L.A. Times Daily - Aug 9 2025

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Clues Answers
"Balladz" poet Sharon OLDS
"Count me in!" IAMSOTHERE
"Paul Bunyan" librettist AUDEN
"The Hunger Games" boy PEETA
"They'll never catch me!" MWAHAHA
"Wanna __?" BET
"What a bore!" SNORE
"__ Vep": HBO miniseries IRMA
1971 cult classic SHAFT
Actor Chaney LON
Actor Parsons JIM
Bard's before ERE
Baseball dynasty name ALOU
Blacksmith garb APRON
Boston university TUFTS
Capital city in Província da Estremadura LISBOA
Celeb gossip site TMZ
Clouds of gas and dust NEBULAE
Credit LAUD
Crispy kosher snack EGGMATZOS
Debate figure MODERATOR
Density symbol, in physics RHO
Drinks made from two kinds of beans MOCHAS
Duck out early BAIL
Dynasty before the Qin ZHOU
Easy wins for presidential candidates, often HOMESTATES
Evian, e.g EAU
Fr. holy title STE
Game whose object is to get lots of hits MUSICBINGO
Gamer who lacks game NOOB
Hockey fan's intermission experience, perhaps ZAMBONIRIDE
Layered sandwich OREO
Mother of Horus ISIS
Need for one who's rolling in dough? COOKIESHEET
Networks, for short SYSTS
Clues Answers
Noise made while curling one's fingers, perhaps RAWR
On a cruise ASEA
One of 3,234 for Sue Bird ASSIST
One of the three R's REUSE
Part of a nomad's lifestyle, perhaps TENTING
Part of the whole SUBSET
Place for kidding around at home? TOYROOM
Pollutants phased out by the Montreal Protocol, for short CFCS
Private convos DMS
Rank denied to Anakin Skywalker JEDIMASTER
Rockie start? ATBAT
Scarce THIN
Some adoptees STRAYS
Some classic cars REOS
Sound track? COMMONSENSE
Spanish pronoun ESTA
Spine-tingling EERIE
Start to function? DYS
Startles SPOOKS
Story that may remain unfinished ATTIC
Takes a turn SHIFTSGEARS
Tale that may be told with a fire in one's eyes GHOSTSTORY
They may be swept under the rug FLOORBOARDS
They're only human MEREMORTALS
Threenager, e.g TOT
Tombstone name EARP
Top-notch AONE
Treats HEALS
Unlikely to show mercy IRONFISTED
Verde or roja topping SALSA
Work unit ERG
[Not this again!] SIGH
__ coffee IRISH
__ Journey: annual event for Pacific Northwest Indigenous peoples CANOE
__ Law: human rights measure named for the third-longest-serving U.S. senator LEAHY