L.A. Times Daily - Sep 3 2025

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Clues Answers
"Beetlejuice" director Burton TIM
"Death, be not proud" poet John DONNE
"Guardians of the Galaxy" raccoon ROCKET
"I did no __ thing!" SUCH
"Just awful!" SOBAD
"Quick, before we're late!" CMON
"The Simpsons" bar MOES
*California's "Eureka" and New York's "Excelsior" STATEMOTTOS
*Extracts dirt from the carpet, maybe STEAMCLEANS
*Low-carb sandwich LETTUCEWRAP
*Vidal Sassoon's expertise HAIRSTYLING
8 pts. or 4 qts GAL
Adds fuel to STOKES
Another time AGAIN
Beast of burden ASS
Big commotion ADO
Big name in elevators OTIS
Bullfighting figure TORERO
Classroom unit LESSON
Community developer's map PLAT
Countesses' counterparts EARLS
CPR crew EMS
Cul-de-__ SAC
Decrease LESSEN
Eastern philosophical path TAO
Ensnare TIEUP
Excuse from work LETOFF
Feel a sense of belonging FITIN
Fireplace residue ASH
Fireplace residue SOOT
First number in many countdowns TEN
Fruit-filled desserts PIES
Govt. investment option TNOTE
Greek vowels ETAS
Home to the Ninja Turtles SEWER
Indian beach destination GOA
Japanese art genre ANIME
Junior staffer AIDE
Clues Answers
Laundry basket HAMPER
Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues AHEADOF
Lick, as an envelope MOISTEN
Light beam RAY
Light purple LILAC
Like peacocks MALE
Luau loops LEIS
Middles: Abbr CTRS
Moon mission program APOLLO
Nail polish, e.g ENAMEL
Native Pennsylvanians ERIES
NFLer who plays at the Meadowlands NYGIANT
Old Ford flops EDSELS
Online investment service ETRADE
Opera conductors MAESTRI
Opt for SELECT
Overlook IGNORE
Pain in the neck HASSLE
Parakeet or rabbit PET
Perfectly suitable APT
Pop sensation IDOL
Prefix with meter ODO
Resolved out of court SETTLED
Romantic rendezvous TRYST
Shake hands (on) AGREE
Source of inspiration MUSE
Spice made from the husk of a nutmeg MACE
Stat boosted by a home run RBI
Stop CEASE
Subject of a chemistry diagram ATOM
Swindle CON
Ticklish toys that caused a frenzy at Christmas in 1996 ELMOS
Unkempt MANGY
Use a SodaStream AERATE
Vegetarian frozen-food brand AMYS
Viewpoint STANCE
Wells Fargo competitor CITI
__ loss for words ATA