L.A. Times Daily - May 23 2025

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Clues Answers
"A Death in the Family" writer James AGEE
"I got it!" or "Blazing fastball!," for example? CATCHPHRASE
"Les Misérables" novelist HUGO
"My Brilliant Friend" novelist Ferrante ELENA
"New-to-you," perhaps USED
"Present!" HERE
"Relax" EASY
"Sorry, got other plans" ICANT
"The Perks of __ a Wallflower": 2012 teen drama BEING
"Whip It" band DEVO
Actress Chaplin OONA
Aimlessly IDLY
Art Deco designer ERTE
Batter's decision not to bunt? SWINGVOTE
Brewpub brew ALE
Bygone boxy Toyota SCION
Container allowances on scales TARES
Cracker served with 39-Across SALTINE
Crushes, in a way ACES
Cry of discovery OHO
Dugong, for one SEACOW
English actor Bean SEAN
Flagon kin EWER
Former frosh SOPH
Fundamentally ATROOT
Ghost __ chance OFA
Govt. security TNOTE
Gym bottoms SHORTS
Hankering ITCH
Imposing structure EDIFICE
Insects in the genus Vespa HORNETS
Instructional video about getting under a tag? SLIDESHOW
Like 3-Down pills: Abbr OTC
Like some tomatoes and prunes STEWED
Maladies treated with drops EARACHES
Melodic ARIOSE
Clues Answers
Mint family herb BASIL
Moo __ pork SHU
More recent LATTER
Natural INNATE
Not suitable INAPT
Nutrient in citrus VITAMINC
Obedience school lesson HEEL
Opening GAP
Organic compound ESTER
Perch ROOST
Photoshop, say EDIT
Polar vehicle SNOCAT
Pop duo __ & Him SHE
Racket DIN
Ribald nature spirit of Greek mythology SATYR
Rock & Roll HoF city CLE
Ryder of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" WINONA
Scornful expression SNEER
Secluded spot ALCOVE
Spot for a bar code, often WRAPPER
Starring role LEAD
Stock option? SOUP
Storehouses DEPOTS
Strongly regret DEPLORE
Substantial account SAGA
Sudden charge ONRUSH
Suffix similar to -ess ENNE
Swirls of water EDDIES
Tally entered on a scoreboard? HITRECORD
Thompson of "Back to the Future" LEA
Tube on an automatic ball launcher? PITCHPIPE
Unlikely to be undependable TRUSTY
Whack SWAT
Whistle blower COACH
__ hygiene ORAL
__-Leste: first new sovereign state of the 21st century TIMOR