

Down

1D Mandible – JAW

2D College, to Aussies – UNI

3D Word before can or Man – TIN

4D “Buona __”: Italian “Good evening” – SERA

5D Different from – OTHER

6D Retail outlet – STORE

7D “Steppenwolf” novelist Hermann – HESSE

8D Fury – IRE

9D Tartan patterns – PLAIDS

10D Slowly, in music – LENTO

11D Arthur Miller’s “__ From the Bridge” – A VIEW

12D Be homesick (for) – YERN

15D Rare and expensive Italian violin – AMATI

17D Getting on in years – OLD

20D Circumference – SPAN

21D Ann __, Michigan – ARBOR

22D Pink garden flower – IMPATIENS

23D Party notice sent with a click – EVITE

25D Problematic engine sounds – HISSES

27D “Get it?” – SEE

30D Move on all fours – CRAWL

31D __ al-Fitr: end of Ramadan – EID

32D Cockpit figure – PILOT

33D Scents – ODORS

34D Itty-bitty – TEENY

36D Splotches – DAR

37D Luggage-checking org. – TSA

38D Put money away for the future – SAVE

42D Covered in goo – SLIMY

43D Statistical tool for checking a hypothesis – ONE-TAILEDTEST

44D Anna’s “Breaking Bad” role – SKYLAR

45D Two pints – QUART

46D Lower than – LESSER

47D Writer Calvino – ITALO

48D Extra zip – SPARK

49D __ masala: spiced chickpea dish – CHANA

53D “Frozen” snowman – OLAF

55D Wood-cutting tool – AXE

56D Dog park sound – WOOF

57D Regret – RUE

58D Celebrity gossip site – TMZ

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