L.A. Times Daily - Jan 22 2025

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Clues Answers
"A mouse!" EEK
"Another layer of wrapping before I'm cooked!?" BAKEDPOTATO
"Another literary figure whose qualities contrast my own!?" MAINCHARACTER
"Another plan thwarted!," or another way to phrase three clues in this puzzle? FOILEDAGAIN
"Another touch point for my opponent!?" OLYMPICFENCER
"Fame" singer Cara IRENE
"I feel __" SEEN
"Lady Bird" Oscar nominee Laurie METCALF
"Mamma Mia" group ABBA
"Stay With Me" singer Smith SAM
"Toodles!" TATA
"Water Lilies" painter MONET
"Yay, the weekend!" letters TGIF
Actress Shire TALIA
Aquarium fighters BETTAS
Baking amt TSP
Bangers partner MASH
Beats by __ DRE
Blue SAD
Bog makeup PEAT
Burn application ALOE
Car remote FOB
Casual contraction AINT
Computer expert, briefly ITPRO
Corn core COB
Designer Jacobs MARC
Diversionary tactic DECOY
Duo TWO
Elbow room SPACE
Eta follower THETA
First smartphone alert of the day, for many ALARM
Fish used as currency in medieval England EEL
Fishing spots PIERS
Floor material, in a children's game LAVA
Flowery, as prose ORNATE
Food thickener AGAR
Forensic drama with regional spinoffs CSI
Frozen drink with a domed lid ICEE
Give over CEDE
Clues Answers
Gun, as an engine REV
Hefty alternative GLAD
Hon BAE
Jabs POKES
Japanese mat TATAMI
Kids playing in the backyard? PETGOATS
Mark against CON
Mermaid played by Halle Bailey ARIEL
Muppet material FELT
Newspaper section with notable passages? OBITPAGES
NNW opposite SSE
Outstanding OWED
Overzealous RABID
Peace sign DOVE
Preplanned, as some viral videos STAGED
Private convos DMS
Queens stadium eponym ASHE
Remain unsettled PEND
Risked CHANCED
Saweetie songs RAPS
Sch. based in Westwood UCLA
Small matters? ATOMS
Snag GRAB
Soap unit CAKE
Some degs BAS
Sounded like heavy metal? CLANGED
Source of feedback for a guitarist? AMP
Thin strip SLAT
ThinkPad maker before Lenovo IBM
Throbbed PULSATED
Trans- opposite CIS
Transport largely replaced by light rail STREETCAR
Turf SOD
Untrustworthy paper RAG
Up to, briefly TIL
Went for seconds HADMORE
Wide st AVE
Words one utters in an altar-ed state? IDO
__ Plaines, Illinois DES