L.A. Times Daily - Oct 5 2025

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Clues Answers
"Family Matters" nerd URKEL
"It's possible" IMAY
"Killing Eve" assassin played by Jodie Comer VILLANELLE
"No thanks" PASS
"That was my trick!" TADA
"That's a __ order" TALL
"The Crying Game" actor Stephen REA
"The Hating Game" genre ROMCOM
"The Late Great Johnny __": Paul Simon tune ACE
"The Mirror & the Light" novelist Hilary MANTEL
"Well, look at you!" OOLALA
"Wicked" actress Cynthia ERIVO
"You stink, ump!" BOO
1040 fig SSN
120-Down's face shields, masks, etc.: Abbr PPE
Abandon ship BAIL
Advanced postgrad degs PHDS
Agar versus broth? CULTURECLASH
Ambulance crew, briefly EMS
Article in a French paper? LES
At hand INREACH
Be a nuisance IMPOSE
Brewer's supply YEAST
Bring into alignment SYNC
Bygone organizers, for short PDAS
Bygone space station MIR
Carmaker whose last new model was the Alero OLDSMOBILE
Casino action BET
Comic strip unit PANEL
Common sacrifice BUNT
Cook's clove GARLIC
Cotton versus silk? MATERIALDIFFERENCE
Country where the Amazon originates PERU
Court response PLEA
Cracker shape ANIMAL
Cry loudly SOB
Cry softly MEWL
Cupid counterpart EROS
Curses DAMNS
Date tree PALM
Dec. 31 NYE
Deli side SLAW
Dibbling versus broadcasting? SOWINGDISSENT
Director Caro of 2020's "Mulan" NIKI
Director Kazan ELIA
DIY help site EHOW
Driver's license line NAME
En masse ATONCE
Falco of "Nurse Jackie" EDIE
Final leg LASTLAP
Finish off EAT
Five-time Emmy winner Laurence OLIVIER
Foil versus saber? POINTSOFCONTENTION
Food from a bar SALAD
Food in a trough SLOP
Foxy SLY
Future lawyer's hurdle, colloquially THEBAR
Good bit of French? BON
Got together METUP
Hand out, long ago GIVETH
Have another go REDO
Headliner STAR
Hindu god SIVA
Home for a pet skink TERRARIUM
Ice versus Stone? AGEDISPARITY
Impossibly long stretches EONS
Inheritance law subjects ESTATES
Intro, in journalism jargon LEDE
Inuit craft UMIAK
Italian beer brand PERONI
Jacked, slangily SWOLE
JFK fig ETA
Clues Answers
Lampooned SPOOFED
Latin "and others" ETALII
Lena of "Romeo Is Bleeding" OLIN
Light on one's feet AGILE
Little disagreement TIFF
Lower leg fronts SHINS
Many a prom tux RENTAL
Massage targets ACHES
Meat substitute SEITAN
Natters GABS
Nev. neighbor IDA
New York WNBA team LIBERTY
Noodles in dashi SOBA
Octopus versus starfish? ARMEDCONFLICT
Oil treatment brand STP
Opera highlight ARIA
Patchy cat CALICO
Paving gunk TAR
Penalty kick target GOAL
People brought on board HIREES
Pequod captain AHAB
Pet in a 51-Down NEWT
Pixar film set by the Ligurian Sea LUCA
Places to kick back SPAS
Planning aid LIST
Poetic preposition ERE
Port, e.g WINE
Post-verdict challenge APPEAL
Pre-Carson host of "The Tonight Show" PAAR
Prix fixe feature SETMENU
Pumps (up) FIRES
Put a value on ASSESS
Put to bed, as a rumor DEBUNK
Reservoir structure DAM
Rice sides PILAFS
Saint __: dog breed BERNARD
Sci-fi figures ETS
Seinfeld neighbor KRAMER
Senior advocacy group AARP
Singer born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin ENYA
Sliced burger toppings RAWONIONS
Smallest of a litter RUNT
Smudges SMEARS
Sorcerer MAGE
Sound that may ring a bell? TING
Sticks together CLEAVES
Stilton versus cheddar? SHARPCONTRAST
Stooge's signature laugh NYUK
Strong-arm COERCE
Talked privately, for short DMED
Taylor-Joy of "Emma" ANYA
Thurman of Hollywood UMA
Ticker info NEWS
Tiny amount DRIB
Tiny predatory birds ELFOWLS
Unadorned BARE
Ursa minor? CUB
Utah city northeast of 80-Across MOAB
Walked over TROD
Water source MAIN
With great skill ABLY
Worked, as clay MOLDED
Xylophone tool MALLET
Zilch NIL
__ Arbor, Michigan ANN
__ Canyon National Park BRYCE
__ homo ECCE
__ in a blanket PIGS
__ interface USER
__ polloi HOI
__ tai MAI
__ tikki: potato patties ALOO