Painful head rub Crossword Clue

We have the 6-letter answer for Painful head rub crossword clue, last seen in the LA Times Crossword December 16, 2025 puzzle. Let us help you solve the crossword clue that has you stumped so you can finish the puzzle.

Painful head rub Crossword Answer

↓43.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definitions

PAINFUL (adjective)
1. causing physical discomfort
2. causing misery or pain or distress
HEAD (noun)
1. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
2. a person who is in charge
HEAD (verb)
1. be in charge of
2. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
GOONIE

More LA Times Crossword (12/16/2025) Answers

Across

1. Sound of an eye-opening moment

4. Unlikely to break the ice

9. Objects of worship

14. Most populous city in Can.

15. Pointlessly silly

16. Inter Miami captain Lionel

17. Dog ears?

19. Windshield sticker

20. Smoothie bowl berry

21. Start for giving and taking

22. Beefsteak, for one

23. Quickly don

25. Regal home

26. Bunny ears?

30. Like walruses and wild boars

33. Mo. with a spooky finale

34. Gold in Spanish

35. Got up

36. Sailor's "yes"

37. New York mascot with a baseball for a head

39. Geaux Tigers! sch.

40. Four-time WNBA MVP Wilson

41. Creamy chocolate dessert

42. Elephant ears?

46. Software-creating professional

47. Riled up

51. "Not all ___ wear capes"

53. French sailor's yes

54. Actress Headey

55. Greek alphabet ender

56. Mouse ears?

58. Inbox message

59. Hightails it

60. Royal flush card

61. Knighted women

62. The Jetsons dog

63. Dynamite K-pop group

All Answers

Down

1. Chance for a hit

2. Moonshine

3. Thundering, as a crowd

4. Minnesota governor Walz

5. Irritable

6. "Semper fi" shouter

7. Signs as a contract

8. Jardin __ Tuileries: public space near the Louvre

9. "That's all for me"

10. View as appropriate

11. Formal nods from the Academy, informally

12. Future esq.'s exam

13. Rural storage tower

18. Mall stalls

22. Diplomacy

24. This ride is fun!

25. Spice in pumpkin spice, often

27. Like a ride-or-die friend

28. Metal-yielding rocks

29. Checkout lane bag

30. Anticaking agent in table salt

31. Latin for "bear" in constellation names

32. Common substitute for Greek yogurt

36. Slightly open

37. Electronic music pioneer Robert

38. Without manners

40. St. crossers

41. Nickname

44. Lofty standards

45. Sink fixture

48. Home update, familiarly

49. Put into law

50. Candlelit dinners for two, e.g.

51. Cleared weeds in the garden, say

52. Jane Austen novel that inspired the movie "Clueless"

53. Frying liquids

56. Iowa Writers' Workshop deg.

57. That in Tijuana

All Answers