L.A. Times Daily - Aug 21 2025

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Clues Answers
"Better. Guaranteed." gadget brand OXO
"C'est la __!" VIE
"Get on that stage and wow the crowd" KNOCKEMDEAD
"Get your head on straight" SNAPOUTOFIT
"The Raven" writer, briefly EAPOE
"The Wild Swans at Coole" writer YEATS
"Turn that frown upside down" CRACKASMILE
68-Across, for one POET
Addresses timeline errors, perhaps EDITS
All gone EATEN
Baja's opposite ALTA
Best effort AGAME
Blues DOLDRUMS
Brand of riding mowers DEERE
Burrito option WET
Caves in GIVES
Cheap tix option SRO
Coastal inlets RIAS
Come next ENSUE
Earlier PRIOR
Fess up (to) ADMIT
Find appropriate SEEFIT
Fools CLODS
Foot part ARCH
General aviation company owned by Textron CESSNA
Genetic blueprint DNA
Green energy sources in some desert regions SOLARFARMS
Heartaches WOES
Hindu teacher GURU
Hong Kong neighbor MACAU
Immediately following UPON
Jenny Thompson's team USA
Late TARDY
Lava __ LAMP
Letter-shaped beam IRAIL
Letter-shaped fastener TNUT
Like a lasso LOOPED
Like much 1980s fashion NEON
Like much of central Illinois RURAL
Clues Answers
Luau performance HULA
Luke Skywalker's loyal droid ARTOODETOO
Make a mend SEW
Maker of Talk to the Hand press-on nails OPI
Medium ability ESP
Melissa of "The Fighter" LEO
Moves closer NEARS
Naan flour ATTA
Needlework on a sleeve, for short TAT
North __ Sea: Central Asian lake ARAL
Notes equivalent to C sharps DFLATS
On edge TESTY
Parliament birds OWLS
Part of a plot ACRE
Peel PARE
Performed terribly STANK
Plum who was the WNBA All-Star Game MVP in 2022 KELSEY
Scene ADO
Selling point ASSET
Sidesteps EVADES
Sleep acronym REM
Small coin DIME
Small tree house NEST
Snooped around PRIED
Suddenly shift direction VEER
Therapist's maj PSY
Timeline units ERAS
Too OVERLY
Turkey neighbor IRAN
Utah's state animal ELK
Very long time AEON
Way out EXIT
Wearer of tap shoes DANCER
Whopper LIE
With no exceptions EVERYONE
Word with shell or shore SEA
Words of wisdom, and what 17-, 30-, and 45-Across could be called? SOUNDADVICE
YouTube journal VLOG
__ as a fox SLY