L.A. Times Daily - May 1 2025

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Clues Answers
"Die Hard" villain Gruber HANS
"Present!" HERE
"That is ... " IMEAN
"The Godfather" brother FREDO
"__ waiting long?" BEEN
Actress Ward SELA
Antarctic swimmer ORCA
Bays (at) HOWLS
Beehive, for one COIF
Bluffing LYING
Boxers' mats DOGBEDS
Brand of flavored water BAI
Break down, as a sentence PARSE
Called balls and strikes UMPED
Cannes Mrs MME
Chums with matching bracelets, perhaps BFFS
Comfy shoe brand UGG
Conditionals IFS
Contractor's bid QUOTE
Cousin's mom AUNT
Dangle HANG
Decorate with a raised seal EMBOSS
Diet for aquarium snails ALGAE
Double-crossing spy ROGUEAGENT
End of a texter's request PLS
Foodstuff known as "mother of all grains" to the Inca QUINOA
French for "sword" EPEE
Frosts ICES
Garland sometimes given as a graduation gift LEI
Genmaicha and matcha TEAS
Grab __ BAG
Gray __ AREA
Hesitant murmur UMM
High school for the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies RYDELL
Hon DOLL
Indulges fully SATES
Intelligence org. founded by Truman NSA
Island home of Kahului Airport MAUI
Legacy creator SUBARU
Clues Answers
Like cold, damp weather RAW
Like many Sundance entries INDIE
Milan's La __ SCALA
Not quite the worst grade DEE
Number of divas ARIA
Old flame? BURNINGBUSH
Old guard? BEEFEATER
Old school? BOSTONLATIN
Old story? GILGAMESH
Old timer? SUNDIAL
Oldest part of Notre-Dame de Paris APSE
One direction WEST
Onesie closer SNAP
Oscar nods, briefly NOMS
Out of neutral INGEAR
Over UPON
Penalties FINES
Perfectly vertical PLUMB
Pirate's prosthetic, perhaps PEGLEG
Poet __ St. Vincent Millay EDNA
Poorly kept confidence OPENSECRET
Pussy foot PAW
Release before "Rubber Soul" HELP
Savanna herbivores RHINOS
Singer __ King Cole NAT
Slanted columns OPEDS
Tomi Adeyemi genre FANTASY
Treat with a Post Malone limited edition version OREO
Ty who had a .366 career batting average COBB
Upfront stake ANTE
Wee bits IOTAS
Whispery YouTube genre, initially ASMR
Woodworking tool RASP
Word in some alumna updates NEE
Years and years AGES
__ and void NULL
__ Domani wine ECCO
__ gin fizz SLOE
__ of London LLOYDS