L.A. Times Daily - Mar 16 2025

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Clues Answers
"Beauty and the Beast" villain GASTON
"Can you do me a favor?" FRIENDREQUEST
"College GameDay" airer ESPN
"Cool!" DOPE
"Houdini" singer Lipa DUA
"How did the magician do that?" TRICKQUESTION
"How many Grammy Awards has Ms. Nicks won?" STEVIEWONDER
"Is he really the best actor for the role?" CASTINGDOUBT
"Is this actually a vegan burger?" BEYONDSUSPICION
"It's 'abracadabra,' not 'hocus-pocus,' right?" SPELLCHECK
"Seinfeld" character ELAINE
"Smoove Jones" R&B singer MYA
"Understood" ROGER
"Wednesday" actress Jenna ORTEGA
"Why is this keyboard key bigger than the others?" SPACEPROBE
"You're being ridiculous!" OHPLEASE
"You, Me and __": rom-com starring Owen Wilson DUPREE
7UP nickname, with "the" UNCOLA
A side of pawns, in chess OCTET
Adage SAW
Airport waiters CABS
Apple variety GALA
Baltimore's __ Harbor INNER
Blasted messages MASSEMAILS
Bonfire remnant EMBER
Buildings near barns SILOS
Cactus bud AREOLE
Came together MERGED
Caramel candies ROLOS
Charged particle ION
Checkers side RED
Church instrument ORGAN
Close tightly SEAL
Colony worker ANT
Conference with Providence and Villanova BIGEAST
Connections and Spelling Bee publisher, for short NYT
Consequence AFTERMATH
Continent that's home to Victoria Falls AFRICA
CPR experts EMTS
Crushes, e.g SODAS
Cry from a bad driver? FORE
Cue PROMPT
Cumin, for one SPICE
Cut MOW
Dad joke reaction, perhaps EYEROLL
Director Roth ELI
Divine drink of Greek mythology NECTAR
Doc who treats sinusitis ENT
Dream stage REM
Earl __ tea GREY
Ending for some college addresses EDU
Estimate qualifier ORSO
Estimate qualifier ISH
Fam member SIS
Fashion designer Paloma PICASSO
Filter option on some search results OPENNOW
Freestyled, perhaps SWAM
Fuss FLAP
Gear for benched players PIANOS
Geologic span EON
German currency EURO
Gives more than a licking? BITES
Go to a cafe, say EATOUT
Goal AIM
Golden Arches sandwiches MCRIBS
Goof ERROR
Halt STOP
Hawaiian coffee region KONA
Hearty meal STEW
Herb in some rituals SAGE
Hiccup SNAG
Incision SLIT
Clues Answers
Ivy League school in Connecticut YALE
Jedi played by Daisy Ridley REY
Jessica of "Fantastic Four" ALBA
Law firm abbr ESQ
Lawn care brand TORO
Lead-in to health TELE
Lion voiced by Moira Kelly and Beyoncé NALA
Long hikes TREKS
Long-snouted animals TAPIRS
Lot attendants VALETS
Made EARNED
Makes blank ERASES
Min. portion SEC
Minecraft block ORE
Moved smoothly SLID
Mud bath spot SPA
Netflix series featuring track stars SPRINT
Nickname used by Shaggy SCOOB
Nile cobras ASPS
Not mainstream NICHE
Off the beaten path AFIELD
Official chocolate bar sponsor of the NFL SNICKERS
Old-school RETRO
Opening GAP
Other, in Spanish OTRO
Out of bed RISEN
Own (up) FESS
Peer EQUAL
Physicist Newton ISAAC
Pi follower RHO
Pic takers CAMS
Prefix with -lithic PALEO
Rating systems SCALES
Replay speed SLOMO
Ruckus HOOHA
Santa Fe, for one SUV
Sass LIP
Sci. class BIO
Second installment PARTB
Seized auto REPO
Shatter BREAK
Singer DiFranco ANI
Slangy "Let's say ... " SPOSE
Snack introduced in 1912 OREO
Snorkeler's spot REEF
Soaps, e.g DRAMAS
Socks, hopefully PAIRS
South American dances SAMBAS
Spot that might make people feel comfortable? THERAPYDOG
Started a tennis rally SERVED
Still in bed NOTUP
Strategy PLAN
Subway handholds STRAPS
Superfan STAN
Superlative suffix EST
Surfer's subwindows TABS
Tablets at some checkout counters IPADS
Takes steps ACTS
Trident-shaped Greek letter PSI
Tropical lizard IGUANA
Tuscan tower town PISA
U-turn from NNW SSE
Very little ADAB
Water line SHORE
Wealthy family on HBO's "The Gilded Age" ASTORS
Weaving device LOOM
Where people on vacation may store their bread? HOTELSAFE
Winter wrap SCARF
Wire SEND
Word of regret ALAS
Work __ ETHIC
__ Lanka SRI